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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>That sounds like a sensational idea….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I have used the messaging system when I
have had students away, but still wanting to be a part of the class….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>So they were able to participate…
but the chat forum makes much more sense…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I have a couple of my fellow moodlettes
here who use the chat forum with their science classes to discuss a wide range
of issues…and the kids love it, and the teachers feel there is a great
level of learning<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Assistant Manager of ICT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 30 May 2007 12:37
AM<br>
<b><span style='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='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Moodle] Chat before
exams</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Here is an interesting post from another mailing list. There seems to
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-attendance and cramming. Has anybody else tried this? (might scare them off
or make them get some sleep for a change ;-) <br>
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Regards Roland<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Re: Positive use of Moodle Chat by <a
href="http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=79262&course=5" target="_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=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I don't
usually use <a href="http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=321"
target="_blank" title=Chat>Chat</a>, but I advertised a one-hour last-minute
advice/therapy session to my students on the evening before their exam.
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 potential
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=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>-- <br>
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Westall</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Secondary</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
<a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
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