The business end of the year
So we come to the time of the year where assessments are due and option choices must be made for the future. It is about now that my Seniors are getting bored with me talking exam techniques or getting them to hand in work on time. But I will continue to do so until November when it will be up to them. It is also now that I find the students use Moodle and elearning more than any other time in the year. You see despite the fact that the notes have been on Moodle all year many have just ...
Theming Moodle
Now despite Kelvin telling me that I am not allowed to change things anymore I am a firm believer in innovate or die and if I don't continually play with Moodle it bores me and the kids so I figured why not have a bit of a play around with the Newbury College themes created by Shaun Daubney moodle@newbury-college.ac.uk. These themes are highly customisable and all I have done is changed the background colour, link highlights and some of the images and links. Now I guess I can get rid of some of the messy menus that have been ...
When the Flu strikes E-Learning comes into its own.
As the whole family has now had the flu it has been a decidedly average week. It has however been a good chance to use Moodle to set my class their work and still give feedback without being there. Our Year 11 History site has been used extensively while I have been away, coupled with plentiful access to our school owned laptops I can make sure that we are still on track for finishing this unit this term. I can see when the Pandemic mania was at its height a week ago why some schools looked at having a few ...
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