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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

Ask a Tech Teacher

No, it won’t, despite the 2009 robot who taught a Tokyo class and Elias, the Finnish primary school robot. Moodle is a great example of this. Moodle is hands down, one of the most powerful free LMSs, but it’s complicated to set up, confusing to use, and intimidates most people just by hearing its name.

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PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Pairing Major K-12 LMS and SIS Providers

Edsurge

Schoology trails Google Classroom, Canvas and Moodle in terms of adoption in large districts, but is the only one of the four that offers a paid offering focused on K-12. Canvas and Moodle are also widely used in higher education, and Classroom is a free tool with fewer functionalities. K-12 LMS market share in U.S. and Canada.

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Your Google Apps Questions!

The Electric Educator

Here is my reflection post on my experience at the 2009 Google Teacher Academy in Boulder, Colorado. Linking Google Apps with Moodle MoodleRooms has a pretty slick Google Apps/Moodle integration. macul12 Google Apps google calendar Google Docs google teacher academy Moodle professional development' Don''t even try!

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Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

The Thinking Stick

2003 – In Saudi Arabia due to terrorism in the country, I helped my school set up and run Moodle to do Virtual School. 2009 – In Bangkok, I helped to train, facilitate and oversee Virtual School due to flooding and H1N1 in Bangkok we used WordPress blogs as teacher websites.

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Google Teacher Academy Agenda

The Electric Educator

Late in the day on Friday I received an e-mail from the folks at Google containing the agenda for the 2009 Google teacher academy in Boulder, CO. It looks to be a full and exciting day! This 15 minute segment has also been the topic of several twitter discussions amongst the educators selected to the Boulder GTA.

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The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

Edsurge

Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.) It implemented a 1:1 device-to-student model in its middle schools in 2009, and expanded that to high schools in 2013. Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a.

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Learning with 'e's

I first met Joyce at the first Personal Learning Environment (PLE) conference in Barcelona in 2009 and we have been friends ever since. Joyce is best known for her Moodle Tools for Teachers model which has been translated into more than a dozen languages. In the centre of the photo is Joyce Seitzinger.

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