Ready-Made, Ready to Use Courses Over the past month, I have been busy creating a few courses that teachers could use right now. These courses were designed to be imported into a current iLearn course, so they can be edited to fit individual needs, or they can be used just as they are right now. Let’s take…
Over the past two weeks, I have been working with a team of outstanding high school social studies teachers, including Mr. Hussein Beydoun, Mr. Marc Golles, Mr. William Harrison, Mr. Pete Kotsogiannis, Mrs. Katie Meyers, Mr. Jamie Nack, Ms. Fatmeh Rida, and Mrs. Colleen Schumm to create a comprehensive review course on Moodle (iLearn) for the High School Social Studies M-Step. The result…
As I have sat down with students who are not doing well in my class over the past 17 years, one recurring conversation has gone something like this: “Mr. Harrison, I’m studying for your tests, but I’m still not doing well on them. I don’t know what else to do.” I would reply, “Well, how…
Over the past couple weeks, Dearborn teachers Scott Apple, Marla Wiacek, and Julie Wooton have had their students using the Moodle (iLearn) Workshop module to submit writing and then self- and peer-assess that writing based on the rubric designed by the teacher. The workshop module is one of my favorites. It is one of the…
Edsel Ford Math teacher Mrs. Angela Maynor recently created a virtual lesson using Moodle (iLearn). Her lesson consisted of several content pages that introduced the concept of radical equations. Her lesson is expertly organized, modeling sequences used by effective teachers. In the early pages of the lesson, Mrs. Maynor introduces the concept of radical equations…
Teachers in buildings across the district are integrating technology in a variety of ways. Here’s a quick look at how one building — Stout Middle School — is using technology to create emerging opportunities for students: Leon Vietinghoff’s Blog. If you haven’t checked it out, you need to! Mr. Vietinghoff is using his iBlog as a tool for teaching and learning, communicating effectively…
The charge of the Tech Coaches is to support teachers as they seek to integrate technology into their instruction for the ultimate benefit of students. But as teachers ourselves, we both know that time for learning new things is at a premium–and that there’s really no such thing as “free time” when you’re a teacher. For…
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 capabilities of Moodle is Stout 7th Grade Science teacher Pete Bloye. Mr. Bloye has…
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 can even edit a published rubric to their liking. Once…
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 to take published M-Step practice tests and convert them to a format…
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