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Moodle in the Primary School

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Why would I? – pupil benefits– Caters for varied learning styles.– Provides opportunity for extension.– Provides opportunity for revision.– ‘Digital Natives’ knowledge is used.

Children/young people involved in social networking; collaboration and communication. Moodle appeals to these functions.

– Gives learners a sense of ‘ownership’… their class Moodle, their content, their personalized space.

– Offers flexibility and 24/7 access.

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– Provides a vehicle for embedding ICT across the curriculum.

– Reduction in workload (long term)– Features and functionality provide tools

for teaching.– Motivation – especially boys?– WON’T teach the class though!

Why would I? – teacher benefits

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Parents and governors

• Supports home/school links• Gateway for information and

communication

• BUT be wary of what access rights you give…

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Children have embraced the "C" words to build active communities of learners, to swap and exchange insights, to collaborate, communicate, create and challenge.

Prof Stephen Heppell, EducationGuardian September 2006

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Customising Moodle• ‘Blank’ template to start• RSS• You can change:

– Header image– Graphics– Colours– Icons– Text size– Number of blocks

For whole site or individual courses.

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Possible activities and resources• Assignment• Chat• Choice• Database• Forum• Glossary• Hot Potatoes Quiz• Questionnaire• Quiz• SCORM• Wiki

• Text page• Web page• Link to file or website• Show directory (folder)• Labels

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Example courses

How do these activities fit into courses?

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• Rivers• Forces• Earth, Sun and moon• Victorians• Transport• Rigolo French• Questionnaire• Governor information

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What now?• Building courses DOES take time

– Think of something you already teach that could be enriched by using Moodle

– Choose one area/topic/issue to start– Don’t necessarily put everything online in the topic:

have some offline work too where appropriate– Attend twilight training courses– Contact a Learning Consultant if you have a particular

project in mind: support is available– Perhaps see if your local high school uses Moodle: many

collaborative projects are taking place

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Contacts• Daniella Martindaniella@cleo.net.uk• Damaris Revelldamaris@cleo.net.uk• Roger Langroger@cleo.net.uk• Andrew Slaughter (technical)01257 516384• Alison Wilson (training)a.wilson@cleo.net.uk