Because Moodle is the most versatile tool available in allowing teachers to make resources available and to allow students to interact with the content digitally, many teachers are now using Moodle (iLearn) as their online launch pad. One teacher who is maximizing the...
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Using rubrics to give feedback on iLearn (Moodle)
One of my favorite features of iLearn (Moodle) is the ability to use rubrics for grading pretty much any type of assignment. Once an assignment is created, teachers can create a rubric of their own or adopt one of the several already-published rubrics available. They...
Woodworth ELA Teachers are helping students practice for the M-Step using iLearn
Yesterday, I met with a team of ELA teachers from Woodworth Middle School who wanted to make M-Step practice easier and and more accessible to their students on iLearn (Moodle). These teachers, including Suria Ali-Ahmed, Dr. Mona Jalloul, and Salwa Mawari learned how...
Transforming Assessment with iLearn (Moodle)
During the current school year, over 40 teachers have begun to use, or ramped-up their use of Moodle (what Dearborn calls iLearn) in their classroom. One of these teachers is Nicole Laramee, science and social studies teacher at Woodworth Middle School. Ms. Laramee...
iLearn (Moodle) in 5th Grade: Part 2
Monica Hankins is a 5th grade teacher at Whitmore-Bolles. She attended the Dearborn Moodle Moot this summer, and began tinkering with iLearn (Moodle). Since then, she has created some pretty fantastic online learning experiences for her students, and her Moodle...
Reason #3: “Keep trying until you get it” is finally realistic
With limited time and a (seemingly) unlimited number of standards to cover, the suggestion that teachers ought to encourage students to "keep trying until they get it" seems just a tad bit unrealistic. Waiting for every student that begins at any one of a range of...