Avoiding Emergencies by Investing In Yourself

As a district we strive to provide effective and reliable communication with parents.  The keywords being "effective and reliable".  It isn't always the easiest or prettiest or come on an app but it is under our control and it is effective and reliable.  We invest in...

Trifecta of Moodle Plugins to Jumpstart Your LMS

At Dearborn Public Schools we have set out to make going from "login to learning" as easy as possible for students and staff.  We utilize Moodle as our LMS because we are not constrained by contracts, user limits, funding, and other factors that prevent districts...

Micro Credentialing and Micro Certifications

Dearborn Public Schools uses Moodle to deliver training to employees.  We've built a highly customizable and extensive training platform called MyPD that allows employees to complete required certifications and mandatory training.  Badges are awarded upon completion...

Where’s our focus in regards to Moodle development?

We are focused on much more than just a Moodle theme: Fordson Theme - integrate new features and make things look good Easy Enrollment Plugin - get kids into courses quickly from the homepage using enrollment codes like Google classroom iLearn Secure Browser App - A...

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Build Student Vocab Using the Frayer Model

Build Student Vocab Using the Frayer Model

- Help Students Build Vocabulary Using the Frayer Model We have a lot of fun building cool database presets.  The Moodle Database Activity is a powerful tool for use in the classroom.  With a little bit of know-how you can make impressive experiences for students.  In...

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Pioneer Theme

Pioneer Theme

Pioneer is about exploring new possibilities.  Imagine a teacher uploading a photo to customize the course's cover photo within the theme.  Imagine with the click of a button your students could show and hide their grades right in the course.  Pioneer incorporates...

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Latest Series: Better Writing and Reflection

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Part One: Better Writing with Peer Review

This is part one of a series as we will be covering a writing workshop where students peer review using a rubric.  The subject matter is the Declaration of Independence. How do you go about trying to increase writing skills and expose students to writings from peers...

Part Two: Better Writing with Peer Review

Using H5P plugin for Moodle to Guide Student Writing Check out Part One To begin the writing process we want students to follow a format.  First they must summarize the parts of the Declaration of Independence and then write a paragraph for each section.  H5P is a new...

Part Three: Student Centered Assessment using Workshop in Moodle

This is part of a series:  Part One  |  Part Two Over the past couple weeks, Dearborn teachers Scott Apple, Marla Wiacek, and Julie Wooton have had their students using the Moodle (iLearn) Workshop module to submit writing and then self- and peer-assess that writing...

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