Moodle servers around the area

[Troy Cherry]

Feel free to add to this list:

Monticello has a new server, teachers are excited to use it.

Richfield has one. Teachers from their Leadership Academy will use it to continue collaboration throughout the upcoming school year.

The Blake School has almost all of its teachers teaching their courses with Moodle as a companion site to face-to-face classes.

Edina - extensive, well developed Moodling

Stevens Point, WI - WI is adding an online education componenet to its graduation standards, SP is Moodle to meet those requirements

CMERDC - Central Minnesota Educational Research and Development Council, long name - great services

[Mary Breslin]

I'm interested in exploring either a hosted Moodle site or otherwise being able to set up a Moodle application. I don't have hard-core technical experience. I have some familiarity with creating templates, sections etc in Blackboard's Vista product.

My purpose in all this is to illustrate the potential Moodle can offer to training departments, especially in the area of soft-skills development via collaborative problem solving.

Soo... does anyone have any recommendations (or ideas regarding who I should never consider going to) for hosting? I'm really at the point only interested in creating proof of concept, rather than building a Moodle "empire".

Thanks in advance for an advice. It's actually just great to talk with some people who are into Moodle!

Best,
Mary

[Troy Cherry]

TIES hosts Moodle courses and offers hosting services for an entire district's server. There are other options such as Moodle Partners. You are welcome to contact us, hopefully we can answer your questions.

[Mary Breslin]

Hi, Troy,

Many thanks for these resources. I took a look at both TIES and Moodle Partners sites. I'll try the "contact us" link and see if there's a possibility for my presentation preparation with you-all. Otherwise, I'll have the Moodle Partners option.

Best,
Mary

[Tara Thompson]

Mary, did you ever get the answers you were looking for?

[Mary Breslin]

Yes -- thanks, I did! I gave the presentation once to ASTD in summer 2008 and again to the Digital Learning Forum in January.

Best,
Mary

[Melissa Benson]

Osseo Area Schools has a Moodle server - running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Moodle version 1.9.1