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Dear Edublogs,
It is with a heavy heart that today I am breaking up with you. And trust me when I say, “It’s not you, it’s me”.
It’s not that our time together hasn’t been fun. It has been a a blast. It has been with you dear Edublogs that I finally discivered the true love of [...]
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My recommendation is to use something external to moodle (like Mahara). Especially with the upcoming release of the Portfolio API in moodle 2.0, this will allow for better integration with external Portfolio’s
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Often I am reminded of the reason why I chose Moodle as my LMS platform. It was not the rich feature list, it’s usability or component based architecture that allows easy expansion (although they all may have had some impact). No, it was the impact it has when directed by teachers who are keen to [...]
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I don’t know if this just proves I am way to much into Moodle, that I have way to much spare time spent on the net or a combination of both.
Check out this great ad for ‘Good and Plenty‘ licorice lollies from 1959. It’s amazing to think that the Moodle term has been around since [...]
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Today I discovered this great video that really describes the challenges of educating todays students in a nutshell. I found it both educational and inspirational. Hope you do to.
This was posted by Greg Whitby who is the Executive Director of Schools for the Parramatta Catholic Education Office and has extensive experience in K-12 schooling and [...]
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I have just release my first block in a very long time, this one uses AJAX to populate Google search results into a block inside a course.
Now why would I want to do that you ask? I don’t want my students to have to leave the education site to go and complete searches for additional [...]
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Filed under: Modules, Moodle, Personal, Uncategorized
Today’s post is not Moodle related (for a change) but rather highlighting the constant miniaturization of technology and it’s ability to make me feel incredibly old when talking to students.
Now I have to admit that I m in fact only 32. I came just after the day of punchcards and into the early days of [...]
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Well, I have finally done it and moved myself full steam into the realm of Social Networking and blogging.
How can I educate my teachers on this realm of online communication if i cannot say I have taken the leap myself.
I have followed in the footsteps of my new mentor Chris Betcher (shoosh, i don’t think [...]
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Filed under: E-Learning, Moodle, Personal, eLearning
