Chad Parmentier

Yeah well, last I knew Rackspace is about $50 bucks a month for a server plenty powerful enough to run a secondary school on moodles "Latest flavor". I say secondary because it's questionable how well distance education and online media fit into elementary schools. That being said, I guess it makes sense that teachers pour hours into typing question banks into google forms which cannot be exported anywhere versus learning how to run a real LMS which mitigates time spent on mundane tasks and has a direct effect on online pedagogy. I get there is more at play than choosing a platform, how about we put pedagogy first and not stifle those with the "brains" to implement better solutions. Sorry I still think moodle could be implemented and offered in a way that would wipe out those raping school funds in the name of "well this is best for your situation". God forbid you have to hire a human with a brain and "what would happen if they left" fear mentality.

I agree and am the only teacher I know in the area refusing to use google and doing exactly what you said. But I have been using Moodle in my classes for over 15 years, and flatly

refuse to give it up.

I agree, but in the age where teachers are at best users of tech, I doubt they will be able to install moodle. I just thought as a community we could somehow make moodle easier and seamless. Lets not forget Google Classrrom hardly fits the definition of an LMS.

Wow, thats unexpected and funny. Maybe they need an online ESL teacher, I always joke and say moodle comes with me when im hired.