Supporting the DER with Moodle
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Supporting the DER with Moodle
- 1. Supporting the with Coffs Harbour at High School Simon Borgert Head Teacher Mathematics Coffs Harbour High School
- 2. what I am not • An IT professional • experienced Moodle Administrator • Moodle Guru
- 3. what I am •A passionate teacher • early adopter of technology • Geek • Moodler!
- 4. A (very) brief history of Simon and Moodle Teaching Career and LMS’s 2000 - 2005 Trinity Grammar School Kew - in house LMS but 1 -1 laptop program 2007 - 2008 Beaconhills College - Moodle! 2009 - Coffs Harbour High School - Moodle!
- 5. Outline of this session • DER - what the..... • DER NSW - Huh? • The evolution of Moodle at Coffs Harbour High School • emphasis on the how more staff were encouraged to embrace using technology through making Moodle • Issues • The Future
- 6. The Digital Education Revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgWRrr_Ni8
- 7. The Digital Education Revolution •$2.3 billion project - National Secondary Schools Computer Fund •Election Promise in 2008 •part of a broader program •aim is to have 1-1 computers for all Australia students in Years 9 - 12 by 31st December 2011
- 8. The Digital Education Revolution in NSW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALpqN0MjeHg
- 9. The Digital Education Revolution in NSW •$442 million project •Rollout of laptop computers to Year 9 Cohorts (starting 2009) for 4 years •Installation of a wireless network in all learning spaces in NSW Secondary and Central Schools •Professional Learning and Curriculum Support •School based - technical support officers
- 10. The Digital Education Revolution in NSW •excellent software deals with Microsoft and Adobe •including at home usage rights for teaching staff •no laptops from this funding for teachers - they had to be supplied by the State Government (over a 3 year period - in 2011 all teachers have access to a laptop)
- 11. The Digital Education Revolution in NSW - what it really meant for schools •Year 9 students get a laptop every year for 4 years •A wireless network installed across the school •We got a TSO! •Education was going to change because students got a laptop.... •Teachers would not all have a laptop until 2011.
- 12. DERNSW - Initial Focus • Getting infrastructure up to speed (fibre in schools) • Appeasing the fear (and Teachers Federation) by saying • it was okay not to use the laptops all the time • nothing would really change • all teachers would be trained • Getting the laptops out - Windows 7 made it possible
- 13. Coffs Harbour High School Coffs Harbour Sydney
- 14. Coffs Harbour High School Coffs Harbour High School
- 15. Coffs Harbour High School The view from one of the Maths Classrooms
- 16. Coffs Harbour High School
- 17. Coffs Harbour High School • Co-educational State School on the Mid North Coast of NSW • Approximately 900 students and 65 teaching staff • Broad mix of students - both geographically and SES • Quite a transient community (~20% changeover every year) •A desirable school (really desirable location!) • Large number of teaching staff due to retire in next few years
- 18. Coffs Harbour High School - Technology 2009 • Self run, self installed network •3 computer labs • No full-time network administrator - just part time Admin who is self taught • Teaching staff traditionally have very low technological literacy. • Integration of technology has not been a priority • Have jumped on the purchasing IWB band wagon.
- 19. Evolution of Coffs Moodle Episode 1 - eGATS • Week 1 2009 - Principal told me that I was the ‘liaison’ for a Regional trial of an online Gifted and Talented program - egats • Also made Executive staff member in charge of DER • It was to be hosted on the schools “Moodle” server • Linux box - didn’t work • Established http://coffsharbourhighschool.com running a Moodle install using Siteground as a Web Host - basic plan $7 per month
- 20. eGats - continued.... • eGATswas a refinement of a program that had been delivered in Western NSW - using Moodle • Use was limited previously - merely a repository for documents and images • After setting up Moodle for eGATS I immediately established courses for my Year 8 Maths (Enrichment) and Year 10 Maths class • Moodle had email based self enrolment (restricted) • Maths courses used forums, assignments, quiz, wiki and glossary
- 21. eGATs - meetings • The eGATs co-ordinator (a baby boomer with limited ICT skills) and I meet for a total of about 10 hours (over several sessions) for me to ‘train’ her in the use of Moodle • Sequenceof training was very important and based on my past experience trying to drive a “Moodle” school
- 22. eGATs - training sequencing 1.Logging On and uploading stuff (documents / images) to a course 2.Using webpages on Moodle instead of documents 3.Forum as a communication tool - couldn’t convince her to use the instant messaging :) - but a couple of Chat’s 4.Assignments for the students to submit their work
- 23. eGATs - training Part 2 • Participating students (50) were manually enrolled (I also created groups as there were 6 mentors involved as well) • The 6 mentors (mostly Primary Principals and Assistant Principals) also needed to be trained •2 after school sessions • How to navigate Moodle • Howto respond to forum posts and how to grade / comment on assignments • Plus considerable “phone support”
- 24. • Ready to GO! • started freaking out about the entry level hosting • Trained the kids in how to use Moodle - 10 minutes • Program was an outstanding success!
