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I felt that my presentation served its purpose of informing both staff and administration of the benefits of Moodle, a course management system. I think the most important part of my presentation was to explain to teachers that a system like this is not intended to replace traditional models of teaching, but to better support and enhance them. For many teachers as soon as you talk about online courses they immediatley put their guard up. The teachers that I presented to seemed excited that this program could be used as apart of their daily teaching, and could enhance what they are already doing. All of the teachers loved the idea of using Moodle for online quizzes and test. I made sure to point out that this could be used as formative assessment so that they could get immediate feedback on student performance, or as summative assessment at the end of a unit. Of course other teachers loved the fact that this could help cut down on grading time for summative assessments and help give students more immediate feedback. I believe that this presentation served its purpose of getting teachers and administrators both talking about the possibility of bring some course management system into our school. We will begin to have further conversations about how a system like this could benefit our school.

Adam

Adam,

I was a little nervous at the beginning of the presentation because of how some teachers react to new things being introduced. However, the teachers were very supportive and eager to learn about how online learning could help our students. I stressed that it was to help with remediation and enhancing their learning. I like how you pointed out that it could be used as a formative assessement and get immediate feedback. We are always looking for programs that offer immediate feedback for the students, it seems to help our younger students when they are trying to meet a goal. Having parental involvement is always a plus when trying to help our students learn. With online learning parents can check on their child's progress.

Janie