How's the Content?
I am still using the Moodle to push Digital Citizenship for 5th grader. Digital Citizenship begins with Internet Safety in Kindergarten and grows as students get older. All our students are gaining Computational Skills with Code.org and other resources. We introduce Research Skills early (k-5). This is extremely important in the climate of the Internet today. I hope to provide more for the students.
Vertical Alignment and teaching a dynamic vs. static skill set.
Our district has pushed a "standards based" report card, but confused me by providing a list of "1999 skills" to assess students with. Many of the skills provide are not relevant to Google Tools. I find myself in a RUT (Teaching Relevant, Universal and Transferrable skills). I'm not so worried whether they can "Save As" anymore.
Keyboarding in Isolation (I caved in)
Keyboarding is now part of what we do. Students are enrolled in Typing.com and they type... Because keyboarding is needed to score on standardized tests like MStep. Too bad our technology for testing doesn't match our technology for daily life (Why not Voice to Text App on the MStep?).
Computational Thinking and Code.org
Coding is a way of life and students are flying higher than ever. Some students completed 4 courses, so I introduced certain fourth graders to 3D modeling. Thank you code.org and the other affordable resources.
Don't write off Moodle
Students continue to use Moodle. Administration has brought up the idea of foregoing Moodle support and "standardizing" on Google Classroom. I think diverse tools provide students with diverse skills, and wish to use rich tools, like Moodle. I no longer used Edmodo, but Moodle is very powerful for my 5th graders.
Forwarding Google Tools
Since we replaced all the P.C.s with Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, the acceleration to Google Tools has happened. Unfortunately, at the lower grades the user and password schemes are not age appropriate and we spend a ton of time logging in. Some classroom teachers are not reinforcing the use of these tools in their classrooms because of lack of technology or just how darn hard it is for them to log in. Much of our time at the 2nd and 3rd grade is used up logging in. I continue to encourage the frustrated students in this endeavor, and it slowly moves forward.
I am still using the Moodle to push Digital Citizenship for 5th grader. Digital Citizenship begins with Internet Safety in Kindergarten and grows as students get older. All our students are gaining Computational Skills with Code.org and other resources. We introduce Research Skills early (k-5). This is extremely important in the climate of the Internet today. I hope to provide more for the students.
Vertical Alignment and teaching a dynamic vs. static skill set.
Our district has pushed a "standards based" report card, but confused me by providing a list of "1999 skills" to assess students with. Many of the skills provide are not relevant to Google Tools. I find myself in a RUT (Teaching Relevant, Universal and Transferrable skills). I'm not so worried whether they can "Save As" anymore.
Keyboarding in Isolation (I caved in)
Keyboarding is now part of what we do. Students are enrolled in Typing.com and they type... Because keyboarding is needed to score on standardized tests like MStep. Too bad our technology for testing doesn't match our technology for daily life (Why not Voice to Text App on the MStep?).
Computational Thinking and Code.org
Coding is a way of life and students are flying higher than ever. Some students completed 4 courses, so I introduced certain fourth graders to 3D modeling. Thank you code.org and the other affordable resources.
Don't write off Moodle
Students continue to use Moodle. Administration has brought up the idea of foregoing Moodle support and "standardizing" on Google Classroom. I think diverse tools provide students with diverse skills, and wish to use rich tools, like Moodle. I no longer used Edmodo, but Moodle is very powerful for my 5th graders.
Forwarding Google Tools
Since we replaced all the P.C.s with Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, the acceleration to Google Tools has happened. Unfortunately, at the lower grades the user and password schemes are not age appropriate and we spend a ton of time logging in. Some classroom teachers are not reinforcing the use of these tools in their classrooms because of lack of technology or just how darn hard it is for them to log in. Much of our time at the 2nd and 3rd grade is used up logging in. I continue to encourage the frustrated students in this endeavor, and it slowly moves forward.