Comments for Public Education Partners IT Blog

Comment on Free Moodle Class by admin

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:06:23 +0000

This is how Edufire works:

1. Browse to http://edufire.com/classes/3327-introduction-to-teaching-with-moodle
2. Register with Edufire. (Create a new student account. Skip the “My Studies” step. There are “Skip” links beside the buttons.)
3. You will be forwarded to your Moodle course. Click the big, orange button to register.

Hope that helps,
Art

Comment on Share Your Podcasts on PEP’s Blog by admin

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:23:16 +0000

For Teachers: “Integrating Podcasting into the Classroom Using Moodle by Dean Mantz and Brian Richter” — http://www.speedofcreativity.org/podpress_trac/web/3563/0/2009-06-01-speedofcreativity.mp3

377 MB

Comment on Mikogo! by kcarney

kcarney — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:01:21 +0000

You’re very welcome :). I have to credit my best friend who works for eChalk. I was looking for another messenger/conferencing tool that I could download to the school’s PC (work computer) and laptop and due to filters, I could not download Skype.. but this seems to be a great alternative (and relative of Skype). I’m going to use it for the first time tonight with a classmate who’s participating with me in the Moodle Trainer Course.

Comment on Mikogo! by admin

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:49 +0000

Wow, nice find!

Thank you for posting, Kristi.

Comment on Can Anyone Help? by Chris Emerling

Chris Emerling — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:48:08 +0000

You also might want to check out:
kickyoutube.com. It’s a site that converts youtube movies. A better site might be Tony Vincent’s site: learninginhand.com, specifically:
http://learninginhand.com/ipod/touch/video.html

Comment on Can Anyone Help? by admin

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:02:06 +0000

Hi, Shawn,

I think this is what you are looking for: “YouTube - How to Download Movies to Your iPod Touch” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oubAHUjhCi0

More at http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+on+your+ipod+touch

I hope that helps!

– Art

Comment on iPod Success Story - Beth Beckham, Biology, SAHS by admin

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:56:41 +0000

Hi, Beth,

That sounds great.

Since South Aiken HS is a Moodle school, you might want to consider having students rate and/or discuss the podcasts that you show them. You could create a standard forum and let your students post and discuss their impressions; you could post a rubric for them to use to evaluate the podcast; you could have them answer specific questions; you could have them each post a question about the podcast; and so on.

Setting up a Moodle forum is not at all difficult:
1. Log in to your course and enable editing.
2. Scroll down to the section of your course where you want to create the forum.
3. From the “Add an activity” drop-down list, select “Forum.”

4. Fill out the form to create the forum. Be sure to include instructions to your students.
5. Let the students participate in the forum. (Of course, they must have Moodle accounts and be enrolled in your course, but I am sure Carole Wise would help you with that.)
6. Encourage your students to respond to each other thoughtfully and helpfully.

You will find much better instructions for creating and using Moodle forums at http://docs.moodle.org/en/forum.

Just a thought, Beth.

Regards,
Art

P.S If you would like to discuss this, please feel free to join this Google group (free, of course).

Comment on SC Dept. of Ed Podcasts by admin

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:46:00 +0000

Wow, I did not know about that site. I found a very useful podcast for my kids in less than five minutes. — http://www.theworld.org/node/24816

Thanks for the tip!

– Art

Comment on iPod - The Wireless Touch by admin

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:38:40 +0000

Don’t have Moodle? Need a quick, free EASY way to post audio files?

Check out http://posterous.com/. You just create an account and post by email. To post an audio file, just attach it to your email.