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Canada Moodle Moot 2009

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A sampling of what was done when confronted with a class of ESL or EFL learners using Moodle. Blocks are a powerful means of facilitating on line and blended sessions as their visual characteristics allow easy location.

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impetusMoodle Majilis presentation in Oman

by Stuart Mealor

http://www.elearning.org.nz/login/index.php

provide the students withmore organizationvarietyconsistency in learning

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Background - Budget

“Zero”developed at home in evenings

Tech Support

“Nil”

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StudentsEFL learners in a foundations

program

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Course3 hours each that focus on: writingsafety vocabularytechnical vocabulary

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plus3 additional hours per day

studying English grammar

(none of this content is in Moodle)

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Modesblended (in the face-to-face

classroom)

on-line used by students at home

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Topics areaQuizzes

Glossaries

PowerPoints

PDFs

Directories

Hyperlinks

Text documents

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Standard BlocksStandard Blocks include ……

Calendar

Upcoming events

Search forums

Random Glossary Entry

RSS Feeds

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Random Glossary Entry Block

a random single visual and text item that provides environmental reinforcement of the week’s technical & safety vocabulary

Drawn from the course glossaries

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Random Glossary Entry Block

Student of the day

Random rotation

motivational tool

student has special responsibilities in the class

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Random Glossary Entry Block

Glossary Creation Block

students input their assigned terms to a Moodle glossary

great activity

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Remote RSS Feeds Block RSS feed subscription… ”ESL

worksheets”

extra tasks

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Remote RSS Feeds Block BBCLearning - ESL/EFL dedicated

current events site

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Non standard blocksHTML Blocks only

None from Moodle.org - Modules and plugins

Reason: no dedicated support and erratic upgrades

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HTML Blocks creationAcquire the embed code from the

web2.0 site

Open a new HTML block

Toggle HTML source

Paste <EMBED> code

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Information postercontact details about the instructor

yes, a phone number is a good idea but……

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Translation tool launches English to Arabic Google translation

tool

used as a bridge for terms

alternative as some of the students could not afford mandatory digital translators

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Safety Word postera colourful visual that provides

environmental reinforcement of the week’s safety vocabulary

it can be printed to be used as a search and identify activity (Wordle.com)

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Technical Word postercan be printed for classroom

display

Wordle.com

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Another “Wordle” usevisual of course participants

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Esthetic collage displayanimated sequence of student

portraits

a result of a digital picture taking activity

Slide.com

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Internet SearchException: Moodle.org

quick access to Google search

launches a full Google search window

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Basic web linkBasic web linka link to the sponsor’s website

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Job search skillsextension of basic job search skills

Interviewing

Resume

Cover letter

Web2.0 skills….. registering channels RSS uploading

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TeacherTube videos

TeacherTube the site - not the channel

targeted lessons

played within the block

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Visual thesauruscreates word relationship diagrams

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ESLVideo Quizzesnice resource of videos

with a quick quiz

sometimes resources cannot be wedged in!

problem in block due to dimensions

embed as a separate ”weblink” in the topics section of the course

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Focused PronunciationForvo for listening to discrete items

and pronunciation

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Links to visual datagraphs through Swivel

create or read a graph

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Step by step proceduressequencing for writing or speaking

eHow.com

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Quick access to presentations

Slideshare.com

sharing of presentations

“Tool Presentations”

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Animated screen tutorialsScreenCast.com

provide required tutorials for computer based tasks

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Hot Potatoes Contentexternal Hot Potatoes Content

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Building an avatarbody attributes using nouns and

adjectives

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Charting the weatherchart vocabulary (trends)

weather terms

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Visitor’s mapClustrmap.com

Not very successful due to “closed” Moodle

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Personality & Description

http://www.41q.com/

Your personality type: Warm-hearted, popular and conscientious. Tend to put the needs of others over their own needs. Feel strong sense of responsibility and duty. Value traditions and security. Interested in serving others. Need positive reinforcement to feel good about themselves. Well-developed sense of space and function.

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Pollscreate polls for external community

Ask500people.com

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Non standard blocks add variety to this course

consistency/routines

visual appeal

ease of location for ESL learners

seemingly unlimited potential

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Stuart’s course employs:Wordle

Linked In

FaceBook

Twitter

Slide

Delicious

Flickr

MySpace…..

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Thank you