EDLINE 2.0

Cam Bennet DRCSS cabennet@mvsd.ca

What is it?Class website

What can I do there?

• Post assignments and due dates• Post news on a calendar• Post links• Send mass emails (students/parents/both)• Receive email from parents and students• Store documents – future or remote access• Hold online discussions• Post RSS feeds for students to check

What can I do there?

• Set up groups inside a class– Allow kids to post or save material there

• Take in homework – students submit files- can be linked to Gradequick – feedback too

• Set up interactive assignments – online homework

• Create a survey• Online quizzes

Benefits

•Increase communication with home•Less phone calls from parents • they know what is going on•Parents / students aware of mark•Turns responsibility for missed classes back to students•Literacy with ICT component•Reduces paper / clutter•Reduce marking •Ease of assessment

a real life EDLINE story

What can you do with edline slidecast