From CMS to LMS. E-Learning Management

Learning management system is a variation of content management system focused on e-learning. Moodle or Atutor are some examples of this software application. The layout is specially adapted for education courses or training programs and highly customisable with modules such as quizzes, deadlines, portfolios... The best way to understand that is medium an example like Ready, Study, Go Ahead, LMS website based on e-learning packages...

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Differences among CMS sites

There are many Content Management Systems available to create a webpage and most of them are appropriate for our purpose: education. That's why in this new technological era, almost every school/high school has one. Here you are some examples of sites created with different CMS. Sites created with Drupal: http://www.salesianos.edu/alicante/ http://www.iesenricsolerigodes.com/drupal/ Sites created with WordPress: http://navarrosantafe.edu.gva.es/wordpress/...

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Useful Tools: JOOMLA & Extensions

We already have a lot of of tools to use. However, there is still something we are forgetting: what about creating our own webpage? As you see, a blog can be easily created and managed. While using CMS for webpages, that happens too.  My suggestion is JOOMLA, a open source content management system. It doesn't require any technical skill or knowledge about web codes to manage it. You can focus on creating and adding materials since the CMS...

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Edudemic and Newsletter

Looking for new educational websites, I have found out one that really impressed me: Edudemic. This awesome Blog is completely dedicated to education. There isn't only a webmaster, which means daily new information provided by many people with different points of view. The layout is very fresh and dynamic. In the homepage we can find the latest entries and four drop-down menus as well. "The teacher's guide" section that offers teachers some...

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Useful Tools: Lino and some additional resources

For new teachers, sometimes is difficult to create new materials. It may be caused by our inexperience or just because of the lack of time. For these special occasions, we can complement our material with lessons or activities already created by the teaching community. Moreover, we may have not realised that there are tons of apps that can make our life as teachers easier. Here you have a variety of resources that I would probably use in my subject: TeacherKit...

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