Comments on: TLVW, Day 5

By: Bola C. King

Bola C. King — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:44:12 +0000

Thanks for posting, Gia. You’re a great booster and resource for Sloodlers. I did like your presentation; there was so much material to cover that I bet you could’ve taken our entire three-hour classtime. I look forward to new developments.

By: gianninarossini

gianninarossini — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:53:35 +0000

I only just found this posting by accident, and apologize if I did not go into more depth about the reasons for Sloodle on the day.

To me, the quiz chair in the Sloodle tool set epitomizes why one would want to use Sloodle to enrich any Moodle course: compare Edmund’s shiny quiz dragon with the bland and boring looking tick box equivalent in Moodle, and I am sure even you will agree that flying on a dragon as a result of getting quiz answers correct is much more enticing than a Moodle form telling you “Well done!”

I do understand your technical concerns – remember, I Moodle in my 9-5 job, and even I have not gone to the latest Sloodle version yet (albeit for different reasons).

Having said that, a lot of Moodle admins are passionate members of the Moodle community. We want to make Moodle as engaging for learners as we can. Many Moodlers are geeks at heart who love nothing more than a new toy to add to the collection, even if it’s just used for testing and playing with.

Have faith, people. Get your Moodle admins into SL, show them what the potential of Sloodle is, and if they are still not convinced, put them in touch with me and I’ll try to work that Gia Sloodle magic!

By: Andi

Andi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:55:32 +0000

You still stand out in that picture. I don’t know if I’m naturally just drawn to your avatar or if you are just *that* rockstar. =D

I also like how academics always apologize for their unproofed online postings!

By: Esme/Jane

Esme/Jane — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:05:05 +0000

Uuch, forgive the poor proofing of that post.

By: Esme/Jane

Esme/Jane — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:03:26 +0000

“about which she probably owes us a blog post”
Done. Thanks for the nudge.

It sounds like the Louvre opened up a channel for educational potential in your mind. Cool. Get back there and take some pictures!

Too true about the challenges and cost/benefit of sloodle. There is NO reason to do it if you are not using both SL and Moodle. It is near impossible to do if you do not have the attentive ear of the IT admin or the Moodle server admin. I work at a small college with an all-in-one IT/Moodle admin. He said, “Sure.” But there is a new version of sloodle and I haven’t gotten up the nerve to ask him to load it – because that will reveal the endless responsibilities he has signed on for.

The development team is awesome though. And I anticipate that as the tool set grows it will include tools that will increasingly fill a need. Yesterday they unveiled a tool that far exceeds the current ability of the Linden Html on prim: multiple webpage access, moveable mouse, hot link clickability. It is still way too complicated for average user installation, but holds promise as a tool that will help in-world educators.

“It makes me warm and tingly inside.” How I laughed out loud at that. But after I settled down, I had to admit that I too am very pleased to see our classmates virtual identities unfold. Fashion critics be damned. -E