From Static To Manic

Drupal in my classroom

Jason ShiroffDenver Writing

Project

Our Story

My tumultuous Drupal romance

Function & disfunction

Current status

Till death due us part...

My tumultuous Romance with Drupal

My original (static) website vision

Swept away by Drupal (a summer fling)

CMSes offer so much more...

“Lego” style website creation

Access control & moderation

Digital tattoo protection

Full control

Function & Disfunction

Brings web 2.0 to students

Easy to add functionality

Solid access control and website stability

Supports growth and change

Flexible content moderation

Helpful online community

Drupal Pros

Drupal ConsHuge learning curve

•Easy to get carried away with features and carried away from the rest of life

•Hard to theme and fine tune

•Training necessary for users

•Documentation is spotty and techie.

Current Statuseodyssey.org

Web 2.0 tools for almost every assignment

Extending the learning time

Multiple ways to show competence & intelligence

Creating community

Digital stories, poems, podcasts, wiki, forums, reflections, videos, profiles...

Content Moderation

Web 2.0 Tools

Parent Communication

Till Death Due Us Part

Future plans for my class website:

Improved navigation

More student-led design and ideas

Networking with other schools/audiences (authentic audiances)

Better interaction between students, parents, teachers(creating a community)

Finding authentic uses for the technology

Questions??

jason.shiroff@gmail.com

eodyssey.org denverwritingproject.org