Archive for the 'Web2.0' Category

Presented 1/20&21 at the Ohio Free-Tech Conference in Cincinnati
Presentation:

Handout:
http://tech.savvyteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Moodle_Outline.pdf
Resources
Moodle Benefits
http://www.smartschools.ph/SmartSchools/SmartTools/BenefitsMoodle.htm
About Moodle
http://docs.moodle.org/en/About_Moodle
Moodle Philosophy
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Moodle/Philosophy
Review of HS use of Moodle
http://aiken.moodlerooms.com/wb/pages/academics/moodle/moodle-at-aiken-high-school–introduction/moodle-at-aiken-high-school–images.php
Getting Started
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Getting_started_for_teachers
Blackboard vs. Moodle
http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdv1/moodle/all.htm
Hot potatoes – Create Interactive Activities
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Wikipedia’s Moodle Article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
Demo Course – Features
http://demo.moodle.net/course/view.php?id=5
2 Minute Moodles – Videos
http://tomazlasic.net/moodle/moodle-tutorials-2-minute-moodles/
Moodle Documentation
http://treadwell.cce.cornell.edu/moodle_doc/

This is a great video on a general overview of how a teacher can use technology to revolutionalize how students access and interact with information. Instead of a text book, students are expected to create their own text book, and interact with the creators of the writers of the various blogs and sites that make [...]

Edutopia has a great article on how many teachers are finding ways to use web2.0 sites that are often blocked in the classroom. This goes along well with our recent article on how to bring youtube videos to class dispite filters.

YouTube is often blocked at schools due to the inappropriate content that is hosted on the site. However, there is a great wealth of educational content as well that you might wish to show to your classes.
We will be downloading a copy of the video that you can bring into class. You’ll find that while [...]

Youtube has plenty of educational content, from Photoshop tutorials to great speeches from history, just about ever content area can be found on the site. Unfortunately, a ton of inappropriate content can be found too. How can you keep the good yet protect your students from the bad?
TeacherTube may be the answer. It’s a youtube-like [...]

Wikipedia is a great source of all sorts of information. I often go there myself to get a basic understanding of a topic. But wikipedia has been attacked as non-credible and containing false information. We’re going to explore if these claims are true or false and decide what to do with wikipedia. First, we need [...]