Having worked with a number of schools now who have chosen to use Moodle as the main school website, without the need for any other site, I thought it worth sharing the pros and cons (from my own experience) in such a venture. This post has been prompted by email enquiries from a number of [...]
Moodle has an interesting, and little used by many institutions, blogging facility. Although it is very limited in comparison to, for example, WordPress, it does have its uses, and I have seen learners in both primary and secondary schools take good advantage of it. At Buckingham Primary school, we use the moodle blog as a [...]
Following requests for support from several primary school teachers, I have put together a simple Moodle course that can be used as an online art gallery. The course consists of forums for each year group, allowing pupils to post to their hearts’ content! Each year group also has a slideshow already set up, hopefully making [...]
Having seen quite a few people on Twitter referring to ‘Voicethread’, I thought that I’d have a little look and see what the fuss is all about. One month later and I am hooked, and keen to share what Voicethread can do with colleagues that I work with in Primary and Secondary education. http://voicethread.com I’m [...]
Having endured two Ofsted inspections over the last 1/2 term, one at Buckingham Primary and one at the Royal Latin School, I am shocked at how little both teams have valued the online provision. At Buckingham Primary, one of the teachers even had to explain to the lead inspector what a VLE is! I am [...]
I’ve just got back from a training session with a group of teachers who, generally, have been ‘reluctant’ Moodle users. Despite being enthusiastic about ICT in general, they have taken some convincing that Moodle is worth spending the time on! However, today I introduced using Hot Potatoes to create quizzes and crosswords and they loved [...]
RLS Oscars evening was a great success!