- 25. meanwhile back at Coffs High • supporting eGATs was very labour intensive for me (I had never been a Moodle Administrator before so was learning on the fly) •Iused Executive meetings to “showcase” eGATs and also the work I was doing with my classes • We were waiting for the initial DER rollout (eventually it occurred in Nov 2009) - this was causing a huge amount of angst for staff
- 26. Need for a Strategic Plan.... • The technology focus in 2009 for Coffs Harbour High School was Interactive White Boards (IWB’s) • Many faculties went for the quantity rather than quality option • They are very expensive projectors • Support a “sage on stage” teaching pedagogy • Verylittle thought was being given to supporting a 1-1 laptop program
- 27. Change
- 28. Need Entry Point Proven Success Change
- 29. Solution = DER Laptop Program Peer Coaching Need Immersion Entry Point eGATS Proven Success my own classes Change
- 30. Moodlising Coffs High - 2009 • Staff Development Day Term 2 2009 •I presented a session on the pace of technological change and the potential impacts for teachers of Gen Y (Did you know video etc) • All resources from that session put on Moodle - demonstrated how to find - emailed link Teachers caught = 4 including a fellow HT
- 31. Moodlising Coffs High - 2009 • Term 2 & Term 3 2009 • PeerCoaching on an as needs basis with those staff caught previously - they start using Moodle with their classes • Students from my class (and others from captured staff!) start asking their other teachers “Why don’t you use Moodle?” • More using - first login / account issues • Upheaval at school - Principal and Deputy retire Teachers caught = 6 (2 more)
- 32. Moodlising Coffs High - 2009 • Term 4 2009 • DER Laptops Arrive in November • Now increased need as teachers want to share files with students and laptops can not connect to our internal network = anger for teachers! • Moodle offered as an alternative for file distribution • New Principal arrives • Option on Staff Development Day for introduction Moodle as well as after school sessions Teachers caught = 10 (4 more)
- 33. Moodlising Coffs High 2010 • Focus for 2010 was immersion - using every possible opportunity to model the use of Moodle to fulfil a need e.g. • Distributing resources • Having a forum for discussing potential curriculum changes • DER Laptops arrived earlier - March thus more students involved • DER Professional Learning Funding - more teachers started to use technology - need for Moodle ! :)
- 34. Moodlising Coffs High 2010 • Changed to semi-dedicated hosting with Siteground • During 2010 started to have more issues with email based self- enrolment including enrolling students into courses - this seemed to be a blocker for several staff • One other Executive - Course Creator - distribute the load • Eagerly awaiting the arrival of Moodle 2 - concern that if too many staff jumped on board managing the transition would be impossible! • Alternative note taking activities - PD for Executive staff
- 35. End of 2010 • Still running after school workshops - beginner when requested • Staff Development Days at the end of 2010 - more advanced Moodle Workshops - Assignment and Quiz • Didn’t really work as none of the staff used the knowledge over the holidays - and forgot it! • DER Laptops for 2011 arriving in February •I was seconded to Sydney for 6 weeks at the end of the year.. Teachers caught = about 20....
- 36. The move to Moodle 2 •Ibit the bullet on the night of the staff XMAS party (didn’t go due to parenting responsibilities) • Upgrade was very stressful - but totally successful • Total restructure occurred over the holidays • Allmanual enrolments - set up Cohorts to make easier in future • All Executive are now Course Creators and Managers for their own KLA
- 37. Coffs High Moodlified? 2011 • Almost total immersion in important things e.g. • Room Booking - via Moodle as an entry • Reporting Technology Faults - Google Form embedded in a Moodle Course • Major Curriculum review evaluation - Google Form embedded in a Moodle Course • Year 9 Laptop Orientation Day - course in Moodle - staff encouraged to attend Day and interact in Course
- 38. Coffs High Moodlified? 2011 • Year 9 now insisting things are in Moodle (I may have actively encouraged this....) • Moodle Training - KLA based after school - then school pays for a meal • Maths, Science (2), Executive, English & CAPA (next week) • Individual peer coaching whenever it is needed - more confident users also assisting within their faculties
- 39. Coffs Moodle 2011 • Over 100 courses • this includes courses created by students • KLA’s now incorporating more ‘constructivist’ activities e.g. glossary and wiki • Over 1000 users • 90% of teachers have logged in in the past 2 weeks (including the Principal!) • Ironic - Faculty using it the least - Maths.... :(
- 40. Coffs Moodle - Future • Need to upgrade the hosting from semi-dedicated..... • looking at Amazon Cloud Hosting •I need to personally stop paying for the hosting!!!! • Staff Intranet • Dropbox integration using repositories for the traditional “staff files” (or maybe Amazon storage) • Make it the “go-to” place for all staff needs • Podcasts of key lessons.....
