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=**Moodle exemplars**=
 * (from the LIU 12 region)**

Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. toc =Teachers=

Lesson #1: Ag Science Population Growth
NETS.S (National Education Technology Standards for Students) that are applicable: > and media Link to slide show: []
 * **1(d)** identify trends and forecast possibilities
 * **2(a)** interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments
 * **4(a)** identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation

Lesson description: Students will view a slide show on an internet page consisting of 9 slides covering the population growth over the last 2000 years. Students will comment on the slides and respond to other students comments



Lesson #2 - PreAlgebra
NETS.S (National Education Technology Standards for Students) that are applicable: > and media
 * **2(a)** interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments
 * **2(d)** contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems

Lesson Description: Students will collaborate to write a math sentence and post on a wiki page in Moodle.

Lesson #3 - English 7th grade
NETS.S (National Education Technology Standards for Students ) that are applicable: > and media.
 * **2(a)** interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments
 * **2(b)** communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats

Lesson #4: AP English Sample of Moodle Forums
Applicable NETS.S (National Education Technology Standards for Students):
 * **2(b)** communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
 * **3(d)** process data and report results

Ms. Smith’s AP English students at Littlestown High School are assigned to groups of two or three to complete an independent reading assignment of an American novel. This is an assignment that Ms. Smith has used for several years using a notebook journal that students in the group had to physically share to record their entries. The assignment has been updated to include 21st Century learning techniques and now utilizes Moodle Forums for students to summarize and respond. Ms. Smith is now able to monitor students and give feedback throughout the assignment without having to wait until the end to check the entries from the notebook. Students enjoy the collaboration and are motivated to keep up with their posts since others in the class can also read and see what each student is posting.
 * Synopsis**


 * Description/Directions:**
 * //Modern American Reading Circles// **
 * 1) Students are assigned independent reading of one of the following: //The Crying of Lot 49 (Pynchon); Catch 22 (Heller); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey)//; //The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck); The// //Handmaid’s Tale// (Atwood); //Canticle for Liebowitz// (Miller).
 * 2) Students will maintain a reader-response journal which includes chapter-by-chapter summaries and students’ personal and critical commentaries; partners will take turns with chapter summaries and commentaries via a LASD Moodle discussion board established for LHS AP English.
 * 3) Students will research the work, find and read at least five critical articles, and will create an Annotated Bibliography of their findings.
 * 4) On scheduled days, each novel group will present a formal report on its assigned novel.

For more information on this Lesson, contact Scott Staub, Instructional Technology Integrator, LASD.
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Lesson #5 - Moodle can be used to organize coursework resources and materials:
Applicable NETS.T (National Education Technology Standards forTeachers ): > and creative processes
 * **1(c)** promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning,
 * **3(c)** communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats

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