Category: open source
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Informative podcast on Moodle
Learn 4 Life: Innovation in Education’s May 31st podcast about Moodle as a free, open-source content management system provides an excellent overview of Moodle and persuasive reasons for “giving it a go” (in the words of the British authors) in your classroom. The included suggestions to “have a go at it” and “start small as…
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It’s time for schools to embrace open source
School systems around the world are continuing to spend a ridiculous amount of money every year on software and operating system upgrades. In many cases, these schools and the trustees responsible for their budgets are throwing money down the toilet. Have you read Oversold and Underused by Dr Larry Cuban? If you have anything to…
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Great free tool for web-based quizzes
Hot Potatoes is a great, free software tool available for education that can be integrated into free open-source CMS systems like Moodle or run separately from pretty much any type of current computer. A bunch of sample sites contain examples of activities created with Hot Potatoes.