Using technology for student assessment has its pros and cons.  Other than using technology to track student progress, which we all do and how would we do it any other way, I have not used technology to assess student progress very much.  I have played around with Moodle a bit to see what is possible […]

Develop an Activity and Provide a Rationale My Moodle site will be used for the purpose of blended instruction.  I have chosen a unit in the Physics 11 curriculum call Special Relativity.  This topic has many weird and wonderful anomalies that are very tough for the human mind to wrap itself around.  It is because […]

There have been many great ideas in posts that precede this one.  As I share my thoughts, I am certain that many, if not all, of my ideas will have been mentioned beforehand. To begin to deal with the onslaught of emails, Trinh should consider the following 10 points in no particular order: 1. My […]

In the last 12 hours I have spent about 4 hours on my Moodle page.  It is very time consuming but very rewarding as I can see it progressing quite nicely.  I have determined my topic and laid out my shell and I have put in a variety of forums for asynchronous discussion.  I have […]

Consider what Anderson means when he describes the attributes of learning in terms of being learner-, knowledge-, assessment- and community-centred. Anderson stresses that to be learner-centred is to be aware of the “unique cognitive structures and understandings that learners bring to the learning context” (Anderson, 2008).  As teachers, we need to make an effort to […]

My time tonight on Wimba was great.  It reminded me of a few of my experiences on Elluminate Live.  John hosted and lead using a screen shot of his computer with voice.  It was very helpful to see how to use some of the more in-depth features of Moodle settings.  I definitely got a better […]

My Moodle proposal can be found on my Proposal page.

Take a look at my ETEC 565A goals on my Flight Path page.

I have spent the better part of today doing something that was not planned.  I began by playing around with my UBC blog and trying to organize my entries into categories.  Once I figured out how categories work I began to get a better sense of how I can keep everything streamlined.  I guess you […]

My experience working through the Moodle toolkit assignment was very positive.  I don’t have very much experience at all with Moodle so I was looking forward to this first step.  I have heard how easy Moodle is to work with, so I am not surprised at how effortless it was for me to create my […]