Ponderings of a Mid-Life Teacher

My name is Glenn Shelton and I am a eighteen year veteran teacher. Most teachers retire after thirty years of service so I am a "Mid-Life Teacher". Society and education are in a process of transformation in part to the invention of Web 2.0 tools. Many teachers at eighteen years have a tendency to turn a blind eye to the changes around them and continue doing what they have always done. Not me! Follow me as I document the changes I am going through in my career.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Schoology Continued

I am still happy with schoology, but this week was frustrating. Many of my students lost their passwords and there was not a way to retrieve them. The students had to create new accounts, leaving their old work behind. A suggestion to those that try schoology or any other Web 2.0 tool, create a Google doc spreadsheet with student passwords and logins so you can manage them better, or even assign each student a login and password that they are to use for each tool.

I tried to use their tool to transfer my moodle page assignments, but I haven't had any success yet.


Screenshot of schoology's page to import moodle settings.

I had the students take a quiz using schoology, and they did well with the interface. It was also easier for me to grade and download the grades in an excel document to place them in my school system's grade program.

All of those that have expressed an interest in this tool thank you and it is worth the effort to try it out.

1 comment:

UnknownMay 15, 2011 at 7:32 PM
Glenn,
I am so glad that you posted this. After hearing Rena and you mention Schoology several times, I decided it was time for me to look into it. I even blogged about it as my second Web 2.0 tool because I felt that if I was going to incorporate it, i also needed to become the expert on it. I even linked back to your blog so that any others who are interested in Schoology could read both of our blogs for twice the information. I really appreciate the advice about managing user names and passwords.... I will definitely do that!
~Mindi
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