An Open Source Fairytale
So here is the ups and downs of Open Source. After a lot of work, we have a great looking theme and a Moodle 1.95 to install. 1.95 offers a really amazing gradebook features and I know it will have …
VLE and Moodle
14 Months and I was Back Where I Started (updated)
Since emailing Helen Foster at Moodle, I decided to write this post about why and how we selected Moodle. As this may be shared with other schools and staff considering Moodle as a potential VLE, I updated the content. “Go …
Ducks to Water
Today our Moodle technician introduced a small group (9) of Digital Leaders to course creation within Skoogle. We had 9 students, all content with building these ‘Introduction Course’ for their teacher partner. With very little guidance they soon got to …
Climate of Moodle Moot UK 09
MoodleMoot has been a very rewarding experience. There is no need to outline content of each keynote or individual breakout session (I am sure that the majority of presentations will be uploaded to the moodlemoot uk 09 site) – what …
Caution
We were investigating a two year roll out for netbooks to students in September, targeting Years 7 and 10. We are now proceeding with caution as we are not confident that the reliability / technology ratio is robust enough, that …
CC plugin
Today I found a Windows only Microsoft’s Creative Commons Add-in for Office. License your office docs with an easy drop-drop menu. Once installed, the add-on is extremely easy to use—just check the new Creative Commons tab on the Ribbon if …
Finding a Space
A new space in required in school. The size of a classroom to support the 121 laptop/netbook project. It needs to be central, accessible and avoid bottlenecks of student trying to get ready for their next class. Another lesson today, …
Within School VLE-ariance
The biggest single variable (30 per cent) that explains within-school variation is teachers – teaching strategies, professional characteristics and classroom climate explain the often disturbing variation within schools. Now that I have had time to reply to Jo, does the …