Week 18 Classroom Management

When I teach an online class I would like to find a LMS that is user friendly and that has the tools necesarry to obtain all the benefits from multy media such as video, forums, articles etc... Currently I would like to use google plus, drop box and Blackboard.

Moodle is another option but does to have some limitations with respect to grading. While it had collaboration as a plus. The most important thing when you use an online software. You first have to understand how to use it and then properly teach a student how to use the program with a cheat sheet. Students should not spend their time trying to navigate the program and should focus on the material. This is similar in a small scale as a graphing calculator where you buy an expensive calculator and then you have spend a lot of time learning how to use it while the course flies by.

Below is a you tube video of a teacher that has been using Moodle in her social studies class. She gives advice on the benefits of using Moodle.