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Impressive use of Lessons
As impressive as the lesson is, the most significant aspect is in the ways it changes Mrs. Maynor’s role as a teacher. Since the lesson is prepared in advance with embedded assessment and multimedia, Maynor spent most of her time dealing individually with students and...
Unleash Teacher Collaboration in Moodle
Copying is good thing - unless you are taking a test! Why reinvent the wheel when other teachers can help get you started. We have created a new User Role for Moodle which allows you to collaborate/share items from your course with another teacher. This new...
My Learning Plan – Moodle and Mahara
Students in several schools are using Moodle & Mahara ePortfolios to create "My Learning Plans". Both Moodle and Mahara are open source learning tools and is the "magic" behind our learning platform that allows students and teachers to amazing things! Here is a...
Who knew? The Glossary Activity is Amazing
Moodle is a very versatile tool. The Glossary is an amazing tool that can be utilized for a variety of practical and fun activities with Students. Check out this article by Troy Patterson... https://troypatterson.me/2016/01/21/moodle-glossary/
5 Ways for Students to Say Hello
Troy Patterson has published a great article on 5 ways for students to say "Hi" in Moodle. With so many tools built into Moodle the only limits are your imagination. If you are looking for a great introduction activity for your new Moodle course then getting the...
Transfer Grades to MiStar from Moodle
Many Michigan teachers use the MiStar gradebook to share grades with parents and students. The MiStar student information system is unique to Michigan and there are not a lot of plugins that make putting grades into it easy. That is not the case with Moodle! Using...
An Interview with a K-12 Moodle Superstar!
Original Story Posted on the Tech Coaches Blog The Tech Coaches in Dearborn Public Schools have had the pleasure of working alongside an exceptional teacher at William Ford, Ms. Jazel Fakhreddine. Jazel is using her Moodle (iLearn) course to help her ELL students and...
Interactive Timeline Tool
I had been watching this product for awhile and the latest releases are really spectacular. The H5P plugin for Moodle, Wordpress, and Drupal is an AMAZING plugin that allows teachers to build a variety of interactive experiences for students. While there is a whole...
American Sign Language Glossary Videos
Do you want to expose your students to sign language? Maybe you teach American Sign Language. Our outstanding teachers have collaborated using Moodle to build a video Glossary of over 140 words. The videos are hosted on YouTube. We are sharing this with the Moodle...
Top Roadblocks for Teachers – A Note for Moodle Admins
This is by no means an exhaustive listing of what should be done but it is the core of what needs to be done to make Moodle more functional and grab the attention of teachers. The issue with Moodle is often it is an after thought. It gets put on a server by the...
Rubrics Make Grading Fun
As a follow-up to the previous article on Mahara Portfolios, teachers can use rubrics to grade portfolios. Moodle makes it fun to grade using rubrics because it is point and click to award points in the rubric to the student. Take a look at this article below which...
Stash Plugin
Who doesn't like finding hidden items and unlocking secret information! The Stash plugin for Moodle does just that. This plugin allows you to put hidden items all over your course to encourage exploration and collection of these items to unlock new areas of the...
ePortfolios – What is the best tool to use?
There is a growing interest in using portfolios with students. For a variety of reasons a portfolio is an amazing tool for reflection, curation, and many other skills a student must learn. It also can be used for setting goals, building a college/job resume,...
Let students build flashcards
Let students build classroom flashcards using this amazing database preset. Using the Moodle Database activity we were able to create a flashcard building tool in which the students do the work! Use this preset to allow them to build and share a classroom collection...
Storytelling for Elementary Students
At the beginning of school you sometimes want to just get to know your students. Many times we ask the students to write a quick paragraph about their favorite vacation or summer activity. Moodle can facilitate this and allow students to be creative with photos....
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