ISBN: 9788184047639    Publisher: Packt Year of publishing: 2010     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 240        Language: English

This is a practical book for teachers, written by a teacher with two decades of practical experience, latterly in using Moodle to motivate younger students. Its aim is to give you some hints and advice on how to get your Moodle courses up and running with useful content that your students will actually want to go and learn from on a regular basis. Throughout the book we will be building a course from scratch, adaptable for ages 7 to 14 on Rivers and Flooding It could be any topic, as Moodle lends itself to all subjects and ages. What you will learn from this book Make a Moodle class page that your students will want to visit and linger on Display your worksheets for students to access at home Set up your lessons directly onto Moodle to save paper and effort Get your students doing homework on Moodle so you can grade and give feedback online Get interactive with self-marking games and quizzes by including images, sounds and animations Use Moodle to encourage discussion and decision-making Make movies and sound recordings to inspire your class Approach This book is part of Packt's Beginner's Guide series. Written in a friendly tone, the book starts at the very beginning with a blank Moodle page and you are taken step by step through the most useful features of Moodle, helped with many illustrative screenshots. The chapters gradually build up your skills and by the end of the book you will be confident enough to design a fully functional, interactive course for 7-14 year olds. Who this book is written for This book is for regular, non-technical teachers of pre-teen or early teenage children. It assumes no prior knowledge of Moodle and no particular expertise on the Web. Classroom assistants may also find this book a very useful resource.
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