[Moodle] Another Moodle newbie ... using it with Primary kids

[Darrel Branson]

Hi Angela,
A number of my primary schools use the district Moodle we have setup. They
use it for:
* Discussion forums on school topics eg water use
* Links to interesting websites for students
* A safe place to send IM¹s to each other
* A safe place to have student chats
* The online text assignment for reflective journals
* The choice activity for simple data collection and polls
* Embedding digital learning resources and web2.0 content
* Simple quizzes
I also have a few schools using Moodle for literature circles between
schools as a collaborative project.

As for age, we have had students as young as grade 2 using the forums to
communicate but it does work best when the students have a reasonable level
of literacy, so grade 4 and up ... but there are no hard fast rules.

Kind Regards
Darrel

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Darrel Branson
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Sunraysia Mallee Schools Network
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On 27/10/08 1:08 PM, "Angela Harridge" <angelah at structuregraphs.com> wrote:

> Greetings all,
> 
> I'm a newbie to this this ... and to Moodle.  I have been following your
> suggestions for 'starters' closely ... thank you from me too :)
> 
> Moodle looks fantastic (if not a little scary), and I can't wait to get stuck
> into it.  But, as the Primary TL and ICT person, I have to work out how to
> make Moodle easy to access for the P-6 kids. Is there anyone 'out there' who
> is using it in a Primary school?  If so - what sorts of things are you doing?
> - do you have the little tackers using it?
> 
> Many thanks ... in anticipation.
> 
> Angela
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