I had the opportunity to interview Jeff O’Hara, co- founder of the social networking application called Edmodo. After 10 years of managing the infrastructure for a Chicago suburban school district, Jeff formulated the idea of a safe secure social network. One that teachers and schools can use to allow students to learn the benefit of social networking while avoiding outside influences. It is the same concept used in social networks like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter but in a controlled environment managed by the classroom teacher. I particularly like the use of a group code to restrict access to a class. Students are given a code to access a group and the teacher has the ability to change that code so students cannot give access to unapproved users.
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