An Open Source Conversation February 21, 2009
Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Conference Sessions, opencolearning.add a comment
http://colearning.wikispaces.com/Roundtable+Conversations
Why (or why not) are you using open source solutions?
- District processes are complicated or hidden.
- If I want to know how to do something, what do I do? Train teachers how to search Google for self-directed PD.
- Start teachers with the basics, like calendar, quizes.
- Posting materials first to Moodle has reduced paper/duplication costs.
- Increased parent participation.
- Open source relies on a community of practitioners.
- Maybe tighter budgets make open-source more viable.
- Gallery for a flickr alternative.
- http://opensourceschools.org.uk/
- Format and organization are important, especially when providing services at a building level. Consistency at the teacher level helps the learner.
- Agreed upon tag for presentations is #opencolearning when used in delicious, slideshare.
- Geogebra, a java-based geometry sketch pad that includes a filter for Moodle.
- http://moodle.legendtitans.org/ instance of moodle
- http://learningischange.com/now/ instance of Wordpress multiuser
- Be careful about the tools we pick on Tuesday, because we’ll need them to be available beyond that. Google notebook is a good example.
- you need to be able to get the data back out of a system, interoperability.
