The umbrella group, Drupal in Education, is too broad for the various interests and divisions. Drupal Education BOF groups at DrupalCon SF were stymied by the range of interests and needs, particularly across the basic division of university level and K-12 level. Other divisions included coder vs. user, and learning management vs. organization management. The newly formed LMS (learning management system), was one outcome of these discussions.
The needs for public-facing K-12 school sites, as well as strategies for supporting educational activities, are very different from university contexts, and it is difficult to participate in undifferentiated discussions when "student" and "course" and "teacher" and "grade" have such different deep meanings. Let this group be a place where we can:
- Discuss and develop modules of particular interest to K-12 education, like curriculum mapping and Section 508 compliance checklists
- Post and discuss case studies of new K-12 school websites, and build a directory of school sites
- Provide a space for "Young Drupalers" who are still in school to support each other as they develop their school websites.
Assignment Feature, questions?
So, I'm putting the final touches on AtriumED (sic) with a couple new OpenAtrium features additions:
-Quizlet Vocabulary: https://github.com/markwk/atriumed_quizlet
-Group Video Chat: https://github.com/markwk/atrium_opentok (using OpenTok's free Video Chat API!)
I hope to have a distro to share within the next week or so...
Quizlet
I'm putting the finishing touches on a module that I think might be quite useful in some educational situations, namely Quizlet http://drupal.org/project/Quizlet
It basically uses Quizlet's API (for those that don't know, Quizlet.com is one of the largest vocabulary sites around on the net) to search and add quizlet lists to your Drupal 6 site. Once added, it provides a simple javascript "flashcard" system for reviewing words.
There's a live demo at http://quizlet-for-drupal.int3c.com
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E-learning portal for Palestine...A 4 year project
Dear all,
The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher and Education has started the process of implementing a humongous 4 year e-learning project covering private, UN and last but not least public schools in Palestine. We are now reviewing options for a strong and stable platform for ELMS, CMS and WBT; where teacher/student usability, interface and interactivity are the top priorities for us.
Appreciate your feedback, on the pros and cons of Drupal for such a task as well as assistance on certain modules that prove themseleves and can make our efforts a success.
Read moreFundraising for non-profit preschool
Hi there, fellow Drupallers.
I am developing a community site for a very small non-profit preschool (in trade for tuition $). It will have all sorts of basic Drupal stuff like forums, calendars, blogs from the teachers, etc.
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A school design
Hi all,
Just to have a basic design question (I have searched all over the discussion forums and not yet able to any.)
Scenario: A school has a group of teachers who are teaching their subjects (e.g. Math, English, Science, etc..). A website is needed for students to pick a subject and ask question about that subject. The teacher, who is in charge of the subject will receive notification and respond to the student. Once it is responded, it will be made available to all students.
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VoiceBox Alpha Release
Hello, all,
We have an alpha release ready of VoiceBox, our Knight Drupal Initiative project -
The project is a community media/feed aggregator/news space/conversation space. A high level run down of the featureset includes:
- Customizable user profiles;
- Discussions with embedded images, audio, and video;
- Publishing pictures, audio, and video via mobile devices and/or email;
- Content aggregation via rss;
Deciding how to structure a school's intranet
How are people defining classrooms? Are you making a group for each class or are you using taxonomy? Have you got the dashboard working showing all of a student's assignments? Is gradebook working right? Please share what you've learned about the best way to organize classrooms in organic groups.
Here's what I'm doing: I am using OA (Beta 8) as a classroom tool for schools; the promise of team-based projects is the attraction. Having an easy, and also slick, way to do this is great.
But I am struggling with how to organize the groups.
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Drupal in a Day - DrupalCamp Alberta 2010
northStudio, VSBT and Acquia are happy to announce 'Drupal in a Day Course' on September 10th 2010, a day before the Alberta Drupal Camp!
Drupal in a Day Course
Are you curious about Drupal? Wondering how it can be used, and what you or your team could do with it? Drupal in a Day is an overview of the fundamental concepts of Drupal. It would be good as a foundation for potential site builders and an overview for decision makers who want to look under the hood.
Course details:
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Drupal Intranet Design for Blended Learning in K-12 Schools
I'm just back from "Design for Drupal" at MIT: a wonderful two-day conference, visited by such luminaries as Jeff Robbins (Lullabot), Ben Finklea (Volacci), and an ASTOUNDINGLY fun keynote by Jared Spool, entitled "What Makes a Design Seem Intuitive?"
Read moreEdu 2.0
I recently came across http://www.edu20.org . It is branded as an LMS (and positions itself against Moodle) but has the potential to become more.
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