British: e-learning or how to use Moodle

Moodle is a "Virtual Learning Environment", the platform or tool used to provide online courses (in universities, businesses, government ...). It's like bringing class home with Professor inside. Communication is easy, because it has different tools (forums and chat), and different ways of organizing content area (lessons, web, wikis ...), and even activities (surveys, tests ...). And it's free!

Some of the advantages is that the students can work together to resolve questions and solve problems and also can keep improving the content of study and completing the matter according to current needs.

Probably, you are now familiar with this environment thanks to our own IES but... would you like to go deeper inside? That's your new task... and you shall be responsible to upload the contents to the "course", turning you into your own teachers! But obviously, I will be the webmaster and I will decide the final markt... ;-)

How? I created a special course called:

• 3º British: Case study

These courses are "closed", meaning only accessible if you are registered with your user name and your password (be carefull not lossing data!). So, nobody outside the class is allowed to participate.

We will completing this "academic course" gradually. As you see, the index and instrucctions are yet organized, and also include the short version of Moodle Manual for Teachers (Read all of these things carefully!). From now on you who will have to go to them completing sections "content and activities". We will use several class sessions to work in the computer lab, but you can also do some work from home.

Go on! Good luck!

You can see more information on this presentation of Moodle in Mª Jesús Camino’s blog.

4º British: e-learning or how to use Moodle

Moodle is a "Virtual Learning Environment", the platform or tool used to provide online courses (in universities, businesses, government ...). It's like bringing class home with Professor inside. Communication is easy, because it has different tools (forums and chat), and different ways of organizing content area (lessons, web, wikis ...), and even activities (surveys, tests ...). And it's free!

Some of the advantages is that the students can work together to resolve questions and solve problems and also can keep improving the content of study and completing the matter according to current needs.

For you to get familiar with this environment and use it well in the future, we will begin to work with it ... and you shall be responsible to upload the contents to the "course", turning you into your own teachers! But obviously, I will be the webmaster and I will decide the final markt... ;-)

How? I created a course called “Avant-garde in the 20^th century art”. This course is "closed", meaning only accessible if you are registered with your user name and your password (be carefull not lossing data!). So, nobody outside this class is allowed to participate.

We will completing this "academic course" gradually. As you see, the index and instrucctions are yet organized, and also include the short version of Moodle Manual for Teachers (Read all of these things carefully!). From now on you who will have to go to them completing sections "content and activities". We will use several class sessions to work in the computer lab, but you can (you should) also do some work from home.

Go on! Good luck!

You can see more information on this presentation of Moodle in
Mª Jesús Camino’s blog.

e-learning: aprende a usar moodle

Moodle es un "Entorno de Aprendizaje Virtual", la plataforma o herramienta más utilizada para dar cursos online (en universidades, empresas, administraciones...). Es como llevarse la clase a casa con el profesor dentro. La comunicación es fácil, ya que tiene diferentes herramientas (foros y chat), y distintas formas de organizar la materia de estudio (lecciones, web, wikis…), e incluso las actividades (encuestas, exámenes…). Y además es gratuito!

Algunas de las ventajas es que los propios alumnos pueden colaborar para solucionar dudas y resolver problemas; y también se puede ir mejorando los contenidos de estudio y completando la materia según las necesidades de cada momento.

Para que os familiaricéis con este entorno y sepáis usarlo bien en el futuro, empezaremos a trabajar con él... y vosotros seréis los encargados de subir los contenidos al "curso", vais a convertiros en vuestros propios profesores! Eso sí, seré yo quien ponga la nota ;-)

¿Cómo? He creado un curso que se llama “Unión Europea en 3º ESO”. Es un curso “cerrado”, es decir, sólo se puede acceder si estáis dados de alta con vuestro nombre de usuario y vuestra contraseña (No perdáis los datos!). Así, nadie que no pertenezca a esta clase podrá entrar (recordad que aún sois menores)

Este “curso” lo iremos completando poco a poco. Cómo veis, ya está organizado el índice y las instrucciones, y a partir de ahora seréis vosotros los que tendréis que ir completando las secciones para darles “contenidos”. Dedicaremos varias sesiones de clase a trabajar en el aula de informática, pero también podéis adelantar trabajo desde casa.

Las instrucciones básicas sobre su funcionamiento os las daré yo en clase, pero de todas formas aquí os dejo la versión resumida del Manual Moodle para profesores.

Comenzamos!

Podéis ver más información sobre Moodle en esta presentación de Mª Jesús Camino.