MoodleJason Neiffer

Curriculum DirectorMontana Digital Academy

http://www.montanadigitalacademy.orghttp://www.techsavvyteacher.com

http://www.neiffer.comTwitter: @techsavvyteach & @neiffer

http://www.workshophandouts.com/whatismoodle

About ME! :)

13 year classroom teacher

UM doctoral student

First Curriculum Director of MTDA

Wannabe keynoter

Shameless Self-Promotion: Jason N-E-I-F-F-E-R http://www.neiffer.com

About MontanaDigital Academy

Nearly 50 courses 2010-2011

Free for its first year

AP and unique electives

Partnered with Montana school districts and the University of Montana

“What the h*#%is a Moodle?”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsumo/330837509/sizes/o/

Modular

Object-

Oriented

Dynamic

Learning

Environment

just 8 years oldfree, open source softwaresupported by either the community OR commercial partnerssupporting, as of January 2010, 45,000 sites, 32 million users and 3 million courses

Moodle is...

Moodle utilizes...

ThemesPlugins and extensionsSeveral commercial companies, called “Moodle Partners”

In Montana

Adopted by dozens of school districtsRecently adopted by the University of Montana, Montana Tech, UM-Western and UM College of Technology-Helena

Case Study:MTDA

Case Study:Paperless Classroom

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cordwoodruff/4445376137/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Case Study:Blended Learning

http://www.flickr.com/photos/acsamman/433447478/in/photostream/

Implementation

Planning critical...think before you act!Training critical...support your users!Expect adoption and plan for hardware needs!

Kick the tires!Key to Schoolhttp://www.keytoschool.com

Global Classroomhttp://www.globalclassroom.us/

NineHubhttp://ninehub.com/

Your questions?Jason Neiffer

Curriculum DirectorMontana Digital Academy

http://www.montanadigitalacademy.orghttp://www.techsavvyteacher.com

http://www.neiffer.comTwitter: @techsavvyteach & @neiffer

http://www.workshophandouts.com/whatismoodle