Transcript TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP & MOODLE

TECHNOLOGY
LEADERSHIP
&
MOODLE
Gloucester City Public Schools
Gloucester City, NJ
Paul Spaventa, Superintendent
Janet Kauffmann, Director of Technology
Gloucester City Public Schools
Gloucester City, NJ
• PreK3 – 12 District in Southern NJ
• Enrollment 2200 students
• Technology Initiatives
– Wireless Campus at HS
– 1:1 laptops
– Senior Seminar through Virtual High School
– Open Source Project
– Online Professional Development
– Moodle Community
Janet Kauffmann
IBM Batch Process
• LaSalle University
– BA Psychology
• Capella University
– MS Instructional
Design and
Technology
• Drexel University
– MS Educational
Administration
Goals and Objectives for Instruction and Professional Development
Standards 8.1 & 8.2, CIPA Compliance, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act
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Practical Points to Ponder
• Goals and Objectives for Instruction
• Compliance CIPA
• Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act
• Revised Standards 8.1 and 8.2
• NAEP – 2012
• Budget
• Goals and Objectives for Professional Development
We believe (clearly a constructivist view)
• That learning is
• Essential Elements
– Social
– Citizenship
– Human
– Communication
– Language Based
– Collaboration
– Meaningful
Examine our options
• Open Source Initiative
– Freely accessible source code
– Can be modified and redistributed
– Most, but not all, is free
• Our experience
– Audacity
– GIMP
– iTalc
• Our thoughts
– Open Office
– Moodle
– verb – an enjoyable tinkering that often leads
to insight and creativity
• Moodle is a software package for producing
internet-based courses. It is a global
development project designed to support a
social constructivist framework of education.
Moodle is provided freely as Open Source
software. Moodle.org
• Moodle options –
– Self-host
– Hosted solution (our choice)
• Eligible for eRate Priority One reimbursement
Professional Learning Community
Secure Site Log-in→
Secure Course Log-in→
Professional Development for Teachers
Student Learning Community
Snapshot of a Student
contains options for forums, blogs and wiki’s
contains options for online assessment
• Additional features
– Calendar options
– Secure chat rooms
– Secure instant messaging
– Secure email
– Secure Discussion Forums
– Embedded RSS feeds
– Interactive quizzes
– Web meetings
– File Sharing
– Surveys
Provides an answer
• Goals and Objectives for Instruction
– Preparing students for success in all content areas
• Compliance CIPA
– Secure environment – Moodle is your own community
• Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act
– Thoughtful practice of social networking skills
• Revised Standards 8.1 and 8.2
– Citizenship, collaboration and communication
• NAEP – 2012
– Practice skills necessary for successful completion
• Budget
– Open source alternatives for fiscal responsibility
• Goals and Objectives for Professional Development
– Professional Learning Community
– Opportunity for ongoing, collaborative planning
– 24/7 access to professional development
Additional Resources
• Moodle.org
• Moodlerooms.com
• iMoodle
• iMoodle Ning
• iMoodle on Twitter
• Moodlecommons
Thank You
www.gcsd.k12.nj.us/ghs/techweb/techspo.ppt
Gloucester City Public Schools
Gloucester City, NJ
Paul Spaventa, Superintendent
[email protected]
Janet Kauffmann, Director of Technology
[email protected]