Moodle

Creative ways to use Moodle in the Classroom - Resources and Notes: Presenter - Shawn Canady (Jim Gates for Social Studies)
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Get your own Moodle class
 * 1) Check with your IU to see if they offer it (IU15 DOES offer it. See Jim Gates, if you're in IU15)
 * 2) Use [|Globalclassroom.us] - they're giving away 200,000 free moodle classes!

Forum use in the classroom
 * [|Top 3 rules discussion] on Moodles Forums - Login as a guest to view site
 * [|Best practices for grading forums] from Moodle Forums - Login as a guest to view site
 * [|Grading Rubric] from Alaska University

Glossary use to enhance Vocabulary Skills



Notes from the session:
How to implement Moodle in the English Classroom?

Go to the Moodle Example Site as guest. (http://centralpacff.wikispaces.com/Moodle)

Figure out a way to utilize so that you can streamline our workflow instead of making it more difficult. The hard part is finding the time to set up your course.

What Shawn Likes About Moodle

• Digitally take care of files o Digitally bring files in o Digitally grade • Collaborate on Moodle • Not great for “marking” grammar, but great for looking at content.

Vocabulary Lesson

• Tools Available o Choice Tool – each student can “grab” one word and save his/her choice • The students’ choices are summarized for you. • You can limit students’ choices if you wish. o Glossary Tool (is empty when you set it up) • Course Glossary and Secondary Glossary (2 separate glossaries are available). • Add a new entry by adding a word • Add their definition • Save • Multiple students can look at their definition and respond to it. • Students can then collaborate. • Teacher can then approve or disapprove the definition. o Online Vocab Sentences can then be submitted.

Ideas from Audience for glossary tool. • Literary Terms • Character Analysis

Forum Use

• Forum Tool o Allows students to chat and talk – defending a position. o You can see everyone’s responses o Time lapse – basically immediately o Associated with Student Names o Teacher needs to post the questions AND respond first so a threaded discussion can be started. o Pitfall – Homework and inappropriate responses. o You can set the times the forum responses are open to monitor inappropriate comments. o You may “poll” your discussion and have students submit what side of an argument the students would take. (Possibly a thumbs up or down rating).

Possible Projects

Quotes Project (use with Forum Tool)

• Students pick 10 quotes from a book and writes two paragraphs on each quote o one paragraph on the quote o second paragraph on why the student chose the quote

Book Choice and three reasons why you selected this Fiction novel.

Submitting Online Text • Teacher can place a prompt and students can respond and submit answers. • Teachers can then place comments and grade the assignment. • You may place comments in the text the students submitted OR in the comment boxes. • DO NOT WRITE DIRECTLY IN ONLINE TEXT. Student should copy/paste or upload a document so they do not loose their work due to a “hiccup” with internet access or some other tech problem.

Keeping Classes Separated…

Have your tech people show you how to set up groups.

Use a separate Wiki for each class or group.