Presentation Transcript
Slide 1:Moodle for Teachers
Class Project by Doug Henry
Oct 5, 2009
Slide 2:Moodle for Teachers Class (M4T)
Previous experience with Blackboard and WebCT
Familiar with installing Moodle but not using it
M4T has been useful for:
Good review of online teaching principles with emphasis
on Social Constructivist ideas
Sandbox to develop course prototype
Resources I can look back on when I need them
More work than I expected, but I need to have a fire lit
under me sometimes – used blog for notes & reflection
My biggest problem: procrastinating & waiting for ideas!
Slide 3:Course Characteristics
Title: Preparing Online Instructional Videos
Format: Five Week-long units
Audience: K-12 teachers who already use Powerpoint and
overheads in instruction
Objective: Provide basic tools and training to produce
and publish online instructional videos
Slide 4:Asynchronous format so teachers can attend any time
and repeat lessons
Appeal to multiple learning styles
Short, realistic, memorable lessons with basic
functionality
Emphasize usage rather than theory
Move from familiar to new
Use free software without any frills
Encourage sharing and collaboration, esp for critical
review Considerations
Slide 5:Course Design Matrix
Slide 6:Other Resources
Book - Mary Cooch, "Moodle 1.9 for Teaching 7-14 Year Olds",
www.PaktPub.com
Survey - Surveymonkey.com
Gamelets - From Vignettestraining.com and
Trainingmagnetwork.com
Course software:
Convert video files: Freevideoconverter (koyotesoft.com)
Powerpoint to Flash: Ispring Free (ispringsolutions.com)
Screen capture: Camstudio (rendersoftware.com)
Movie making: Windows Movie Maker and Photostory
(microsoft.com)
Download flash movies: Flashvideodownloader.org
Animation: Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) and Fluxtime
(fluxtime.com)