A few folks have been pushing back on the use of Moodle in schools. However, I found this commentary at Digigogy about the disappearance of Web 2.0 tools due to the Depression (yeah, it’s a depression whatever the econo-daemons say) a deviation….

As a staff developer, I’m using a lot of these “Web 2.0” tools with teachers to help them enhance their practice and to help motivate and engage their students. But what happens when those tools disappear?

Nothing should happen.

Without sounding callous or flippant, the disappearance of these tools and the subsequent ripple effects underscores the fact that learning is never about any particular tool–it’s been, and always has been, about the content and skills that teachers are teaching. While its a sad thing that these cool tools are slipping away, good teaching can still continue to happen without them. Something else will come along to take the place of these tools.
Source: DigiGogy

Uh, well, if teaching/learning and tech aren’t intertwined, why are you wasting time using it? If it’s not as necessary as air, then why spend millions of dollars on tech? The fact is, IT IS necessary…but most won’t believe that until we’re beat out by some other country that IS equipping its citizens with technology, just not American technology.

Moodle is one cool tool–provided your district sets it up–that won’t go away. Sure, you’ll have to work to get it, to keep it, to maintain it, and to grow it…but isn’t that the kind of work that needs to happen, no matter what great initiatives may come your way?

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