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SuperOldster @diben

In my youth, an oldster said to me, "Miguel, you're moving too fast for me! How do you keep up with all this stuff?" As I step over the threshold of middle age, which was unimagina

Blatant Advertising #moodle

Published Articles/Blog Entries I've Written About Moodle (or that refer to it): 1. [How to Manage Your District's Online Learning Opportunities](

Goodbye #Moodle Mayhem!

Over the last few years, I've tried to consolidate all my resources for Moodle in one place MoodleMayhem.org ( domain expired ). Unfortunately, I haven't made time to keep those

Introduction to MySQL Queries #moodle

One of the aspects of my workshop on Monday will be to quickly share how to do MySQL queries. This is something that took me awhile to learn after all, it's not like a school dist

Upcoming #Moodle Events

There are tons of Moodle events...I wish there was an easy way to track them. Here are 3 upcoming: TCEA Moodle Academy Monday, February 7, 2011 Location: Austin Convention Ce

#Moodle It Into Reality

A person in a completely unrelated field sent me an email, of which an excerpt appears below: I am in the process of building a moodle [cut] website for our institute...The web

MoodleTip - Updating User accounts

A colleague recently wrote me with the following situation: How do I mass assign roles in Moodle? I have about 200 Science teachers that will need to contribute to a Science

TxDLA Moodle Mayhem Session

If you're wondering from the previous blog entry, where the idea for Moodle Mayhem came from, it came from [my workshop submission for the Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDL

Moodle on Oracle Database

When someone suggested installing Moodle on Microsoft SQL, I squirmed in my seat. The audience around me grew quiet. Microsoft SQL? Was the person crazy? Who would want to use MS S

Moodle and eAccelerator

Setting up a Windows server using XAMPP, I'm hoping I can speed things up using eAccelerator. Here are some of the settings I'll be trying: current eAccelerator settings ([Source

Moodle on iPods

As we launch the inTouch initiative involving the use of iPod Touch devices for campus administrators for now I'm thrilled to [read Lewis Carr's presentation on Moodle on iPods](

100 Moodle Video Tutorials

Check out this partial list of over a 100 Moodle Video Tutorials, as if having access to MoodleTutorials.org wasn't enough, [New Jersey Science and Tech Institute has prepared thes

Orga-Moodle-ing Your Conference

Ever consider using Moodle, rather than Wordpress or Ning or a wiki, to organize your "virtual conference presence?" If yes, what does that look like? What SHOULD it look like? Wha

Moodle in the Classroom (Updated)

I've included my notes on this Classroom 2.0 LIVE session with Tomaz Lasic on Moodle in the Classroom below... Some of the quick polls Kim Caise took at the beginning of the Classr

Moodle Questionnaire

Questionnaire is one of my favorite modules for Moodle, and I use it for all sorts of surveys and information gathering that I'd normally have had to use SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang, o

Sharing Tips

Love these remarks... In her recent comments, fellow teacher and moodler Mary Cooch (known als

Clock Link

While it's always dangerous to post embed external code in a site since that slows your page down if the host site is having problems or there is a slow connection I like [this t

Why Moodle

Why use Moodle to enhance classroom learning? It's a question that some ask. Here are some of the responses I found "out there" using Google. This is open ended...what I'm really l

New Patch for Moodle

Just read this... []( Moodlerooms, a service provider for the open source Moodle learning management syst

Sharing How You Use Moodle in K-12

Sharing is one of the wonderful activities educators engage in every day. It's for that reason that I hope Moodle users reading this will share how they are using Moodle in K 12, w

Moodle Tip - Keeping Moodle Safe

Problem: One of the Moodles set up isn't really for facilitating online learning, but rather, facilitating dialogue with the community. As such, since that Moodle will be "out th

Moodle Tips Roundup

This has been one moodlin' month or two for me. I thought I "knew" Moodle, but apparently, there's always a lot more to learn. Here's a quick round up of lessons I've learned about

Moodle Modules to Consider

Amanda Hefner, a Moodle guru in San Antonio, has been converting PBS TeacherLine courses to Moodle format. The process has taken awhile (a few months) but as we near the end of the

Setting Up SQL Yog

Setting Up SQL Yog Welcome! Please note that although the steps below are customized for Moodle, you can certainly use them for other Web 2.0 tools like blogs, content management

Moodle Learning Opportunity - Disaster

Update: Apparently, the problem was an incomplete upgrade. To fix it, I downloaded the latest version, re included my modules and themes, and then went to the admin. The upgrade

Model Project

Dean Groom (Teaching and Learning Design) shares an exciting two week descriptive writing project idea ([here's

Moodle Book Module

This next week, I'll have the opportunity to work with various educational leaders. To prepare for that conferenc