All thinks skool: Fun stuff on the internet to use for learning

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

If you're a teacher with a little techucation tick, LOOK AT THIS!!
http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=16000694
This November 2003 edition of Tech-Learning, The Resource of Technology Education Teachers, features the top 10 innovative educational technology projects on the net. Check it out!

Only one link this time, cause you'll never come back from there anyway.

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

See BEST FLASH post - May 12, below.


FREE Learning Management System Download; a try that's more than a trial

FREE Learning Management System Download
Moodle http://moodle.org/I like it. I downloaded it and played with it. Its clean and visually BIG ( and I like the bubblegum colours!)The templates guide & invite good course & lesson design. All interactive capabilities you would look for including assignment uploading and timed tests are present. (I didn't make it 'go live' as I have no venue.)

Jones Standard.org http://www.jonesstandard.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=TheDemo&file=index
Play this demo and you will get your head around how LMS systems work and what they are for if you're not there already. Your school board likely has an LMS set up and if you're interested in knowing more about online ed., you should speak to the online school people.

An ultimate goal in public dayschool ed., it seems to me, is to go to an integrated model where teachers can put/get some units and lessons online, for some students some of the time, but still see students in class. Most boards aren't there yet; they give students a choice of classroom delivery OR online delivery. If YOU can find a host for a program like this, YOU can try it. Just trying it will blow a creative teacher's mind wide open!

(And don't forget your BEST I.T. 'department'; the kids in your class! Have THEM figure it out, set it up and teach you!)



Absolutely free online education:

These sites offer absolutely free, no strings attached collections of educational materials, including course outlines, lessons, reading and resource lists, glossaries and exercises. An absolute gift for the retiree, the student without a summer job, the busy teacher (wink wink) and every other form of life-long learner known to cyberspace. Have a close look!
Massachusettes Institute of Technology(USA)
Free-Ed.Net(USA)
BBC Online Courses (Britain)
World Lecture Hall (courses not all free - but lots of syllabi, materials, resources - Texas, USA)
Barnes & Noble (the bookstore) "university"(USA)
and,
because WE are Canadian . . .
well . . . I'm working on it . . .