I am very excited about things that are happening in Mid-Del. About nine other educators and I are going through a detailed training of Moodle--I believe I've mentioned it here before. Moodle is a learning management system that makes the life of the teacher a little easier. It is an online extension of the classroom--assignments, assessments, activities, resources, links, etc. can all be posted and managed on Moodle. Up front, teachers will need to be dedicated. It will require extra time to enter quizzes and assignments, but because Moodle will grade these for the teacher it saves time in the end!
Another open-source, Web 2.0 tool we're being introduced to is Mahara.org. Mahara is an eportfolio site--students can have resumes, blogs, essays all on Mahara. They can set their account to public or semi-private, where they share their work with friends, teachers, or colleagues. How exciting?!?! Maybe this means the crates full of paper portfolios can finally be retired.
Friday, June 4, 2010
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