UBD JCHS Staff Development

8/3/2019 UBD JCHS Staff Development

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Audience: JCHS teachers Teacher(s): Patrice O. Toulson

Content Topic: Moodles, a Web 2.o tool

Summary of Staff Development: This staff development will consist of one lesson. The

teachers will be introduced to Moodle and will learn how to use it in their classrooms.Moodle is a free open source course management system known as Learning

Management System (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a tool for

creating great websites for students. Moodle can be used no matter how small or largeyour school is. Some teachers use it to build richly collaborative communities of learning

around their subject matter. Others use it to deliver content to students and assess

learning using assignments or quizzes. You can use Moodle for differentiation among

your students. It is also a great tool that will get the students familiar with long distancelearning such as what we have used with Georgia On My Line. Moodle is a very easy

instructional tool to learn to use.

Learner Analysis: These lessons will be taught to a few teachers at Jefferson CountyHigh School. I wanted to determine how many of the teachers are aware of Moodle or if

anyone of them had used it in any capacity. I sent each teacher a survey to determine thisinformation. Three teachers completed the survey. One teacher had never heard of

Moodle. The other two had heard of it and used it basically for class resources in order to

post readings on websites for students. They expressed that they would like to learn more

about Moodle.


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UbD Stage 1 Established Goals

Title of

Unit

Moodles Grad

eLevel

JCHS teachers

Curriculum Area

Web 2.o tool TimeFram

e1 hour

Stage 1 Identify Desired Results

International Society for Technology in Education / NationalEducational Technology Standards for Teachers

Content Standards:

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age LearningExperiences and Assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learningexperiences and assessments incorporating contemporarytools and resources tomaximize content learning in context and to develop theknowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETSS.

Teachers:

a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences thatincorporate digital tools and resources to promote studentlearning and creativityb. develop technology-enriched learning environments thatenable all students to pursue their individual curiosities andbecome

active participants in setting their own educational goals,managing their own learning, and assessing their ownprogressc. customize and personalize learning activities to addressstudents diverse learning styles, working strategies, andabilities usingdigital tools and resources


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d. provide students with multiple and varied formative andsummative assessments aligned with content andtechnology standards and use resulting data to informlearning and teaching

Understandings

Students will understand that.

Moodle will improve the classroom experience and make learning moreenjoyable for the students.

with Moodle, they can differentiate for their students better.

Moodle will help the students get use to online experience and prepare them for

college.

Related Misconceptions:1) Moodle is too difficult to learn how to use for the teacher and

students.2) Moodle is too time consuming.3) Moodle is only an online tool; not used in a traditional classroom.

Essential Questions

Overarching Questions:

1) How can Moodle help each

student participate more and

become active learners in the

classroom?

2) How can Moodle motivate

students to do better in theclassroom?

3) How do Moodle prepare the

students for their secondary

education experience?

Topical Questions:

1) What is Moodle?

2) How can Moodle be used for

classroom instruction?

3) How can a teacher use

assessments in Moodle?

4) How can Moodle help with

differentiation in the classroom?


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Knowledge and Skills

KnowledgeStudents will know:

There are numerousactivities in Moodle thatyou can use in theclassroom with yourstudents.

That Moodle will be moreentertaining for theirstudents than traditionalways of teaching.

That Moodle is a greattool for differentiatingamong their students.

That their students canuse Moodle in theclassroom and at home.

SkillsStudents will be able to:

Create groups fordifferent assignmentsfor differentiation.

Add a resource forstudents to use

Submit multipleactivities for studentsto choose for theirassessment.

Create an online textand forum.


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Stage 2 Assessment Evidence

Performance Task(s)

Goal: The goal is to utilize Moodle in your classroom.

Role: You are the teacher.

Audience: The target audiences are high school students in youracademic class.

Situation: You will need to create resources and activities for yourstudents to do in Moodle.

Product Performance and Purpose: You will assist yourclassmates in learning how to use moodle in a way that willbenefit their classroom experience.

Standards and Criteria for Success: Students will create resources andactivities for their students to use in their classrooms.

Other Evidence:

Trainer will observe the students as they work in Moodle and willlisten for any confusion that the students may have.


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Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences

Lesson

1) I will introduce Moodle to the group of teachers and discuss different ways it can enhance stulearning(H)

2) What is Moodle? You will learn how to use Moodle and will begin using Moodle in your clato enhance student learning in the classroom. (W)

3) I will discuss the findings of the survey that all of the participants completed on how familiarare with Moodle. (R)

4) Teacher will show participants how to use Moodle by going onto the Moodle website at

http://moodlelms.k12.ga.us/.

We will look and learn how to add a resource: File, Folders, Labels, Pages, and URLs

We will look at adding Activities: Assignments, Chats, Choice, Forum, Glossary and WikiAfter looking at each individual item listed above, the participants will practice using the items.

I will answer any questions the class may have on Moodle. (E,T)

The students will then answer an evaluation based on how they feel about Moodle and how th
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use it in their classroom.

Lesson Extension:

http://www.screencast.com/t/jBp1qLWZv

Other Resources:

http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Secondary_education

http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Teaching_with_Moodle

http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/42-interesting-ways-to-use-moodle-in-the-classroom-started-by-

http://moodle.org/

Staff Development Student Evaluation:

Student Evaluation

Please answer the following questions. Thank you for your time today!

1. What do you think you would like the most about using Moodle?

2. What did you think you would like the least about Moodle?
http://www.screencast.com/t/jBp1qLWZvhttp://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Secondary_educationhttp://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Teaching_with_Moodlehttp://www.moodlenews.com/2011/42-interesting-ways-to-use-moodle-in-the-classroom-started-by-tombarrett/http://moodle.org/http://www.screencast.com/t/jBp1qLWZvhttp://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Secondary_educationhttp://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Teaching_with_Moodlehttp://www.moodlenews.com/2011/42-interesting-ways-to-use-moodle-in-the-classroom-started-by-tombarrett/http://moodle.org/


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3. After this training, how comfortable would you feel about using Moodle in your classroom? E

4. After this training, do you think you will use Moodle in yourclassroom? Why or why not?

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