Had a great time with Moodle on Wednesday @ NSBA T+L Seattle 2008. Got to co-present a session (“Taking It to the Next Level Online with Moodle”), with Nicole Yemothy of Kent School District (WA) — attendees seemed to enjoy seeing how Nicole’s using Moodle with 7th grade students in a science class, plus the overview of Moodle hosted in a Moodle course. Deep dive: Moodle’s “Choice” activity continues to be a winner, in terms of
*eliciting students’ prior understanding*
*letting students choose project or topic ideas*
*doing formative assessment after experiencing content*
Then attended Randy Orwin’s “Moodle Magic…” session 2pm — great setup: thin-client Linux network giving us all online access; entry Moodle Feedback survey on who we are and what we know about Moodle; and tons of information on Moodle modules and functionality, Web 2.0 and open-source software in general. Well-deserved applause ended this great session.
