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How to Evaluate Programs You’ve Never Used in Less Than Seven Minutes

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If you can’t intuitively set the program up, it doesn’t matter how wonderful it seems, you’ll struggle to use it. I’ll never forget my first experience with Moodle. For example, when I first used the LMS Canvas, it took me hours of time and too many mistakes to understand its intricacies. Can I learn from you?

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Wikispaces has closed. What are your alternatives?

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Where Wikispaces was fairly intuitive, this one will be challenging for the average Luddite teacher (myself included), maybe on a par with a Moodle account. As with a Moodle setup, the TikiWiki marketplace offers a vast array of themes, widgets, and options to personalize a TikiWiki. Pre-designed sites for collaboration.

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Student Reflection with Digital Portfolios

Teacher Reboot Camp

A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. Many students let me know how much they appreciate learning about technology integration and how to develop PLNs, which you can see from the tweet I received from one of my students below.

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Student Reflection with Digital Portfolios

Teacher Reboot Camp

A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. Many students let me know how much they appreciate learning about technology integration and how to develop PLNs, which you can see from the tweet I received from one of my students below.

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Moodle: The Unsung Hero of LMS Options

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There are many LMSs to choose from, but none as flexible, scalable, feature-rich, and affordable as the open source ecosystem of Moodle. Moodle got its start years ago as a method to organize blended learning and online classes. How to get started. Assign at least one person to manage the Moodle ecosystem.

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Cikumas–an LMS that’s easy to understand

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How to get started. Group Assignments into Collections for ease of use. One last item: Cikumas offers a timer that shows teachers how much time students spend on assignments. This not only helps measure where students might have problems but which assignments are too difficult/easy for the student group. What I like.

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Videos: Why, How, Options

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How to use videos. When using videos in class, be sure to preview first and then pick those best-suited to your student group. It integrates with many LMSs (like Schoology, Blackboard, Moodle, and more) as well as many video host providers (like YouTube, TeacherTube, Khan Academy, and more). Touchcast Studio.

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