Bill+Byland



Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum distance learning program, uses interactive video conference

Various courses that discuss Rock and Rolls impact on race, culture and politics.

If you're interested in doing this you would need to contact Criag Seath to check on the availability of the district's video conferencing system.

http://www.rockhall.com/distancelearning

Contact: John Goehrke

Ph 216-515-1202 Class cost. $100 Classroom, interdisciplinary.or Community Ed class

2 Different Moodle sessions:

Moodling Westward: Hybrid Learning in Action http://core.gilbert.k12.az.us/virtualclassroom/course/view.php?id=553

Gilbert, Arizona Hybrid learning using Moodle.

Here is a link to a portion of their Moodle server they have open to guest access, if you'd like to check it out. http://sandbox.gilbert.k12.az.us/moodle/

"Big time investment, but a big reward" Very nice.

Remote-learner (provides training, hosting... for a fee on Moodle) nice sample site: http://moodle19.remote-learner.net/

requires you to create an account on their server, once you do, click NECC 2008 and then Exploring Moodle Modules Here there's a complete example of many of the Moodle tools implemented.

inACCESS

Indiana's 1 to 1 open source project

allows the school to select the hardware from state contract list: hp, dell, gateway....

Select any open source linux OS; unbunto, suse, red hat... and apps that will run on linux... Novell to manage to desktop.

Statement's from the presenter:

- use thin client to extend the life of old systems:

- laptops aren't always the best choice; english, ss desktops work better. (no battery problems, no set up and take down time, no wireless issues)

- Moodle is the key to a successful 1-1 ("dynamite")

http://www.doe.state.in.us/technology/inaccess.html

http://www.k12openminds.org

Misc....

Open Office (free!!) allows you to save a Power Point as a flash animation of better web publishing. http://www.openoffice.org/

Python is a free programming language that is easy to learn and is syntax friendly http://tech.canterburyschool.org/tech/NECC2008