Some notes I think may be interesting. On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected]>wrote:
> > For the Moodle advocates. I am a big Moodle fan. But I don't think its our > right now solution for the work we are talking about doing. > > > 1. Our target, elementary school teachers are not currently using > either Moodle or Sugar, adding both at once makes the learning curve even > harder. > > Adding a 3rd system... easier? > 1. We are focusing on lesson plans in the 1 hour and even 20-minute > groupwork time frames. Moodle is more focused on longer time frames. > > I am about to include José Cedeno's new 'timeline' courseformat which should make classroom usage a bit better :-) > > 1. We are focusing on what the teacher will do and what the class will > do both online and offline during the lesson as well as learning goals, > standards, help for the teacher in differentiating the lesson etc. Think > the teachers guide for the text book. Moodle is more focused on what the > student is doing online. Its not a very natural fit. > > That sounds a lot like the paper-based materials Peru is putting together. A booklet for the teacher that guides a (probably multi-day) "lesson" called "XO-Reporter" that covers lots of things, from choosing a topic to report on, asking good questions, writing in "news style" with inverted pyramid -- some parts involve using the XO. http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/archivos/Fasc_PERIODISTA.pdf More like that (though of varied depth) http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/OLPC_fichasfasc.html For new teachers, and in agreement that we are snowing them with a ton of new things, these docs seem to be most useful _on paper_. I cry a bit for the lost trees, but we do need these stepping stones. And heck, I like my key guides / books / references to be on paper. If things to aid & support computer use want to use the same screen I am trying to use for something else, it's a losing proposition. > 1. Moodle has tremendous promise in terms of reducing teacher workload. > Here is an example of what I hope that in the future Moodle will be able > to: > 1. Provide a link that students click and they open a Write document > that is a template/scaffolding for a specific assignment, say writing a > scientific argument. > > I have _just_ published a Moodle update on Friday that should do this. If a teacher creates a template and uploads it as part of Moodle topic > > 1. When the document is saved it is automatically turned in as Homework > in Moodle allowing the teacher to review and comment on the document > from > anywhere, even on days when the class does not see the science teacher. > > That's a bit harder :-) but doable. > > > However, I still see Moodle as just one format teachers will use. > Of course :) m -- [email protected] [email protected] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff
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