MOODLE+in+the+Classroom

... =Moodle in the Classroom =

=**K-2**= At this age level, the Moodle might be best used as a communication tool with parents. Class schedules could be posted as well as lunch menus. The Moodle could be used to organize parent volunteers, class parties, field trips, and as a means to share information about events at school. Students could also use the Moodle but would require the same one-on-one assistance they would need with traditional writing methods. However, it would be a great way for teachers to post and share students' work, videos, and pictures for parents to enjoy. Classroom activities and student learning could be shared with the entire school.

- Journal for daily assignments or weekly assignments; spelling words, homework, test,... - Absent student work - Art work could be displayed and commented on - Children could read and post on a voice thread for comments - Dolch Sight Word lists could be posted for parents - List of grade level appropriate web sites - Class E-Pals - Librarians could post book survey

Parents could share parenting tips, recipes, and activity ideas for young children.

=**3-5**= - Students could work in small groups to collect information and organize it on a Moodle - Students' Moodles could be used as study guides to prepare for tests - They could add images and educational links related to what they are learning in class - Power points could be displayed with comprehension questions - Virtual Field Trips
 * Science and Social Studies:**

- Discussion forums centered on specific problems - Students can share the strategies they use for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division - Math quizzes with instant feedback
 * Math:**

- Author study: contact an author via email, blog, chat - Book study: collaboration with other students, or classes about book to create a book review - Book Week Activities; Read a book and post comments on a blog, favorite book survey (classrooms or school wide) - Student witting could be on display for peer editing - Poetry: Voice thread can be embedded and peers, parents, and community can comment on student created poetry - Student E-Pals - Teachers could read books for special themes and post with you tube, teacher tube, or Voice Thread
 * Communication Arts:**

- Quizzes, tests, and assignments could be put on the Moodle - The Moodle could be used as a portfolio of students' work and progress through the year
 * General:**

=**6-12**= - Moodles centered around specific units of study in Science such as the solar system, water, and living organisms - Moodles centered around specific units of study in Social Studies such as WWII, American History 1865 to present, the writing of the constitution - Students can use the Moodle to present their use of the scientific method for experiments - Virtual Field Trips
 * Science and Social Studies:**

- Students could collaborate to present their understanding of the properties of addition and multiplication - Quizzes, tests, and assignments - Geometry could be displayed using graphics
 * Math:**

- Author study: contact an author via email, blog, chat, web cam - Book study: collaborate with students on the web to create a book review or conduct a book poll - Students could work on group projects and help each other to compose stories, poetry, etc. =**Teacher:**=
 * Communication Arts:**
 * -** Communication with home bound students