1. Moodle
Jason Neiffer
Curriculum Director
Montana Digital Academy
http://www.montanadigitalacademy.org
http://www.techsavvyteacher.com
http://www.neiffer.com
Twitter: @techsavvyteach & @neiffer
http://www.workshophandouts.com/whatismoodle

2. About ME! :)
13 year classroom
teacher
UM doctoral student
First Curriculum
Director of MTDA
Wannabe keynoter
Shameless Self-Promotion: Jason N-E-I-F-F-E-R http://www.neiffer.com

3. About Montana
Digital Academy
Nearly 50 courses 2010-2011
Free for its first year
AP and unique electives
Partnered with Montana school
districts and the University of
Montana

4. “What the h*#%
is a Moodle?”

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsumo/330837509/sizes/o/

6. Modular
Object-
Oriented
Dynamic
Learning
Environment

7. just 8 years old
free, open source software
supported by either the community OR
commercial partners
supporting, as of January 2010, 45,000
sites, 32 million users and 3 million
courses
Moodle is...

8. Moodle utilizes...
Themes
Plugins and extensions
Several commercial companies, called
“Moodle Partners”

9. In Montana
Adopted by dozens of school districts
Recently adopted by the University of
Montana, Montana Tech, UM-Western
and UM College of Technology-Helena

10. Case Study:
MTDA

11. Case Study:
Paperless Classroom

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cordwoodruff/4445376137/sizes/o/in/photostream/

13. Case Study:
Blended Learninghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/acsamman/433447478/in/photostream/

14. Implementation
Planning critical...think before you act!
Training critical...support your users!
Expect adoption and plan for hardware
needs!

15. Kick the tires!
Key to School
http://www.keytoschool.com
Global Classroom
http://www.globalclassroom.us/
NineHub
http://ninehub.com/

16. Your questions?
Jason Neiffer
Curriculum Director
Montana Digital Academy
http://www.montanadigitalacademy.org
http://www.techsavvyteacher.com
http://www.neiffer.com
Twitter: @techsavvyteach & @neiffer
http://www.workshophandouts.com/whatismoodle