This action took place during the 2015-2016 school year in the 1st grade of the Evening Vocational Lyceum (EPAL) and the main tool used was Edmodo. The aim of the work is to present an online educational social network in the environment of Edmodo as it was used in the teaching of the course “Informatics Applications” during one school year. This article refers to the use of Edmodo as a supportive tool for the educational process in Secondary Education. In an effort to avoid the issues arising from the improper use of social media, secure social networking environments have been developed to offer education opportunities. Through this network members exchange information, material, ideas and opinions while they can focus on specialised education subjects and interests. The purpose of this article is to present in general terms the use of the Edmodo platform in the course of Informatics in a real class of the Evening Vocational Lyceum (EPAL).Īn online social learning network is a social network that involves members of the education community (teachers, pupils, school advisors, etc.).

The advantages of using it both pedagogically and practically, as well as some problems encountered by students and teachers during their practicum studies, are presented. The features of this social learning tool and the experience of using it in Secondary Education within the course “Informatics Applications” are reported here: during one school year, and some examples of its use in everyday teaching. In order to achieve this goal, Edmodo has been selected from all the available as a technology based educational learning tool, thanks to the ability of using the Greek language since the summer of 2011.

Given the students’ familiarity with computers and the internet, it was considered that using these tools in teaching would motivate them during the lesson, and, in particular, it would benefit the weakest students who often maintain a non-positive attitude towards the traditional (conventional) face-to-face lesson. This article presents a case of using an online social learning network offering communication, collaboration and coaching tools to K-12 schools and teachers as well as a means of communication among pupils themselves. In recent years, there has been a strong education interest in second generation World Wide Web (Web 2.0) applications such as blogs, social networking, information sharing tools, social bookmarking and more.

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