Been wondering how to spice up our Moodle install with something new - and wondered what widgets has anyone else been using.
Has anyone found something really worthwhile that is already out there, created their own or just thought of a good idea, but not implemented it yet?
Surf over to the main page of http://scm.moodlehub.com and let me know what you think.
Hello,
I follow the lounge but I never try to respond...but today I want to begin.
I apologize for my english, I'm french.
In my moodle space, I use lot of things to try to make nice, to boost the interface, like :
=>insert by embed a slideshow (slide.com)
=>insert bd and comic strip
=>insert funny title (like this, this, this)
=>insert cloud words and tags like wordle. You just have to do copy/cut and insert image.
=>insert poster like gloster (embed) like this.
=>insert interactive book by embed (calaméo or isuu) like here.
Perhaps, this space and this space (inscription needed) show you some ideas and inspirations.
It depends if you wants a really pedagogical goals or just funny goals and interests.
Emilie
great balls of fire, some good sites there: thx Paul Cook - pcm2u
Welcome Emilie Some very good ideas thankyou!
Emilie, your comments are most welcome. If you write in French, we can use a Google translator to understand you. No problem.
The "widgets" are fun to use; and I find that services like ISSUU are wonderful. Never lose sight of the learning.
At the moment, I am looking for an interactive Wordle: one that changes as the text changes. This would be great for RSS feed summaries.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2655560/Making_a_Presentation
I think you should be able to create a real-time Wordle at Many Eyes Wikified:
http://wikified.researchlabs.ibm.com/main/Main%20Page
It does visualize real-time numeric data, but I have not specifically tried the Wordle visualization on live data yet. Please let us know if this works.
Thanks for that Thomas - I speared off on a journey of discovery into data visualisation. However, the solution to an automated word cloud is close at hand:
Trouble is I can't get it to work on my sites - it throws up only a few words! However, it's a start . . .