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Moodles in the Classroom
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Matt Cauthron commented on Michelle Ostendorf's group 'Cahuilla CUE'

Here are the slides from my 2009 Cahuilla CUE Mini Tech Fair presentation... Feed Your Need View more presentations from Matt Cauthron.

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Cahuilla CUE

A place for Cahuilla CUE members to connect and to be informed. We are the home of the annual CUE Conference in Palm Springs.

July 7, 2009

Kathleen Pape replied to Michelle Ostendorf's discussion 'Moodles in the Classroom'

Irene Griffis and I are investigating Moodle for our classes. It's kind of like Blackboard, but it's free. You can set up students, assignments, grades, etc... You can use this free site: http://www.k12hsn.org/calaxy/blogs.php/calaxy/2009/04/01/tra…

July 6, 2009

rojan replied to Michelle Ostendorf's discussion 'Moodles in the Classroom'

Moodle is practical for collaborative learning, and we've used it. ------------ dickies uniforms

July 1, 2009

Nik Lol replied to Michelle Ostendorf's discussion 'Moodles in the Classroom'

I went to a workshop at the TechEd Conference in Ontario this past Tuesday. It an awesome tool for setting up an online learning community. pocono raceway - regents prep - math regents

June 2, 2009

Pelone Birra replied to Michelle Ostendorf's discussion 'Moodles in the Classroom'

I looked over the other day to find my 10-year-old typing away at the PC with three instant message boxes open on the screen. She has not been a big IM-er, so it surprised me. The IM tool was not Yahoo! Messenger or AIM, but Moodle, the free, open-s…

May 22, 2009

Pelone Birra replied to Michelle Ostendorf's discussion 'Moodles in the Classroom'

Michelle, I went to a workshop at the TechEd Conference in Ontario this past Tuesday. It an awesome tool for setting up an online learning community. The speaker, who was a professor at a community college in Sacramento, uses it for his online class…

May 18, 2009

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March 26, 2009

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La Quinta Middle School, Desert Sands Unified School District

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I have a B.S. in Computer Science.
I have a Secondary Foundational Math Credential, CLAD.
I have a Masters in Educational Administration.
I grew up in a small town of Brookings, Oregon.
Now I live in the Southern California Desert.

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Summer is Over

Wow, where did the time fly??? I haven't done much with technology except develop a wiki page for my school as a forum for discussion about a new PLC strategy we will be implementing this school year. I am the co-chair for this project and hope to encourage teachers to use the discussion as a means of communication for the process of PLC. We'll see.

I did a lot of traveling this summer. Back to Oregon again to visit my family was my favorite of course. We also traveled to Arizona, Newport Coast… Continue

Posted on August 28, 2008 at 1:04am —

Summer Is Here!

Well, summer is here and school is over. Time to catch up on all of those projects. Also, time to learn about new technology. The one I am most interested to know more about is Moodle. I barely know anything about it. A year ago, I knew nothing about wiki's, and now I have my own wiki. So, I guess it is time to learn about Moodle's. For me, connecting with my students is where it is at. It seems like Moodle's do just that.

Posted on June 16, 2008 at 5:10pm —

Starting Out

Ok, this is really a great opportunity to connect with other Computer Using Educators. Who would have thought that the wave of the future would be blogs and wikis, two words that did not exist until recently? I remember the days of Apple 2e's and MAC Plus with an external hard drive and the VAX mainframe that took up the size of a bedroom. I remember trying to decide whether or not to order a 4 MB memory upgrade or to be aggressive and order the 8 MB memory. Now I can carry around a Gigabyte fla… Continue

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At 7:39am on March 26, 2009, Mark Cruthers said…: Hi Michelle,

With your interest in Technology, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.

At 3:54pm on March 25, 2009, Robert Fleck said…: I am not really interested in a board position at this time, but I would love to be more involved in the organization. It just seems that if we the CUE Conference is in our own backyard, we might look at having stronger representation. There are a lot of talented teachers here in the valley that we need to tap into. Somehow we need to get the word out. That may mean communicating and collaborating with the 3 school districts, as well as the colleges in Coachella Valley. I would be willing to help at the CUE Conference or any workshops.

At 9:26pm on January 5, 2009, Ron Bottorff said…: Could you delete my other "page" I seem to have joined twice? Thanks. I would also like to volunteer at the CUE conference, where do I sign up?

At 9:30pm on November 16, 2008, Jonathan Fjelstrom said…: About Moodle, there is no cost per student. It is a free course management system like Blackboard. You install it on a server and it's ready to go.

http://moodle.org

At 4:07pm on October 21, 2008, Kevin Quinn said…: Hello you! Hope life is treating you well. :)

At 2:19am on June 1, 2008, Douglas Hodges said…: Sure! Once you get in world, getting around is quite easy. You can use your map to jump or teleport to any landmark in your inventory. You can also search on the map, though this is a little difficult until you know some places you might want to visit.

You can also teleport by double clicking on any landmark in your inventory. I find this to be helpful because you can create folders to organize your landmarks (and other inventory).

You create a landmark by pulling down on the World menu and Create a Landmark here. A window pops up describing the new landmark. The landmark is stored in your inventory and will show up on your map list.

There are several ways to "discover" new sims. First, you might meet someone who is willing to go ahead to a sim to show you around. In this case, he will teleport you after he gets there. Be sure to create a landmark before you leave where you are if you might want to find again. Or the other person might just give you a landmark and send you off on your own.

Another way to explore is to use Second Life's search feature. Popular places have their own tab in the search engine, but only a few sims are listed as popular. Search under places for more exhaustive lists. One way to explore is to go on a quest. Search for something that interests you. Maybe you are interested in music. A search for musical instruments will bring up lots of interesting stores and clubs to visit.

Another way to discover is to read the favorites on other avatars' profiles. You may discover something that is a common interest so you get a landmark and a potential friend.

I hope this helps.

At 12:24pm on May 21, 2008, Lee Grafton said…: Kudos! You did such an awesome job with your site and our Cahuilla site!!

At 10:09pm on May 20, 2008, Jonathan Fjelstrom said…: Hello Michelle. I'm a math teacher who likes tech. I'm really fond of Moodle and use it with all my classes.

At 9:43am on May 20, 2008, Cameron McCune said…: Thank you Michelle! I am looking forward to working with the Cahuilla Cue group and will review the group page recently created. Let me know if I can be of help in any way. - Cameron

At 7:21pm on May 17, 2008, Angela Gallacher said…: Great to hear from you!! I love second life although I am still trying to get around. I hope everthing is going well for you, we are all looking forward to summer and hoping it gets here quick.