April 2008 — Web 2.0
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Using Moodle's Assignment and Quiz features, Diebold's students now access study materials and homework for every chapter in their history textbook, then upload completed work that Diebold downloads and grades. When the time comes, Diebold takes each class to the lab to complete a quiz, which Moodle automatically grades, posting the scores almost instantly.
Diebold's students also go to the lab on their own time to complete extended activities available through Moodle's Lesson module. These materials are designed to encourage students to learn more about historic events that cannot be thoroughly covered during class due to time constraints.
"Since implementing these online activities, discipline problems have nearly disappeared," Diebold says. "My students are engaged and interested in what we're doing."
Susan Brooks-Young is an education consultant and author based in Lopez Island,WA, and Vancouver, BC.
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