Tech

2/29/12 **Flubberoo and google docs** great idea for another option with multiple choice options. Love that it can automatically e-mail kids responses with the correct answers. This might be really good for quick quizzes to be able to give quick feedback for me and for the kids.

2/22/12 **Discovery Education Quizzes (Tammy Lang)** [|www.discoveryeducation.com/] create a quiz These stay private and unsearchable. Score is e-mailed. gives you a code and a url so you can create your link.

**Skyward quizzes (Michelle Bieser)** my classes online assignment templates add auto score and post to gradebook (must choose when creating the quiz)
 * Guiding questions for Staff Meeting on September 28th.**
 * Browse three moodle courses and answer the following questions.**

1 – Are homework assignments clearly accessible for students in one-click? sometimes. sometimes they show up on the homepage... Sometimes you ned to go to the course and click on the calendar. I can't find a calendar with all of their assignments.

2 – Is the home page of the course student-friendly (assignments easily accessible with one click, resources available, directions clear, etc.)? Sometimes, but if teachers assign a homework assignment some of them show up on the my home page. This can be a problem for the students with some of the missing assignments...

3 – Is a student easily able to show their parents what they learned today? Depends on the class.

Goggle docs
One place for organizing and editing online...

9/20/11 thank you Emma for finding this one! http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw

9/19/11
It has been an interesting start to the year with technology. I started the year promising myself that I would do my best to really buy into the whole moodle thing... Things have changed already. After hours of posting things for the various math groups I am in, I have decided to start my own wikis for my classes. At this point, my classes are ahead of the others, so my students are not benefiting from the work of the other teachers... I am also realizing that without the tabbed organization structure, the moodle becomes visually overwhelming very quickly. I need to learn more and try to work back in slowly. I had done the math on the way I set up some quizzes, and it would have taken me 9-13 hours per night of grading in order to keep up with just the daily check quizzes! I have also noticed that without the textbooks, my students are really struggling with knowing where to go for extra practice. The resources that I have set up are too vague with the exception of the self check quizzes. For this reason, I am finding myself recreating the textbooks and we are missing resources between the pre algebra and algebra series. For pre algebra, I am using book problems, but for algebra, it is easier to use the electronic resource guides.

Darlene is trying to get us the support we need, but I don't need much hardware help, what I really need is one full day to sit and learn and play with more efficient ways of making the moodle work. Our tech office peole have been wonderful about trying to address our concerns, but they have never taught math with the moodle either. I want to find another teacher out there who might take me under their wing. I don't want someone teaching a canned program because I have seen them come and go to many times over the years. We stick with something for 3-5 years and when we realize it isn't the magic we are looking for it gets dropped... Wonder how long moodle will last!