MOODLE for Teachers

A great resource for teachers for learning more about Google tools

AFLF resources for social media exploration

Teachers may find some of these templates useful to help students learn certain sorts of information.

These tutorials are great for new Moodlers to review Moodle features in bite-size chunks

Discussion of current web tools

A great Voicethread on ideas for using it

For those who haven't already seen it, here is a free online guide on the Wave from Google.

Building a powerful #PLN #edchat #iste using gr8 #edtech20 #edtools in XXI Century Education Part 2 #aplanet . Pls add comments , share and retweet 

Although this article is about the use of Twitter in the classroom to provide a backchannel for discussion during lectures, I find that the Chat tools in MOODLE work really well for students who are in my face-to-face sessions. They love the possibility of chatting during class (with my permission--and they are aware of my monitoring the discussion), and students who must miss class staying home with a sick child, etc. can ask questions and get answers from students who are in the session.

Thanks Radney for this. I found this article very useful especially the quote "the integration of Twitter has been a virtually bureaucracy-free endeavor". I also liked this "Twitter helps to overcome the shyness barrier" - a good point.

Yes, the shyness factor is a major one in engaging students in class activities. I find that the more text-based the participation, the more engaged shy students become.

Social media resource links