Here is an interesting post to another Moodle in education list. I was interested to read how this school group are using it at both the primary and secondary levels to embed e-Learning across the school.<br><br>Regards Roland
<br><br><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Re: LEA Usage</span><br>
by Steven Singer - Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 01:54<br>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;">We at Newport LEA have been <a title="Glosario para Pruebas: Using Moodle" href="http://moodle.org/mod/glossary/showentry.php?courseid=11&concept=Using+Moodle" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
using Moodle</a> for over two years in a number of areas. From the LEA perspective we use a Moodle install to support schools
and teachers with professional networks and development areas for CPD,
which forms the LEA's website – you can have a look at this at: </p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.steplearn.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.steplearn.net </a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">For example our primary ICT co-ordinators communicate and share
content and ideas with each other as well as us supporting them through
the course. This has really been successful step forward in the way we
work in partnership. Other subject areas such as science, design
technology are about to follow suit on the curriculum side and governor
support on the administrative side.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">In addition, we have about 50% (about 30 installations) of our
schools using Moodle as their own independent websites which the LEA
hosts and supports. Have a look at:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.steplearn.net/highcross" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.steplearn.net/highcross</a> (primary)</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.steplearn.net/clytha" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.steplearn.net/clytha</a> (primary)</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.stjulians.org.uk/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.stjulians.org.uk</a> (secondary)</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">We took this strategic direction because Moodle is so powerful and
enjoyable for schools to use (compared with teaching them Dreamweaver),
but also because it can help us to embed e-learning as an integrated
feature of the LEA. We are going into schools to work with staff
showing how this can work at both primary and secondary phases. To help
us to do this we are using <a href="http://www.think.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Think.com </a>in
tandem with Moodle to create a cross-phase VLE from 7-19 although a
couple of infant schools are experimenting with Moodle at a very basic
level!</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Hope this is useful! We would love to share some ideas with others.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Regards Steve</p><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead