Edmodo in English Learning

Amalia, Aji Rizki

English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings
Vol 2 (2018): 2nd ELLiC Proceedings: Education 4.0: Trends and Future Perspectives in English Educa

The development in information technology (IT) brings changes in education. The condition requires alternatives in developing curriculum, tools and learning media. Students engage with IT almost every day but not the teachers. Teachers need to consider using IT in their teaching to increase students’ motivation in learning including English learning. Social media is one of IT developments that students engage with almost every day. Combining teaching and social media will make students motivation to learn increase. Edmodo is one kind of Learning Management System (LMS) which interface is similar to Facebook, the most popular social media worldwide. Teachers’ tasks, from planning to scoring, can be done with this LMS. Hopefully, using this Edmodo in teaching English can be a game changing situation.