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Moodle in English -> Teaching with Moodle -> Teaching social skills in the classroom -> Re: Teaching social skills in the classroom - moodle docs

by Art Lader -

Thanks, everyone!

This seems to be a useful conversation. I think we should use it as a starting point for this page in the documentation wiki -- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_Page/Teaching_social_skills

Anyone want to help?

-- Art

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Moodle in English -> Teaching with Moodle -> Teaching social skills in the classroom -> Re: Teaching social skills in the classroom

by Art Lader -

Erlyn,

Thank you, again, for taking the time to post such a thoughtful helpful response. Maybe you are correct when you call what you do "the obvious stuff," but I thik it's "the good stuff." smile

I am happy that you spoke of trying to create an environment like the one here at moodle.org! I know that my professional development students often remark abut the positive, encouraging tone they find when I send them here.

I guess that many of us try to emulate this in our own classes. I certainly do try to do so and I think my students appreciate it.I am sure that yours do, Erlyn!

Regards,
Art

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Moodle in English -> Teaching with Moodle -> Teaching social skills in the classroom -> Re: Teaching social skills in the classroom

by Art Lader -

Thank you for your helpful contribution, Chris. smile

A friend emailed me this. Might be right on target. I have not had a chance to look at it yet, though.

The very websites generally disparaged as time-wasting and dangerous are being touted as builders of social skills and media literacy by two recent studies, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1133714&srvc=home&position=emailed

According to one study sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation and another sponsored by the  Pew Internet and American Life Project suggested that teens also "use video games to stay in touch with friends - and that some games may even encourage youths to become involved in their communities."

-- Art

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Moodle in English -> Teaching with Moodle -> Stages of using Moodle -> Re: Stages of using Moodle

by Art Lader -
Hi, Greg,

I think you mean this:

Progression

Moodle needs to be flexible to cater for a wide variety of needs while remaining simple enough for ordinary teachers to start making good use of the power of the internet for community building and collaborative learning. My hope is that Moodle can be seen as a toolbox where they can start simply and naturally, and then progress to more and more advanced community facilitation over time. Ultimately, we'd like to see teachers being involved with and supported by a community of their peers.

Let's look at a typical progression that a teacher might go through as they learn to use the Moodle tools:

  1. Putting up the handouts (Resources, SCORM)
  2. Having a passive forum
  3. Using Quizzes and Assignments (less management)
  4. Using the Wiki, Glossary and Database tools (interactive content)
  5. Using the Forum seriously and actively
  6. Combining activities into sequences, where results feed later activities
  7. Think deeper about each activity, advanced features, unusual applications
  8. Using the Survey module to study and reflect on course activity
  9. Using peer-review modules like Workshop
  10. Conducting active research on oneself, sharing ideas in a community of peers
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy#Progression

It's wonderful, isn't it? smile

Hope that helps.

-- Art

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