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LEARNING WITH MOODLE:

A 7th Grade Perspective in Language Arts

January 2010

Mr. Anthony K. Sedun,Linglestown Middle SchoolCentral Dauphin School District

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• Teaching background

• School & student background

• Overview of presentation

• Importance of Moodle in middle school

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• Parts of Speech

• Analytical Essay and Art

• Greek Research Paper

• Living Histories Project

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• “Extra” curricular features

• Promoting student access

• How can I promote student use of RSS feeds to complement a unit or lesson?

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Surprises & Strengths

• Surprises…– Student attention to details– Moodle, “a new kind of reading”

• Strengths…– Promotes student participation from

even “quiet kids”– Invites students to learn units and

lessons through exploration, discussion, collaboration

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• Tony-related– Employing features like calendar,

groups, and online grading

• School-related– Planning ahead, sharing computer

lab with others

• Moodle-related– Uploading limits in discussion areas

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Learning From Others

• Kathy Armstrong, 7th grade Life Science– Students design Animal Kingdom webquest

• Donna Abraham, 6th grade Math– Students practice math problems, take

online quizzes

• Alison Sterbinsky, 6th-8th grades Gifted– Students work in groups using wikis

• And others!• Growing trend at LMS

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• Integrate technology in more meaningful ways

• Moodle as a starting point for student synthesis and presentation using multiple programs and skills

• Employ features of Moodle, like calendar, groups, and online grading more

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