Our school system is in the process of switching to a new Course Management System called Moodle. Using this platform, teachers and students would have the ability to use online discussion forums, post messages, upload and download files, give and receive feedback on assignments, and chat in real time.
Our schools currently rely on programs called Blackboard and TeacherWeb for educators to put materials online for students and parents to access. Moodle will be a more cost-effective way to deliver online material and will provide more options for teachers and students to utilize.
John and Heather, along with other IT personnel, will be trained on how to use Moodle. This will occur near the end of September. Once trained, John and Heather will show their other group members how to use this Course Management System. Our goal is to learn all we can about Moodle so we can help train teachers throughout the county.
Check out some links about Moodle:
http://moodle.org/
http://demo.moodle.net/
http://www.moodlerooms.com/resources/tutorials/
Over the next few months, we will also be reviewing our school system's online security software and filtering capabilities.
I can't wait for John and Heather to be trained on Moodle so they can, in turn, train us. I am excited to learn about this system, and hope that I can be an integral part in training other teachers to use this system efficiently.
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