Moodle supported language learning project

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Moodle supported (language) learning project

• A Comenius Bilateral Language Projectwith
  Srednja ekonomska ola, Maribor, Slovenia and
  Ludwig-ErhardSchule, Kiel, Germany
• Radovan Krajnc and Karmen Vric, SI
• Karen Thomsen and Stephan Frankenstein, DE

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• 1.What is moodle technical requirements
• 2. Starting the project application
• and organization at our schools
• 3. Learning English using moodle
• 4. Preparing the exchange trips Slovene and
  German podcasts
• 5. Other tools in moodle used
• 6. Influence of the project at our schools
• 7. Workshop Practical exercises

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What is Moodle?

• Resources
• Activities
• Assignments
• Chat
• Forums
• Glossary
• Lesson
• Quiz
• Workshop

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Installing Moodle

• Open source
• Local installation (with XAMPP) to prepare
  courses etc.--gt Good way to start
• There are packages for all the OS (Linux,
  Windows, Mac)
• Typically MOODLE is installed on a webserver
• bandwidth (Upload!)
• installing moodle is quite easy
• docs can be found at http//www.moodle.com

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Introduction of our Comenius project

• 2006 ESP conference in the Netherlands first
  contact Moodle and its use at school
• 2007 ESP conference in Slovakia project
  application (deadline30 March 07)
• Preparations at our schools until National
  Agencies approved of the project only in Sept. 07
  
• technical - implementation of Moodle on school
  server
• personal - selecting teachers and students that
  are going to be involved with the project
• organizational project lessons in our timetables

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Introducing - period Oct. 07- Dec. 07
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Period Jan. 08 9 April 08

• School systems
• Podcast preparations

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Preparing podcasts

• writing text
• lectoring
• recording
• editing
• publishing

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Audacity

• Open source software for recording voice and
  editing sounds.

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Structure of the lecture
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Articulate

• Commercial software for adding voice to Power
  Point.

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Exercise

• Record pronouncing
• With mobile phones (you need WinAmp, Quick Time
  player )
• Nano Gong application in Moodle
• Publishing in Moodle

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Preparing the exchange trip to Slovenia

• Choosing the host families
• Meeting with parents and students
• Programme of the visit
• Goals of the visit
• Prejudices

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Period May 08-December 08

• Learning English using Moodle
• Aims
• Practising vocabulary
• Activities
• Definitions words in the box (gap fill)

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Period May 08-December 08

• Learning English using Moodle
• Aims
• Practising vocabulary
• Activities
• Text words in the box (gap fill)

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Period May 08-December 08

• Learning English using Moodle
• Aims
• Practising vocabulary
• Activities
• Pictures words (matching)
• Synonyms (matching)

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• Improving reading comprehension
• Activities
• Text 3 given words (gap fill)

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• Improving reading comprehension
• Activities
• Statements (T/F/NG)

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• Improving reading comprehension
• Activities
• Translating

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• Writing
• Activities
• Describing experiences

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• Writing
• Activities
• Expressing opinion

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• Writing
• Activities
• Blogs

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• Improving listening comprehension
• Activities
• Answering the questions (a/b/c)

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• Improving listening comprehension
• Activities
• Completing the sentences - words not given (gap
  fill)

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Period Sept. 08 Christmas 08

• Encouraging communication and cooperation -
  Halloween and Globalisation

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Period from Jan. 09 March 09

• Increasing the awareness of differences between
  cultures - India

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German podcasts

• Aim
• Learning German (B1)
• Preparation of the trip to Kiel, Germany in May
  2009
• Teachers students create podcasts
• Structure
• Transcript
• Combined with other activities
• Quiz
• Questionnaire
• Forum
• Audio recording

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Future plans

• Trip to Germany
• Podcasts
• Other tasks in Moodle

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Influence of project at schools
50 teachers work with MOODLE
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Moodle as a tool for school administration
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Influence of project at school in Maribor

• Moodle story began 5 years ago
• All comunication between teacher is (compulsory)
  establish in Moodle (from these school year)
• Courses for teachers (blue panthers project)
• 80 teacher (most of themused Moodle in their
  work)

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Any questions?
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Workshop

• Work in pairs because we only have 10 laptops
• Preparing instructions