Many school districts do not allow their students to have email addresses for school use. This can be frustrating because there are many opportunities for teachers and students to communicate and share files. One alternative to individual email addresses is using Edmodo.
“Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other.”
Teachers can set up a group for their classroom and each student is given a code to access the group. No email addresses are needed. I’ve never used Edmodo before, but it definitely is worth looking into as an alternative to separate email accounts.
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