Show Me!

So, I think pictures speak louder than words. Here is what one of my Moodle pages looks like and what I can do with it. Comments welcome!

More...

I am starting to feel more comfortable with Moodle. I have been able to simulate coloured backgrounds and give my pages a better look due to PowerPoint 2010. It allows me to take text boxes, add a background colour and then put pictures on top. If I use the "group" feature it turns into a single entity. Then I can save as picture and upload it to Moodle. I can create many interesting visual effects using this feature. It gives the page a more polished look. I also found some nice pre-made PowerPoint templates on some e-learning sites that allow me to give my page a modern look. Audioboo allows me to record short messages and embed them in the page. I found a program called Photobabble which will allow me to make pictures "talk", but have not used it yet... More later....

Breadcrumbs...

I am building some MOODLE 1.9 classes for my English 100 and 101 courses for the first time. I want a more visual experience and 1.9 doesn't really lend itself to it easily. I found that by going to www.screenr.com and looking at the top of the page, I could access an e-blog that specializes in building e-leaning sites. This site generously allows me to download cool PowerPoint templates and has many interesting articles explaining the principles and the how-to of course building. It also allows me to follow a trail of education blogs that are listed in some of these articles. It's like following the breadcrumbs that Hansel and Gretel have left to return home!

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year to all you searchers and finders. I endeavor to continue on my way to Grammar's House. I have come across many interesting posts and apps that I need to "digest" before I bring them to you. I have created part of a Moodle course that disappeared at the new year when my admin erased it (I think). Onwards and upwards!

Eureka!

Hi all, I am beside myself as I have come across a FANTASTIC teaching tool with HUGE possibilities for teachers. There is No software necessary and the learning curve is gentle and pleasant.  I am talking about SCREENR, a video ( and other) capture tool that allows teachers to show and comment on videos, websites, documents and other yet to be discovered things. Find it at www.screenr.com
See sample below:

Collège Édouard-Montpetit - Collège cégep Édouard-Montpetit, Longueuil, École nationale d'aérotechnique

Collège Édouard-Montpetit - Collège cégep Édouard-Montpetit, Longueuil, École nationale d'aérotechnique:

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Been Away

Hello all,
Given the events in my recent life I have taken a "holiday" from the blog.  That said and done, I have not stopped trying to master technology in the hope of improving my teaching.  Recently, I have been exploring Moodle, Wordpress and many disparate iPad 2 apps in an effort to find "the" apps that will allow me to acheive what I would like to do online.  Let me also metion that I have been inspired by Khan Academy and samples of Moodle accounts set up and explained by Nicholas Walker at Rascals last year.  More to come when I begin to sort it out.  The learning curve is huge!