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Whether you are a new teacher storing up tips and tricks or an experienced teacher who could just use a fresh perspective, you are sure to find something helpful among these videos.

Reading, storytelling,

Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It has become very popular among educators around the world as a tool for creating online dynamic web sites for their students. To work, it needs to be installed on a web server somewhere, either on one of your own computers or one at a web hosting company.

Many of our users love to use the many activity modules (such as Forums, Wikis, Databases and so on) to build richly collaborative communities of learning around their subject matter (in the social constructionist tradition), while others prefer to use Moodle as a way to deliver content to students (such as standard SCORM packages) and assess learning using assignments or quizzes.

Here's the emerging the Top 100 Tools
for Learning 2009  list, where you can compare the
rankings of the tools with the last two years

If you are a learning professional,

email me, tweet
me @c4lpt or blog your top 10 tools (More
info here)

KEY

Technology

Integration

Matrix


Entry

The teacher uses technology to
deliver curriculum content to students.
Adoption

The teacher directs students in the conventional
use of tool-based software. If such software is available, this
level is the recommended.
Adaptation 

The teacher encourages adaptation of tool-based
software by allowing students to select a tool and modify its
use to accomplish the task at hand.
Infusion 

The teacher creates a learning environment that
infuses the power of technology tools throughout the day across
subject areas.
Transformation 

The teacher creates a rich learning environment
in which students regularly engage in activities that would
have been impossible to achieve without technology.



Active

Students are actively engaged in using technology
as a tool rather than passively receiving information from
the technology.

Indicator: Students
use technology for drill and practice and computer based
training.

 1-1
access

 shared
access



Indicator: Students
begin to utilize technology tools to create products,
for example using a word processor to create a report.

 1-1
access

 shared
access



Indicator: Students
have opportunities to select and modify technology tools
to accomplish specific purposes, for example using colored
cells on a spreadsheet to plan a garden.

 1-1
access

 shared
access

 

Indicator: Throughout
the school day, students are empowered to select appropriate
technology tools and actively apply them to the tasks
at hand.

 1-1
access

 shared
access



Indicator: Given
ongoing access to online resources, students actively
select and pursue topics beyond the limitations of even

Technology

Integration

Matrix


Entry

The teacher uses technology to
deliver curriculum content to students.
Adoption

The teacher directs students in the conventional
use of tool-based software. If such software is available, this
level is the recommended.
Adaptation 

The teacher encourages adaptation of tool-based
software by allowing students to select a tool and modify its
use to accomplish the task at hand.
Infusion 

The teacher creates a learning environment that
infuses the power of technology tools throughout the day across
subject areas.
Transformation 

The teacher creates a rich learning environment
in which students regularly engage in activities that would
have been impossible to achieve without technology.



Active

Students are actively engaged in using technology
as a tool rather than passively receiving information from
the technology.

Indicator: Students
use technology for drill and practice and computer based
training.

 1-1
access

 shared
access



Indicator: Students
begin to utilize technology tools to create products,
for example using a word processor to create a report.

 1-1
access

 shared
access



Indicator: Students
have opportunities to select and modify technology tools
to accomplish specific purposes, for example using colored
cells on a spreadsheet to plan a garden.

 1-1
access

 shared
access

 

Indicator: Throughout
the school day, students are empowered to select appropriate
technology tools and actively apply them to the tasks
at hand.

 1-1
access

 shared
access



Indicator: Given
ongoing access to online resources, students actively
select and pursue topics beyond the limitations of even

Skype is free software that enables users to make telephone calls via the Internet. It is free when making calls to other users of the service, and calls to toll-free numbers are also free. You can make calls to other land lines and mobile phones, but for a fee. Skype also offers instant messaging, the ability to transfer files, and videoconferencing.

I have heard of cases in which an ill student was able to stay connected to her teacher and classmates via Skype, returning to school caught up, not behind. In January 2009, the School Library Journal published this article, which suggested using Skype to allow authors to virtually visit your classroom. And, being a librarian, the writer also included a nice task list to help you get started with Skype.