So the first two week’s of OneNote integration with Moodle has gone very smoothly. I think the smooth transition is because my students already had 3 months of Moodle experience and just prior to this unit a full 2 week emersion in OneNote. Therefore putting the two concepts/programs together made a smooth pairing up.
The freedom from paper and distributing 15 to 20 page packets to each of my students was a great experience this past Monday. Typically when I start a unit of 2 to 4 weeks, I have a unit packet with reading, activities, vocabulary and assignments to distribute. However this week, there were only 5 students who needed a packet because they don’t take home their computers. It was not only liberating but also very rewarding on an environmental level.
There was one “small” snafu that occurred with this full paperless transition. That “snafu” was that my workspace on the shared Student drive was now at its 90% threshold and would not allow for any more documents or uploads. Something I did not know existed more had I ever come close to hitting in my prior four years of teaching. Thanks to the warning email and the wonderful team of IT gurus we have at the district office, we found a solution. Next week when we transition to your 2nd unit in OneNote I will have to set aside a class to help teach my students how to relocate their files to their H:drive and only provide a “shortcut” (hyperlink) to my workspace so that their files are actually in their shared space on the server and not overloading my allowance.
It was a great experience to run into such a terminal problem, then find out that I was “pushing the limits” of our server space. This was something that IT was not expecting a teacher to do and they happily called an emergency brainstorming meeting to find the solution. It was great to be the problem, the challenge and the success all in the matter of 3 days.
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My district has crashed 4 drives in the last three years. It would be nice to know when we are close to the limit and better ways to store information and save space. Congratulations on your success.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to know that you have an IT that is willing to work with you to solve the problem. That kind of support is essential for teachers to become more comfortable and able to use technology. It is especially nice to know that you no longer have to run photocopies or make packets for your students. My district is looking at making budgetary cuts and significantly cutting our paper suppply is one of the ideas. It is nice to know that there are definitley better and more environmentally sound ways to dealing with paper issues.
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