- 41. Coffs Moodle - Future • DER program uncertain after 2012 - new state government • more use of mobile devices - need to make Moodle more ‘ipad’ friendly! • Needto change the teaching pedagogy
- 42. Issues • DER Laptops • We have almost missed the boat for Year 11 and Year 10 • Games - flash based • Teachers are very reluctant “independent” technology learners • Curriculum is too “content heavy” in many KLA’s for constructivist non-traditional approaches - new National Curriculum is worse! • Time - for administration!
- 43. Biggest Issue of all.... • Studentsare reluctant independent learners - they would prefer to be spoon fed can be solved with Moodle!
- 44. Why it has worked.... • Hard work! • Wan’t really planned explicitly - more meeting the needs and seizing opportunities as they arrived • Occurred at a time of massive change - Entire Executive has changed in past 3 years! • Changingdemographic of school staff (2009 - 70% Baby Boomers: 2011 50% Baby Boomers) • The blockers are retiring :)
- 45. Thanks Simon Borgert @simonborgert 61 422 291 670 http://simonborgert.com
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- Talk about LMS at Trinity - and first wireless network\nBeaconhills - Wireless network but no 1 - 1 program\nReal sales pitch (apart from the surf) for Coffs was DER program\n
- My goal is to share the experience I have had in using Moodle to support a techno-phobic school staff - and capturing most of them! The excuse was the DER Program.\nI learnt from my previous experiences - particularlyy at Beaconhills - detail the program there\n
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- The view from my Maths Classroom\n
- The view from my Maths Classroom - a different day\nSorry can’t find the picture with the Whales breeching!\n
- Desirable school - lots of teachers earn transfer points - transfer in and stay until retirement\n
- Try not to be to critical\n
- Give reasons why Linux Box didn’t work - our network person had no idea how to get it to talk to the network \nAfter much stuffing around (time) I got desperate and 2 days from my first meeting with the Regional person I just set up my own hosted Moodle install\n
- I was being selfish at this stage - new school - new faculty to manage - had eGATs dumped on me - didn’t mention Moodle to any other staff - also had to battle with the great DET firewall!\n
- The coordinator would have spent about 60 hours in total creating the course prior to its use with students\nSequencing was vital - I had seen a lot that had worked and a lot that had not worked at Beaconhills\n\n
- The web page came from the fact the coordinator had heard about potential issues with different verisons of Office - it was a leg in!\nTHe sequencing was important because it ensured that there was not to much infomaiton at once and scafolded her previous understanding\n\n
- The grading / commenting on assignments utilised predefined rubrics which were then uploaded as response files - so a bit more complex\n\n
- in 2010 the program was run on a “regional” moodle - but was did not have as much success as the support regarding the use of moodle was very limited\n
- Was often “teased” about Moodle in Exec - the long-time executive saw no need for any supporting LMS\nThe angst was not because they wanted the laptops - but more due to fear of the potential changes - \n
- I like to refer to IWB’s as an Immense Waste of a Budget - particularly with regards supporting a future 1- 1 laptop program\nQuantitiy = Panaboards with stylus and long through projector\nQuality = multi-touch boards with ultra-short throw\n\n
- How change - particularly technology changes often works out in schools - when no planning has occured\n
- With some strategic planning - this is just Simon’s experience - I don’t really have the time (or desire!) to read books on change management \n
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- Account Login Issues - mostly due to my inexperience with being a Moodle Admin - e.g. forcing alpha-numeric characters in passwords\nAll accounts still - email based registration\n
- Moodle still running on a basic Siteground plan\nAll accounts still - email based registration\n
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- Talk about alternatives to typing notes from board - and reluctance of some Exec to try - still burying heads\n
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- enrolements is a real headache for me - we have 3 different systems at school - none of which is the same - plus Moodle makes 4 - very transient school population - plus kids can not remember their passwords\n
- Year 9 Student - Are you moodleing tonight (particularly when parents have banned facebook access!)\n
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- Relate story from Patti - signing her on\n
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- Is this really any different to writing in a book\n- teachers still writing notes on board - kids type into laptops\n- using technology?\n
- Particularly Year 10 - getting them to see the need is hard - don’t bring - teachers don’t use - vicious cycle\nSolutions?\nI don’t currently get any time allowance for managing Moodle - but this may change!\n
- The reason this is the biggest issue is that it provides a very good reason for teachers not to change - it takes away the need!\nBut that is okay - just needs more hard work.\nGive example of Year 11 student not wanting to contribute to a Physics glossary\n
- Relate story from DP conference - \n
- One of my goals is to blog more!\n