[Moodle] Increasing Moodle

[david folland]

In my studies of Teacher Librarianship, I have noticed that in a lot of
schools Librarians work with teachers to develop research units. One thing
that you could do is talk to the TL about using moodle to develop their
units with teachers. Talk about the importance of being easy to edit,
consistent across the school and (possibly) accessable from home.
Just an idea that looks like they might work at my school.

David Folland
IT teacher Kadina Memorial High School
Teacher Librarianship student Charles Sturt University

> 20 courses! Your'e doing well!
>
> I found teachers will only use Moodle if they see the need. Also if
> they perceive the learning curve as too steep they won't bother. I have
> run quite a few in service programs with a good deal of iinitial
> interest but not much follow through. Very frustrating, particularly
> when I can see definite educational advantages to a wide range of
> literacy skills.
>
> I'm now down to individually mentoring teachers untill they feel they
> can manage the medium themselves. I think the whole aspect of using
> Learning Management Systems in schools must be strategically planned
> right from the outset by the educational administration, not
> haphazzardly implemented like I did. It's difficult, if I didn't
> implement it when I did we still wouldn't have anything at all.
>
>
> Phil Brown
> Oxley College
>
>>>> murrao at westbourne.vic.edu.au 20/05/2005 10:04:40 am >>>
>
> HiI have tried to increase Moodle usage at Westbourne Grammar School
> but have so far only got 20 courses Moodle-ized.At a recent directors of
> faculty meeting we decide to run a trail of getting a teacher's marks
> book online via Moodle.The maths teacher involved will set up a Moodle
> course with all assignments being his existing paper based assessments.
> The assessments will run as per normal but grades and comments will be
> entered into Moodle and exported to excel at the end of semester.
> Students and parents can assess this data throughout the semester.I will
> monitor the server logs and if the trail is a success the entire
> secondary school will jump on board. Will keep you postedRegards, Oliver
> MurrayWeb DeveloperWestbourne Grammar Schoolwww.westbournegrammar.com