Some notes I think may be interesting.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><ol><li>Our target, elementary school teachers are not currently using either Moodle or Sugar, adding both at once makes the learning curve even harder.</li></ol></div></div></blockquote><div>Adding a 3rd system... easier?<br>
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<li>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.</li></ol></div></div></blockquote><div>I am about to include José Cedeno's new 'timeline' courseformat which should make classroom usage a bit better :-)<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div><ol><li>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.</li>
</ol></div></div></blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
<br><cite><a href="http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/archivos/Fasc_PERIODISTA.pdf">http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/archivos/Fasc_PERIODISTA.pdf</a></cite><br><br>More like that (though of varied depth) <a href="http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/OLPC_fichasfasc.html">http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/OLPC_fichasfasc.html</a><br>
<br>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_.<br><br>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.<br>
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<li>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:</li><ol><li>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.</li>
</ol></ol></div></div></blockquote><div>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<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<li>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.</li>
</ol></ol></div></div></blockquote><div>That's a bit harder :-) but doable.<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</ol></ol><div>However, I still see Moodle as just one format teachers will use. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Of course :)<br><br><br><br></div></div><br><br clear="all">m<br>-- <br> <a href="mailto:martin.langhoff@gmail.com">martin.langhoff@gmail.com</a><br>
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