Coming Soon to TCEA 2012...

In a little over a week, we'll be heading down to Austin, TX for TCEA 2012, taking place Monday, February 6 - Friday the 10th.

TCEA (The Texas Computer Education Association) is the largest state organization devoted to the use of technology in education. TCEA 2012 is the organization's 32nd annual convention and exposition is one of the largest educational technology conventions in the nation and the largest in Texas.

Attendees can access a full week of professional development sessions, hands-on and peer-to-peer learning opportunities, explore new trends through interactive learning environments, and view in-depth presentations from educational technology experts.

Moodlerooms' Trainer, Marcelo Mendes (@celo_mendes) will be delivering a series of workshops as part of the conference's Moodle Academy on Monday, February 6th. Visit here for more info on the TCEA 2012 academies.

Best Practices in Course Facilitation
Hands-on Presentation
Intermediate Skill Level
Located in Room #3
Monday, February 6 // 9:45 am to 10:45 am

This session will focus on:

• The basics of course facilitation in Moodle
  
• Creating varying types of calendar events
• Communicating with participants via the Participants and Messaging blocks.
  
• Participation in commonly used activities
  
• Grading commonly used course activities, such as quizzes and assignments.
  
• Report management
• Best practices in facilitating online or hybrid courses

More than Moodle with Personalized Learning Designer
Hands-on Presentation
Advanced Skill Level
Located in Room #3
Monday, February 6 // 11 am to Noon

This session will focus on:

• Moodlerooms' joule 2 Personalized Learning Designer
• Automating elements of courses using configurable rules and tools that save time by monitoring students' interactions with courses and content
• Automatically providing new remediation activities to students
• Automating email to parent(s) to highlight student success or next steps to improve their student performance
• Exploring popular use case scenarios for personalizing the learning experience
  

Strategies for Effective Utilization of Online Forums
Presentation
Beginner Skill Level
Located in room #2
Monday, February 6 // 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

This session will focus on:

• Helping teachers and facilitators of discussion to forums to encourage and support students to "own" forum-based learning
• Strategies for increasing instructor-to-student and peer-to-peer interaction
• Strategies for creating effective dialogue in online forums by setting expectations and developing student awareness
  

Last but not least, our very own Judson Aungst and Tom Hermann will be on-site in booth #2627 to answer any of your joule-related questions. If you're attending the conference, stop on by the booth or feel free to get in touch with Judson or Tom during the conference:

Judson Aungst, Director of K-12 Sales
Phone: 443-534-2404
Email: judson at moodlerooms dot com
Twitter: @Moodlerooms

Tom Herrmann, Inside Sales Associate
Email: therrmann at moodlerooms dot com
Twitter: @Moodlerooms

See you at TCEA 2012!

- Brad