Moodle and Me

Comment by Matt Townsley on March 5, 2009 at 4:34pm

Moodle away, Jovan! I've been using it with my Statistics students for about a year now. I use it for the occasional discussion, to submit a few assignments electronically and for posting useful videos/websites for the students to view outside of class. As you get in to it, I'd be happy to help out, but I'm by no means an expert.

Comment by Lynn Gerrish on March 5, 2009 at 6:43pm

I've been using Moodle for two years in my classes. Two classes are geared to be strictly online classes, with my other classes using Moodle to upload a few assignments, add journal entries, visit sites I list, listen to podcasts and view videos. There is so much that can be done with Moodle. Students can set up portfolios, chat in class, check their assignments and grades. I love it.

Comment by Jovan D. Miles on March 6, 2009 at 4:52am

@ Lynn...I'm really interested to know more about how you use Moodle for student portfolios. I'd really like to get my math students reflecting on their own learning.

@ Matt...do you just set up different classes for the posting of videos/websites or have you dedicated an entire section to that ?

I'd really like to take a look at both of your Moodle sites. Would you be so kind as to provide me the link so I can take a look around ? Thanks!

here is what I have so far...again...this is just the preliminary stages of design and implementation

http://www.milesacademy.net/classroom

Comment by Matt Townsley on March 6, 2009 at 1:25pm

I'll send you a message, Jovan with the URL and credentials to get in.

Comment by Matt Townsley on March 6, 2009 at 1:36pm

From within each Moodle "course" I have it organized by week. I think you can setup courses in other ways, but this seems to work best for me. This allows students to see the 'current' resources (links, videos, etc.) that are helpful based on our current lessons.

Comment by Jovan D. Miles on March 10, 2009 at 1:42pm

Thanks for the link and the access Matt. You gave me some good ideas that I plan to borrow for my own install.

I've posted another blog concerning my thougts on what the "21st century school" should look and feel like after listening to the most recent 4 guys talking podcast.

Take a look. I'd really like to collaborate with you and others.

Comment by Eric Federspiel on March 17, 2009 at 10:41am

I've just been told by my district that Moodle is a better choice than WordPress MU. I've been exploring the Moodle website, and find it much more difficult to navigate than WordPress. Is that simply because the district has yet to install Moodle? The demo just isn't that helpful.

Comment by Matt Townsley on March 17, 2009 at 1:09pm

I'm not sure what "demo" you're referencing, Eric. Could you elaborate more? Moodle is open source software that can be installed locally on your school's centralized server. Alternatively, you could pay someone else to host it for your district. If you'd like to try it out for free, you may want to contact WebTeacherTools.com as the webmaster there is gracious enough to offer a free classroom to educators. This is where I got my start before our network technician installed it locally. I hope this helps!

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