Sunday, January 16, 2011

Moodle in the Middle School Classroom

Our school ITS has been using Moodle this school year to get teachers to collaborate and share ideas about using technology in the classroom. I thought I might give the Course Management System a shot, as it is supported by the district servers. After setting up a class through the district point man, I found it really easy to upload documents and loaded with lots of features.

I thought I would benefit from a CMS like Moodle for a few reasons. I can set up online and extension assignments without requiring students to navigate the blog, scrolling down, etc. I can move appropriate assignments to the top, instead the obvious limitations of a traditional blog website. Also, the password protection helps protect identities and copyright infringement when I supply the class with resources. One feature I really liked as I set up the class was unzipping folders of documents within Moodle.

Ahhhh... it's the little things.



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