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submission I am about to write which will, if granted, may allow me to set u=
p
Moodle in a small way initially across two KLA&#8217;s at our college. A par=
t
of the application requires me to budget resources etc. Could you assist me=
 in
this regard?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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loy
a technician or person. Do you know any? to assist in the setting up of Mood=
le
at school. Gee, I may be way off my tree here, but do you employ SSO&#8217;s=
 to
do so at your school? What rate of pay should I allocate? Any ideas of how l=
ong
this would take, time-wise, starting from scratch?<o:p></o:p></span></font><=
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list and a couple of us are very enthusiastic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span><=
/font></b><font
size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-fam=
ily:Tahoma'>
moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><s=
pan
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 30 May 2007=
 12:37
AM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Moodle in Schools Mailing
List; Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List; Year 11 Information
Technology Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Moodle] Chat before
exams</span></font><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'>Here is an interesting post from another mailing list. There seems t=
o
be some merit in offering to run an online, closed Moodle meeting before an=
 examination.
My students are huge online chatters and we have a problem with non-attendan=
ce
and cramming. Has anybody else tried this? (might scare them off or make the=
m
get some sleep for a change ;-) <br>
<br>
Regards Roland<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'>Re: Positive use of Moodle Chat by <a
href=3D"http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=3D79262&amp;course=3D5" target=3D=
"_blank">Mike
Green</a> - Monday, 28 May 2007, 06:47 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>=
I don't
usually use <a href=3D"http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=3D13&amp;rid=3D=
321"
target=3D"_blank" title=3DChat>Chat</a>, but I advertised a one-hour last-mi=
nute
advice/therapy session to my students on the evening before their exam.&nbsp=
;
It worked really nicely, and I will do it again. Nice, I think, to give
students a friendly and understanding point of contact at a time of potentia=
l
stress. One student wasn't going to bother turning up for the exam as she
didn't think it was worth it, and I was able to talk her into attending - so
just on that result it was worth it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'=
font-size:
12.0pt'>-- <br>
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au<=
/a><br>
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change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has.&quot; --Margare=
t
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