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--> While on Twitter one evening I mentioned to a fellow fourth grade teacher that my class was traveling to Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA   to learn more about the Pilgrims and Wampanoags.  She tweeted back:   “Jealous!”   As she is located in Indiana it made me sad to think that she and her class would never, in all likelihood, get to experience this amazing ‘living’ museum, and that’s when my “Shared Field Trip” using Edmodo was born!    As I’m a new Edmodo user I have been looking for ways to seamlessly incorporate it into my daily lessons.   Being able to connect and collaborate on projects with classrooms around the globe makes this a valuable real world tool.   Knowing that many of my Twitter PLN also use Edmodo made me think that this would be an effective way to share our trip. How it worked: ·       Created an Edmodo Group and Tweeted the “ request to join” URL a day or two before the trip · ...

Every four years the students at our school are treated to a Mock Pr esidential Election.  This year the F ourth G raders were in charge of "manning the polls".     In prep a r ation of the day , s tudent s created Obama/Romney posters that were to adorn the walls of the school or to be held by the campaigners during vot ing hours.    Students at the "check in" table were given class lists and conducted the check in just like it would be done   an actual election. Instead of "Street Name", the poll worker as ked "Teacher's Name" , then Student Name.   The child's name was crossed off the voting list.  Checking In Next, v oters were handed a ballot and then directed to the pol ling booths (desks with privacy screens ).   Voting in the Booth After choosing their candidate , the voter proceeded to the "check out " statio n.  Checking Out The most ex citing moment came when the ballots were entered into the anti que...