Slide 1 : Moodle for Elementary
Writing and Science
Dan McGuire
Minneapolis, Mn, USA
Slide 2 : Today we'll look at:
Using the Database Module for recording science observations
Using a Forum for recording science observations
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Using the Database Module for a reading log of books students have read.
Using Tutors to assist students in writing about their science observations.
Could also work similarly to have tutors coach students in the writing about
Reading. I had the relationship with the Graduate Student Science group, so
That's area we chose.
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Using the Assignment Module as a way to teach writing skills to elementary students.
Slide 3 : For the last three years,
the 21st Century tool,
Moodle,
has enabled me
to make writing fun
for 8 and 9 year olds,
the ones who start welling up with tears
when you tell them that all of the words they just
managed to get on a piece of paper with a pencil
should be reordered or changed.
Slide 4 : A word processor and the Moodle software
make editing, all that adding and subtracting of words,
peer comments, and teacher comments easier and
doable for the young minds and fingers that are still
wrestling with this puzzle called written language.
Slide 5 : Last spring on Earth Day,
my class was paperless for the day.
We took a learning walk and
explored the history and science rich
neighborhood near our school.
Slide 6 : Moodle also enables me to post pictures from our sessions
with the U of Mn Teaching Smart
Slide 7 : Name: Dan
Book title: Hoot
Book author: Carl Hiassen
Book level: ??
Characters: Main and supporting: Roy, Beatrice, Mullet Fingers, Roy's mom and Dad and a whole bunch of other folks.
Setting: A small in town in Florida.
Problems in the story: There are several problems but the main one is stopping Mother Paula's from destroying the habitat of the burrowing owls.
Solutions to the story: The solutions are as numerous and varied as the problems. Read the book and use complete sentences when you write (don't use fragments like I did above.) This is an example of one entry in the Reading log
Slide 8 : The example below is a sample of a view of a single entry in the Reading Log Database.
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