Moodle 1.9 for teaching special education children (5-10 year olds) : beginner's guide : create courses and therapies for children with special educational needs using Moodle for effective e-learning /

Moodle is a free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. But what does it have to offer to the children with special educational needs who want a fun, inspiring, interactive, and informative learning experience? Moodle 1.9 empowers educators achieve all thes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olsen, Vanesa S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham [U.K.] : Packt Pub., 2010.
Series:Learn by doing : less theory, more results.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Matching Pictures; Matching composite pictures; Time for action
  • installing tools to manipulate; 2D scalable clipart; Time for action
  • searching for 2D scalable clipart to; combine inside a box; Time for action
  • combining pictures with different sizes; Time for action
  • preparing texts using colors and fonts; Using HTML tags to define colors and fonts; Working with red, green, and blue components to define customized colors; Time for action
  • organizing composite pictures and texts
  • Using HTML tags to define background colorsTime for action
  • adding the activity to a Moodle course; Uploading multiple files in a ZIP folder; Time for action
  • running the matching composite; pictures activity; Discovering sentences related to 3D scenes; Time for action
  • searching for 3D models to combine; inside a 2D box; Time for action
  • organizing composite 3D models into; a rendered 2D box; Time for action
  • grouping text blocks and changing colors; Time for action
  • adding the activity to a Moodle course; Organizing the exercises' files using folders
  • Time for action
  • running the discovering sentences activityTime for action
  • using a gamepad to solve the exercise; Understanding the gamepad as an input device; Drawing an illustration according to speech bubbles; Time for action
  • creating speech bubbles and filling; them with text; Time for action
  • adding the activity to a Moodle course; Time for action
  • using a digital pen as a mouse to; solve the exercise; Tracing a drawing to solve the exercise; Summary; Chapter 2: Working with Abstraction and Sequencing Disabilities; Making a gap fill activity changing pictures to words
  • Time for action
  • getting pictures of animals and natureTime for action
  • preparing a cloze using images; Time for action
  • adding the activity to a Moodle course; Time for action
  • executing and completing the cloze with; images; Painting images according to the instructions; Time for action
  • drawing the background using a digital pen; Time for action
  • preparing the instructions with images,; colors, and fonts in Moodle; Time for action
  • executing the activity to paint images in; Moodle; Solving a yes/no multiple choice; Time for action
  • preparing several images and Boolean; questions
  • Time for action
  • creating a YES button and a NO button withassociated images; Time for action
  • executing the activity; Summary; Chapter 3: Associating Images with Words; Writing a sentence using two images; Time for action
  • looking for two images to; generate the exercise; Time for action
  • searching for related sounds; Time for action
  • activating the MP3 player in Moodle; Time for action
  • integrating the visual and auditory resources; in a Moodle exercise; Time for action
  • writing the sentence; Putting words inside an image with structure; Time for action
  • creating a scene
  • Time for action
  • adding floating labels to the image