| Moodle: An Online Teacher's Dream
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| | up by filling in a pre-designed form),
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| We have run into some challenges as more
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| | writing assignments, forum posts, wikis
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| and more universities and high schools
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| | (i.e. wikipedia.com) etc. I have yet to
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| move to e-learning and more parents start
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| | find something you cannot do with Moodle.
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| home schooling. First, cost. The
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| | There is even a plug-in so you can build
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| traditional e-learning platforms are
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| | virtual chemical elements and one that
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| expensive. Secondly, usability. Other
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| | you can use to create podcasts, rss feeds
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| platforms I have used have been
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| | and more!!! Get the feeling I am
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| cumbersome, awkward, and quite frankly
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| | excited…
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| confusing for many of my students (and I
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| | You can even have it customized for a
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| teach graduate school). Additionally,
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| | reasonable price (including free if you
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| many people who are currently teaching
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| | do it yourself---it is not that hard) see
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| either are resistant to embracing online
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| | Theme Gurus). I liked Moodle so much I
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| learning, or have used the other
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| | even had Theme Gurus design my business
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| platforms and gotten frustrated. Moodle
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| | website---logo, paypal integration and
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| is a "What You See Is What You
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| | all. Himmat Singh and his associates
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| Get-WYSIWYG) sort of program…It is
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| | from ThemeGurus provided unparalleled
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| intuitive, point and click.
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| | customer service and personal attention
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| Last year, I started developing an
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| | (and a really reasonable price) while
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| online master's program for the
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| | customizing my site -see (like My Site)
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| University of Florida's Department of
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| | If your school district is thinking about
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| Counselor Education. After wrangling
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| | going to e-learning and you want to
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| with other popular online teaching
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| | really make it easy for your faculty and
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| programs, we came across Moodle. It was
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| | students, Moodle is the way to go. It
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| a dream come true (especially for my
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| | has the three things I look for in a
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| Department Chair because it was free).
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| | program---free, easy and customizable-oh,
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| For those of you old enough to remember,
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| | and it really is stable.
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| going from WebCT/Blackboard to Moodle was
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| | As a side note for home school parents:
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| like going from using DOS (remember the
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| | About a year ago we decided to start home
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| black screen where you had to type cd/
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| | schooling our children. My son is quite
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| all the time) to Windows. I was
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| | gifted in math and science and our
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| thrilled!
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| | particular district had no advanced
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| Moodle is GPL (General Public License).
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| | programs for first graders. He was
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| That means you can download it for
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| | bored, miserable and his love for
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| free-forever. Within each lesson you can
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| | learning was getting squashed like a bug.
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| link to specific websites (like Online,
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| | If you are home schooling and want to
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| Full Text Children's Textbooks), .pdfs or
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| | really keep your kids on-track, Moodle is
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| Word documents. This lets your students
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| | the way to go. It has the three things I
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| children go exactly where you want them
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| | look for in a program---free, easy and
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| to go. You have a built-in grade-book
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| | customizable.
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| and can add auto-scored quizzes (set them
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