Introducing... Mahara ePortfolio The Mahara ePortfolio is a personal online space for students to store and share stuff. You can upload pretty much anything you've seen on the web - documents, photos, videos, and html pages. It includes your own blog and you can message your friends' spaces too! Each student controls who sees his or her pages.1 You can keep everything private, share what you want to share with only the groups you choose (like photos with friends or assignments with teachers), or allow the whole world to see your stuff. It's kind of a cross between Facebook and an electronic 3-ring binder... You can use Mahara just to store your stuff or you can get creative - use it to show your resume if you're looking for a summer job. Upload your homework assignments and send your teachers links to your work. Use it for group projects where you need to share things with classmates. Applying to colleges? Use Mahara to show them examples of your best work! It's pretty easy to use and there are several video's here which will help get you started if you like. (Any student or teacher enrolled in any course on this site should be able to see the videos, as long as they are logged in.) Best of all, your stuff will stay on Mahara as long as you want it there.2 It won't automatically disappear when your class ends, so you can keep building your store of stuff throughout your career and have examples of your work you can use to show people - like guidance counselors, admissions officers, potential employers - just how good you are! So click on the word "Mahara" where you see it in the block on the lower right corner of this page and start using Mahara today! 1Keep in mind that nothing you put on the Internet is completely safe from determined prying eyes. Also, the Mahara administrator can see your stuff, so try not to put anything in your space that might embarrass him...or you. 2If you don't use your space for six months or more, it may be considered to be abandoned and may be removed by the administrator. ALWAYS keep backups of anything you value! We cannot be responsible for lost stuff!  "What is this 'Moodle' e-learning software stuff and why should we care?" For Administrators & Educators
Here's a video, produced by and for educators and administrators, that tells the story of how Moodle transformed their school. Click here for Part 1 or click here for Part 2. For teachers wondering whether Moodle might be right for them as an adjunct to their physical classrooms, this video shares one Texas teacher's experience and success with her first Moodle course. Click here for this brief presentation. For anyone not yet familiar with what Moodle is for, another practicing teacher has created this video tutorial. The virtual classrooms here are available to all Lassiter teachers at no cost. If you find this site useful, but some of your classes aren't yet using it, why not send your teacher or administrator a note and let them know that you find these virtual classrooms helpful? (Click here for faculty & administrator e-mail addresses.) For those who are curious but pressed for time, click here for a two-minute video presentation giving a very high level overview of Moodle. Parents, if you have comments, questions or suggestions, please post them to the "Parents' Forum!" Using the Site
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