A quick check on the pulse of Moodle at Peace Wapiti School Division #76

1. Drive - by Moodling
Checking the pulse of PWSDs
hottest
online technology

2. Where we were ... 2007
Started mostly to help
AISI communicate
~ 20 Active Learning
Communities.

3. Where we are ... 2009
eCommunity has
eclipsed our staff
collaboraiton site.
> 500 Class areas
Collaboration has grown too;
~ 50 online learning communities

4. We can't get enough!
Last week we averaged
1200 logins a day on
eCommunity!
Peaked at 6800 site
views last Wednesday
Collaboration spikes
around PD events, and we
still average around 100
logins each day.

5. And they're not just logging in!
3000 page views
400 course posts
... on average each day
Page views graph
Course posts graph

6. Most popular activities?
While most teachers start with links
and information, it quickly grows
into discussion areas, self-checks,
and online assignments.
It also make great web glue!

7. Who is most active? ... last two weeks

8. Extending the classroom
5% of all this traffic occurs
after school hours; and this
trend is increasing.
That's an exciting direction. This can improve parent awareness
of school activity and help create connections between the
student home life and their work in the classroom
It's not just on a computer either ... think P.O.D.

9. Promoting your school
A place to share school news or achievements.
Easily setup RSS news feeds, showcase media,
or advertize events. Ties in to Sharepoint.
- BRHS averages 2200 views a week!

10. What teachers are saying ...
Thanks for the super day. Best inservice I've had in years!
(Hythe Elementary May 2009)
There was no pressure in doing this session, very hands on.
Thank you!
(PRSD PD Day Sept 2009)
hey, would I have anything to share if it weren’t for your instruction
one-community?? It’s all teamwork.
(Penson May 2009)

11. What teachers are saying ...
Thanks for all your work and patience this year (Moodle Year
End Survey June 2009)
I just wanted to say thanks for last week!! It was nice to have
time to work and use your brain. Thanks for all those great
ideas. (Harry Balfour Sept 2009)
And thanks for your work this year on moodle. I wouldn’t have
bothered trying to use it if there hadn’t been someone dedicated
to helping us out – an inservice just isn’t that great – they can
show it to you, but having you (and Jon) actually come out when
we were working on stuff and helping us get going was really the
key to getting us to use it. (PWA June 2009)

12. NRLC ATA Joint Needs Assessment
(March 2009)
Select three technology areas you would like to see NRLC concentrate on next year
in Zone
1. Smartboards (70%)
2. Moodle (51.5%)
3. Online resources (33.9%)

13. Moodle Dream Team
• Technical
o Mike Norton - Server work
o Darcy Bromling - Everyting
• Coordinators
o Jen Clevette
 Focused on school visits and Side-by-Side teacher help.
o Jon Konrad
 Focused on teacher setup support.
• Supervisor
o Brian Shields
 Oversees budget and all meetings

14. What we offer the district
• Group PD (School Improvement Days)
• Side by Side help (Tu/Th, MWF rotating afternoon)
• Support
o personal communication through email, phone, skype
o course or area setup
o BITT
o Moodle How-tos - from print to video
• Mighty Peace Teachers Convention
• Tech Fest