61:29 minutes (21.12 MB)

Everybody is talking Moodle! Laurie Korte will demystify the whole Moodle mystique. Laurie will explain the ideas behind Moodle and give examples of how this can impact your classroom or your school! Laurie is a District Technology Integration Specialist her Website is http://moodlemeet.ning.com.

Join Jen, Sharon and Cheryl as we interview and converse with Laurie Korte and the chat room.

46:22 minutes (21.23 MB)It was another great show with James Gates of Tipline - Gates? Computer Tips taking us through Moodle, and it's features. Jim was excited and passionate about this subject as you'll be able to tell from the show audio.

Jim started with a slideshare on Moodle in the classroom:
http://www.slideshare.net/jgates513/moodle-for-elementary-grades

1. He then talked us through the slides which highlighted the features in a moodle.
2. It's a great walled garden system that has a number of modules that you can pick and choose from.
3. There is even a great basic wiki, and word list/glossary builder feature.
4. There is a free moodle services available at http://globalclassroom.us/

Our Diigo links for this show include some school sites using moodle. Many have guest sign-in that will let you look at pages without editing privileges.

Please join us on September 24th, 2007 for a discussion of social networks in Education with John Pederson.

Chat Log Below

58:58 minutes (27.02 MB)

A conversation with Vinnie Vrotny about his role at North Shore Country Day School, and his work with parent education on Internet Safety with Moodle.