Moodle 1.9 English teacher's cookbook : 80 simple but incredibly effective recipes for teaching reading comprehension, writing, and composing using Moodle 1.9 and Web 2.0 / Silvina P. Hillar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillar, Silvina P.

Series:

Quick answers to common problems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moodle.

Computer-assisted instruction--Computer programs.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Open source software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham [England] : Packt Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

80 simple but incredibly effective recipes for teaching reading comprehension, writing, and composing using Moodle 1.9

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Connecting Ideas; Introduction; Matching sentences; Unjumbling and connecting sentences; Using Twitter and Facebook for a survey; Brainstorming ideas using Forums; Answering a quiz designed in a Lesson; Empty book, great story: upload pictures from Microsoft Word; Connecting stairs: Uploading drawings from Microsoft Word; Linking to websites and writing about an endangered animal; Chapter 2: Matching Pictures and Text; Introduction; Picturing comprehension

Matching text to speech bubbles of comic stripsPicture paragraph matching; Sceneries and possible stories through flowcharts; Working with paintings-Salvador Dali's art; Choosing a book by its cover; Advising posters; Cooking recipes; Chapter 3: Looking at Things from Different Perspectives; Introduction; Becoming a well-known character; Understanding secondary characters; Adding technology to a story; Statues can think; Changing an adventure; Old age versus childhood; Beauty versus ugliness; Curious characters; Chapter 4: Defining Types of Sentences; Introduction

Embedding videos, games, and matching the correct topic sentenceWriting detailed sentences according to the topic sentence; Multiple choice: choose the correct concluding sentence; Mixing paragraphs; Selecting the correct sentences; Adding detailed sentences; Writing topics and concluding sentences; Hamburger paragraph: writing a composition using three types of sentences; Chapter 5: Creating Stories using Twitter and Facebook; Introduction; Debating about a topic; Cause-and-effect diagram, Fishbone, or Ishikawa diagram technique; Positive and negative points list; Play the reporter

Writing a story guessing factsWriting a very short play using text messages; Chain composition; How to summarize information; Chapter 6: Improving Your Students' Writing; Introduction; Cubing technique: Describe; Cubing technique: Compare; Cubing technique: Associate; Cubing technique: Analyse; Cubing technique: Apply; Cubing technique: Argue; Rolling a cube; How to correct this essay; Chapter 7: Comparing using Venn Diagrams; Introduction; Summer holidays versus winter holidays-; drawing Venn diagrams using Open Office Drawing; Living in the country versus living in an

overcrowded city-drawing Venn diagrams with clip art from Microsoft WordBeing famous versus being unknown-; drawing Venn diagrams with SmartDraw software; Having a healthy lifestyle versus bad; habits-completing a Venn diagram using the classtools.net website; Famous coincidences-drawing Venn; diagrams of Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy using Paint; Comparing different types of pollution-; drawing Venn diagrams using Microsoft Visio 2007; Types of students-drawing Venn diagrams using Edraw Max; Puzzles-placing adjectives and sentences

in a Venn diagram according to the description of personal possessions

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612703317

9781282703315

1282703315

9781849510899

184951089X

OCLC:

796383648