Get Your Moodle On

Welcome to the

Freedom Writers Institute Online Community!

Goals & Objectives

Goal: This presentation will provide an introduction to the Freedom Writers Institute Virtual Learning Environment.

Objectives: After this presentation, you will…

•Not be afraid of Moodle

•Have some Moodle skills:

•Organization and Navigation

•Posting in discussion forums

•Change your profile settings

Why do we need a virtual learning environment?

•Stay connected with the Freedom Writer Teachers Network

•Stay connected with the Freedom Writers Foundation

•Moral Support

•Build on knowledge from the FWI

•Tap into resources available as part of the Freedom Writers Institute

•Give everyone a “voice” to promote new ideas or to suggest improvements to the program

•Create an organic online community that grows with you

We loved you when…

•Open 24 hours a day

•Easy to post messages to the group

•One email a day with everyone’s posts

•Easy to email anyone in the group

It’s not you, it’s us…

•We started with 32 teachers, now there are 150!

• Search: Remember Betty’s post about her class? How can I find it?

•The “Daily Digest” email is so looong

•No pictures?

•Where are our files?

•Can any of this be organized?

•Can I connect with the people from my session?

•Can I connect with people in my area?

What happened to Google?

What is Moodle?

Poodle

Doodle

Moogle

Goodle

What has Moodle done for me lately?

• FWT Communication

• Moral Support and Feedback

• FWT News, FWF News, and News News!

• Calendar

• Pen Pals

• Classroom Ideas

Virtual Learning Environment : The Basics

www.freedomwritersinstitute.org

How do I log in?

An email with directions was sent to your email addresson record with the Foundation. If you did not receive anemail, please send an email tosonia@freedomwritersfoundation.org with an updated email address. Also, please add oururls (www.freedomwritersfoundation.org andwww.freedomwritersinstitute.org to your “Safe Senders”list).

If you have never logged into the FWI online community…

How do I log in?

If you have already logged into the FWI online community…

Step 1. Go to www.freedomwritersinstitute.org

Step 2. Enter your usernamefirst name, underscore (_) state abbreviation:

diana_tx bill_ca jason_pa

Step 3. Enter your password. If you forgot yourpassword, click on the “Yes, help me log in” button atthe bottom of the login page.

What does it look like?Profile information and Logout option

Search

Freedom Writer Teachers map

Calendar

www.freedomwritersfoundation.org

Courses

“Main Menu” quick links to commonly used items, such as the Google Group

Online Users Weekly Bulletin

Landingpage2

Upcoming Events

News

Courses with descriptions

Pictures

Recent Activity

Quickmail

Inbox

How do I get around?

Drop-down menu - you can jump to other places

“Breadcrumbs”

Where do I start? Teacher’s Lounge!

Discussion Forums (organized by FWI session)

Teacher’s Lounge Discussion Forum

Discussionthreads

“Started by” “Group” “Replies” “Last Post”

How do I add to the discussion?

Add a NEW discussion

Reply

What else can I do on Moodle?

•Connect with FWTs in the Teacher’s Lounge

•Discuss lesson plans in the Curriculum section

•Brainstorm Fundraising ideas

•Discuss Media coverage and opportunities

•Discuss challenges and triumphs with School Administration

Remember to…

Login

Update your profile

Click and explore!

Go get your moodle on!