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Maximizing Teaching Efficiency with Moodle in Middle School

Enhance teaching methods and student engagement using Moodle - a free, open-source platform with diverse resources for activities, quizzes, podcasts, webquests, and grades. Increase communication with parents and monitor student progress effectively.

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Maximizing Teaching Efficiency with Moodle in Middle School

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  1. Daniel Studebaker Middle School Social Studies National Trail LSD Using Moodle in the Middle School Classroom

  2. My Background • B.S. Secondary Education Wright State University • M. Ed. Educational Leadership Wright State University • National Trail School • 2006-Present • Middle School Social Studies Teacher • Building Leadership Team • District Leadership Team • Tech Tuesday Technology Present

  3. Why use Moodle? • Making your teaching time more efficient • Like WebCT or Blackboard • Like ProgressBook on Steroids • Free, open source, FREE software • Can be used by any device with Internet access • FREE software that connects teachers with students (and their parents.)

  4. Resources • Links to other websites • Internal Moodle webpages • Documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoints, pdf…) • Pictures • Videos • School Calendar • Monitor Student Activity • The resources you post and the way you use them are limited only by your imagination.

  5. Activities • Audio Recorder • Podcasts • Surveys • VodCasts • Webquest * Items I have yet to use • Assignments • Blogs • Chat* • Choice • Database • Forum* • Hot Potatoes • Journals • Quizzes (Tests) • Wiki

  6. Assignments • 3 Types - Upload, online submissions, offline • Allow parents access to student assignments • Allow teachers to see if assignments are turned in on time or not (if online or upload) • Allows for paper or non paper generated assignments.

  7. Journals • Are simply online writing journals that can be used in a number of ways… • Class Lab Journals – to give students a place to keep class work and observations. • Writing Journals – writing to write! • Keeps each students entries together. • Allows teacher to keep all journal entries for a class together in one place! • Example Journal

  8. Quizzes & Tests • Create online quizzes/tests • Multiple choice • True/false • Short answer • Essay • Matching • Great for unit tests • Combined formative assessment and summative assessment in the same unit • Great Data!

  9. Vodcasts and Podcast • A great new idea for student projects. • Weekly News Broadcasts • Teachers can record lessons and post them. • Record Smartboard lessons. • Record with webcam • Record Screen Capture Lessons with Media Encoder. • Allow Students to review and repeat lessons online at workstation. • Podcasts are a complete course in its own right and are fantastic class learning projects. • Audio broadcasts that are posted online

  10. Webquests • What is a WebQuest? • A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. • All the parts of a “traditional” webquest are integrated into the Moodle module. • My Quest

  11. Choices • Like a one question survey • Let students choose what chapter they want to cover next. • Let students select topics for class projects.

  12. Surveys/Feedback • Customizable survey • Can be anonymous • Can be used in class, by grade, or throughout the school • Results can be private or viewable • Teacher can always see results • Examples • Student feedback

  13. Grades • Grades can be maintained as a sole online grading tool. • There are many different ways to view grades • You can identify places in student work that are weaknesses and strengths • Basics • Students can see their grades • Parents can access grades. • Customization was our key to success! • Strengths and weaknesses • Interim Reports. • Upload to DASL

  14. Useful links • National Trail Home Moodle page • Moodle home page

  15. Thanks for coming! • Daniel Studebaker • National Trail LSD • 6940 Oxford Gettysburg Road • New Paris, OH 45320 • 937 437-3333 x 1313 • daniel_studebaker@nationaltrail.k12.oh.us

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