trying something new

I have jumped into the pool rather than dipping my toe in to check the temperature. My mystery genre book project has become an opportunity for students to create a podcast or video promoting their book. My goal is to have them create a script including effects that can be posted to our school web page. I alone do not have the expertise to do this, however, I am collaborating with many colleagues to make this a successful venture.

Blogging on Moodle

I was very excited to start blogging with my students during advisory this year. My original intention was to have them all create blogger accounts but I was directed by our "techie" guy that I should use Moodle...so he set me up and we started moodling last week. I think in the past I would have been nervous about trying something that was totally unfamiliar to me but
Mili has taught me that I dont have to be afraid just give it a try and learn from the mistake that will undoubtedly come with technology trials! We are moodling on Wednesday mornings and last Wednesday we couldn't because of the late start date and my students were very disappointed and I took that as a good sign. As we get further into this I hope to find differing uses for Moodle...not poodle...nope, not noodle...it's MOODLE~

Library Visits

It was a scheduling nightmare but I have finally scheduled 4 days worth of walking fieldtrips to our local library. The wonderful thing is the library is only a mile from the school and we can just walk! Let's hope the weather holds. I am lucky that I work with a team who is willing to adjust their schedules for four days so I can introduce so mny of our kids to the library. I handed out applications for library cards to my students and was able to drop off 30+ last week so my students can check out while we are there.