moodle

__**Just what is a Moodle anyway?--Concord C**__ Moodle is an open source course management system that easily creates a secure environment for your students to interact and share information. With a simple and flexible interface, and a great price tag (FREE!), Moodle can create the online presense you need to reach your students and community.
 * Session Link:** [|http://bethanyvsmith.pbwiki .com/Moodle]
 * Bethany Smith, NC State College of Education--**Target Audience: K-12, Administration

Bethanyvsmith.pbwiki.com Course management system (CMS) Kinda like blackboard… You can Download moodle at: [|http://download.moodle.org] easy to install on servers easiest install she has sent her IT guys what are people doing with it? College of education moodle at NC state—she is the instructional technologist: Issues: locked down by IT departments Driven by CSS Advantage of Moodle over blackboard-- Easy customization> all black boards look the same. Just different icons You can choose different themes with Moodle—that is unique An example: Kris Kritmen [|https://Cedmoodle.ncsu.edu/course/view].
 * MOODLE:**


 * When teaching Moodle--Start with three simple things:**

1)  Syllabus online  2)   Discussion boards online 3)  Documents online

do “Scaffolding” (baby steps), have a champion (a person who will run with it as an example), Other cool thing moodle does—integrated blogs and wiki’s Integrates all those parts into the product itself… Can house rss feeds, Theme selecter--Moodle templates –huge website where you can upload She Recommend you start with a standard template and edit it…

Blocks: add ons or plug ins you can add—a podcasting block for example.

[|https://Cedssandbox.ncsu.edu] place where you try out things and play with them… can add an image to that block.. On Moodle there is a wide middle section —where all your info is then, you have "blocks" on the right and the left Add “bling” to your course Community based project… the sandbox—see if we like it and is something we can work with, don’t make it too long to freak out teachers… Forums—threaded discussions Blocks: add a remote rss feed Dpi is using a moodle:--To look at their tech plans __Bethany’s New favorite thing:__ http://www.georgetownprofessor.net/gportfolio/: has all the student teacher portfolios all the artifacts to proove themseves:
 * What is a Sandbox on Moodle?**
 * “turn editing**” on


 * Emory, Anything to add? (I left this session early)**