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Rob Beard wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: > > >> So can we do that, set up a forum, and invite PTA's on board using the >> contacts we have in schools, Teachers seem far to busy to deal with >> this, so what is needed is a way for them to hand over the package to >> someone else. >> >> I would like to know how teachers are meant to find the time to create >> moodle lessons, in between teaching, marking, planning, reviews, >> meetings etc etc etc. >> >> So is it posssible to set up >> >> How about we write a review of moodle for one of the primary teaching >> magazines, I am sure they are always looking for content, and it >> could be a good way to promote the group (dclug) and put schools into >> contact with people that can help. >> >> A Page on the lug wiki perhaps. I am work in shortly, so will try and >> grab some e-mails so I can investigate further. perhaps contact one of >> the magazines and ask if they would accept articles submitted by >> readers, etc. >> >> do you have some references to what you said above about becta trying >> toget schools to use floss, it makes life easier when e-mailing schools >> to be able to include links to relate pages to back up what is being said. >> >> thanks >> >> Paul >> >> > > I had a word with a colleague at work who's wife is a teacher at a > Primary/Junior school in Exeter. He said she's been urged to take on > the role of ICT specialist. I mentioned Moodle and Karoshi and he > sounded interested. I'm going to setup Moodle on an old machine to give > it a demonstration. I think one of the big issues is support. > Supposedly the school pay for a technician from a local high school to > come in once a week to fix things, but saying that, if they got to see > the benefit of Open Source software just working then they might be more > interested, especially if they can get good free/low cost support. > Something similar is even mentioned in the March 2008 Linux Format > magazine in a column by Richard Smedley about LUG members getting > together and providing support. If a few of us could provide support > through a support mailing list (maybe something more specific than the > general LUG mailing list) the the support load could be spread out. > > Anyway, fingers crossed the demonstration of Moodle will make a good > impression. > > Rob > > Thanks, actually I am installing moodle right now, just having a few permission issues. Yeah the mail list idea is a good one, have that rather than forum as you have to log in with uid / password every time, where as e-mail is far less time consuming, I find forums that I have to login to each time get used far far less than they could be. How would we go about setting this, up, can the lug server be set up to also include a mailing list for school tech support. ? Support from local school, is the tech contracted to do so, or is it like agreed other wise, what happens if that person leaves, and the replacement does not want to support the local primary or its not written into his / her contract and therefore has no duty to do so? Or that person has little experience with moodle and is trying to learn it. Paul -- Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format as used by openoffice.org, http:///www.openoffice.org visit us on IRC - irc.flashtek-uk.com / 6667 #dclug -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- DI! D++ G e H! r! z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html