moodle presentation

An Introduction to

Moodle

What’s a Moodle?

An Interactive Class website

A modern way to deliver information to students in a way they can relate to

An EASY way for teachers to get immediate feedback

But most importantly

A safe place for students to learn, create their own content, and share that content with each other and their teacher

Why does it work?

Because kids are already online and surprisingly,

They want something to do while they’re there.

Online assignments don’t feel like “school”

And…

They WANT to be creative

They WANT to manipulate information

They WANT to show off what they’ve done

They WANT to connect with teachers in a modern way

Moodle allows them to do that in a SAFE and CONTROLLED environment

Finally…

Technology allows for those kids who may go “unnoticed” to thrive.

It also allows them to take an active role in their education.

This sounds complicated.

It’s not.

In fact, it’s incredibly simple once you get going.

The kids already know how to do almost everything in the Moodle. It’s the teachers who are intimidated.

So why should I ask my teachers to spend time learning this program?

Good Question

Because if your teachers are getting

comfortable….

Then your students are getting bored

Keep in mind…

They’re not “students”, they’re people

Like You…

And me

And which would you prefer today?

Me standing in front of you and lecturing the whole time?

Or

You actually having an opportunity to take some control of your experience?

When they get to work with their hands and

their minds…

There’s a much better chance they’re going to remember it.

This isn’t technology for the sake of

technology…

It’s technology for the sake of our kids

And just between you and I…

It actually makes the teachers job easier.

Much

Much

Easier

It’s true.

They just have to get past one major

obstacle…

FEAR OF TECHNOLOGY

Which is easy to overcome

You just have to be willing to try

And remember one really important thing

Good instruction isn’t something kids earn, it’s something they deserve.

Even “those” kids

So let’s get to it.