Emerging Technology 2: Moodle

Moodle is like a virtual classroom. A Moodle homepage acts just like a website does. Teachers can post links to the class calendar, links to assignments that need to be completed, an online syllabus, and discussion forums. This gives students the ability to find information they may have missed because they were absent from class. Teachers can also create and give tests, monitor students’ activity, edit content and organize grades. The teacher has total control of the learning environment. Here is a video that explains Moodle a little more in depth.



After going to the Moodle website, I found some more video tutorials that helped me understand Moodle better. Since I am not a teacher yet, or in a class that uses Moodle, it is hard for me to use the software. I am very interested in it, however, and wish to learn as much as I can so that I can incoproate it into my classroom in the future.

Here is a video that shows you how to create a lesson in Moodle. This will come in handy when we are all teaching!



I think that Moodle is a great technology for students and teachers. It is a productive online activity for students and it makes students more aware of what they need to be doing in their classes. It also gives parents the opportunity to see what their children are learning in school and also get a report of how they are doing in school through their gradebook. Moodle is very similar to our class we take through Oncourse, which is a very helpful resource. I think that everyone should check out the video tutorials and website and think about using Moodle in your future classrooms :)