Moodle is a program which offers course management. Moodle is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source license and modular design means that people can develop additional functionality. Moodle is flexible enough to allow for a full range of modes of teaching. It can be used for both introductory and advanced delivery of content or assessment, and doesn't promote a constructivist teaching approach. Moodle can be used in the elementary setting, all the way to adult learners. Here, teachers can post forums, assignments, quizzes, and even journals to be used with their students. This helps to minimize papers in the classroom, and feedback can be given in a quicker manner. Also, students can help other students with the use of forums and discussion boards, and teachers can post assignments that are due. This helps all students to stay more on task, in case they forget what assignments are due and when. Teachers can also post quizzes online which students are able to take, allowing them to focus on the content material relevant to the class. By using this website, I feel teachers are better able to communicate with their students and the students are also able to perform better in the classroom because they are able to stay on task at all times. Most teachers seem to say they enjoy using Moodle, but the only issue they have with it is their blog function. As a result, these teachers don't use Moodle for classroom blogs, but they find it to be a great tool for classroom as well as parent teacher communication.
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Sonia, you're right. Moodle seems like a good way of creating open communication among both teachers and students and teachers and parents. For parents who aren't able to meet with the teacher one on one, it's a great program to show them what's going on in the classroom.
Sonia, Moodle does pose some great oppurtunities for the classroom and learning. I love the idea of students being able to find assignments online and for parent teacher communication. I get caught up in the oppurtunities in technology, but don't want face to face communication to become rare. This sounds lile a good technology tool still!
Moodle seems to be a great way for teachers to not only communicate online with their students, but their parents as well. Many parents today seem to be paying more attention to how their students are doing and if teachers can post more than just their overall grade on the web, parents can help keep their students on task and know when important dates are coming up.
Seems to be a great program and very useful! Good way to see what's going on in the classroom without actually being in it! Great reporting about it!
Interesting. Course management is always hard. I think creating open communication is super importiant. Your explaination was very clear too. Techonology is hear to stay and we need to keep up! Thanks for the update.
I have been substituting and was given instructions to use "moodle"
to have the students take a quiz. This was my first encounter with Moodle and I thought it was a fantastic tool for teachers. This helps clarify "moodle" for me .
Thanks. Richard
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