Edmodo

Edmodo is a microblogging service created particularly for educational use. It is possible to create groups and therefore any information is just shared amongst members, and not public. This is obviously particularly important in schools. We will be using and investigating this sort of communication medium within the MA Design for Digital Media, as critical users and designers. It is a timely addition, as most students are at home in their respective countries.
Whether any of what we do will be able to be generalised to draw conclusions about technology supported learning is not clear, and it is not the aim at the moment. It seems a very useful tool for managing groups of students and communicating, but how much learning will take place in 140 symbols is questionable!