Over the past few weeks, my Y11/12 class of ‘Moodle helpers’ in the course called Career and Enterprise (you can see the programme here if interested, big focus on ‘living with technology’) have put together a magazine about Moodle. The first issue is targeted at new people in our school community and/or people who have …
Tag Archive: 1. Moodle
Jun 09
Grow a Moodle
I have been thinking about and scouring the net for ‘best’ models of trying to get teachers to use Moodle for some time. I have tried a few things myself with mixed success until the most obvious thing hit me. There are gigabytes of info on ‘growing gap between the teachers and students in using …
Mar 14
Can you teach me Moodle?
This afternoon a staff member walked up to me and said: “Tomaz, I have been meaning to see you about Moodle. You really need to teach me about how to use it.” This of course is music to my ears as the resident moodler. But then I returned what is now becoming a standard line …
Mar 07
What is a Zoodle? Moodle at the zoo
Cool morning, sunny +26 C day and the fantastic Perth Zoo were our playground yesterday for a bunch of our Year 9 classes. The excursion is a centrepiece of the term looking at endangered species of SE Asia and particularly Indonesia. Sadly, not all students came along for various reasons. We wanted to make the …
Mar 05
Using Moodle Glossary to stop spoonfeeding students
I am getting a little tired of ‘spoon-feeding’ and doing the heavy lifting for my students. So, in a fine constructivist tradition, here is a little activity I have just pulled off in my Philosophy and Ethics class using Moodle’s Glossary activity to get them thinking. I got students into groups of three, one is …
Oct 09
Top 5 myths about teaching with Moodle
If you are trying to introduce Moodle to teachers or staff at your school or a similar organisation, you have or you will probably hear at least some, if not all, of the five statements below in some shape of form. I deliberately called these ‘myths’ because they simply do not stack up when compared …
Aug 18
Giving all students a voice – Moodle forum
After an amazingly insight-rich, highly enjoyable and very well-received online forum across four senior classes at our school on the theme ‘What would you improve at our school?” this week, I simply had to put in a big plug for forums in Moodle. I write this as a combination of teaching and tech tips and …
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