"I must ammend my previous post. Lisa Pedicini sent me a great email with some links telling me how VoiceThread, Google Apps, Twitter and other web 2.0 tools. Moodle does have a vast array of plugins to support these interactive…"
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Michelle Koetke replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
Murry Gans replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Hello Michelle,
You make some good points - some things I had not considered. It is difficult for students when teachers use different programs to do the same thing. It makes sense to standardize to only one LMS so they…"
Michelle Koetke replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"No offense taken Murry. It's a great question; one that I have had to answer at my school as well. We use Moodle but it is very clunky. It is not clean looking or intuitive. THat said, I have not looked at Moodle 2.0…"
Murry Gans replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Deborah,
Are you using a free version of Haiku, or has Hockaday purchased it?
The tech guys have been so supportive this year that if we go with this next year I know they can fix the firewall problems at work. Chemistry…"
Deborah Anne Moreland replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Hi Murray, one more comment (since I'm here at home on yet another ice-day!)...
I've started using Haiku, planning to teach a writing course this summer. As much as I criticized what I thought it's clumsiness last summer when I…"
Murry Gans replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Hello Michelle,
I was wondering why you think it is important that you use the same LMS and OSG? Not trying to argue or find fault, I was just wondering what you thought the benefits would be?
Murry"
Murry Gans replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Hello Deborah,
Thanks for the reply. Funny how I forget that some of my best resources are just in the next building.
I know we had a conversation earlier this year about the increased amount of writing your girls were…"
Murry Gans replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Hello, Lisa!
I will admit that this year I wanted to begin with webcasting my lectures and decided to not try to learn an LMS on top of that. So far I have gotten by just fine without an LMS, but I really have to wonder if…"
Michelle Koetke replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Caroline, would you be able to send me the your Haiku's rep name as well? We are using Moodle and Ning to deliver our fully online course and blended learning course. Our schoool just became a consortium member of the OSG so it is…"
Deborah Anne Moreland replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Well, Murry, it's only about6 months since you posted your question, but....
For my Lit and Philosophy class during fall semester, I created a wiki for class discussion. Students enjoyed the discussion, but I had a hard time…"
Lisa Pedicini replied to Murry Gans's discussion Do I need a LMS like Haiku? in the group Blended Learning
"Hi Murray:
I agree with Caroline that a LMS is essential for blended teaching and learning. A LMS is a place to organize all your resources, whether they be google docs, blogs, or anything else. We use Moodle, the free, open-source, internationally…"
Murry Gans left a comment for Thomas Booker
"Hello Thomas! I didn't realize that I could have colleagues on this discussion group. Pretty cool.
Let me know what you are doing and how it is going. I am glad to have another AP Bio teacher to talk to about blended learning.
Murry"
Murry Gans replied to Murry Gans's discussion Google Docs ?? Is there something better? in the group Blended Learning
"I am trying to have 17 people input at the same time, but it only needs to be available for 2 hours. We aren't going to keep it.
I will try some of the site you mentioned. It occurs to me that I could make one student at each lab table the…"
Sarah Hanawald replied to Murry Gans's discussion Google Docs ?? Is there something better? in the group Blended Learning
"What are you trying to do? Are you creating a document that needs to live on in perpetuity that all 17 students edit at once? That's kind of tricky, and a tool like coveritlive for documenting a conversation might be better.
For practice…"
Murry Gans replied to Melissa Wert's discussion Putting Blended Learning Principles into Practice in the group Blended Learning
"Thanks Melissa,
That is an excellent idea, definitely worth doing.
I appreciate your thoughts.
Murry"
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- School:
- The Hockaday School
- Location (city, state):
- Dallas, Texas
- Job title:
- AP Biology Teacher
- School or personal website:
- http://home.hockaday.org/
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 8:17am on July 27, 2010,
Laurie Bartels said… - Hi Murry,
Welcome to the Ning! When you have a moment, come join the Blended Learning group that Craig set up and continue the conversation from our OSG class.
Cheers, Laurie
- At 11:06pm on July 26, 2010,
Sarah Hanawald said… - Hi Murry,
Welcome to ISENET! I hope you'll find the community valuable. There are some great resources for short videos--they make good openers for faculty meetings. I'm partial to the book discussions myself.
Let me know if I can help you in any way!
Sarah
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