From Static To Manic Drupal in my classroom Jason Shiroff Denver Writing Project
Mar 26, 2015
From Static To Manic
Drupal in my classroom
Jason ShiroffDenver Writing
Project
Our Story
My tumultuous Drupal romance
Function & disfunction
Current status
Till death due us part...
My tumultuous Romance with Drupal
My original (static) website vision
Swept away by Drupal (a summer fling)
CMSes offer so much more...
“Lego” style website creation
Access control & moderation
Digital tattoo protection
Full control
Function & Disfunction
Brings web 2.0 to students
Easy to add functionality
Solid access control and website stability
Supports growth and change
Flexible content moderation
Helpful online community
Drupal Pros
Drupal ConsHuge learning curve
•Easy to get carried away with features and carried away from the rest of life
•Hard to theme and fine tune
•Training necessary for users
•Documentation is spotty and techie.
Current Statuseodyssey.org
Web 2.0 tools for almost every assignment
Extending the learning time
Multiple ways to show competence & intelligence
Creating community
Digital stories, poems, podcasts, wiki, forums, reflections, videos, profiles...
Content Moderation
Web 2.0 Tools
Parent Communication
Till Death Due Us Part
Future plans for my class website:
Improved navigation
More student-led design and ideas
Networking with other schools/audiences (authentic audiances)
Better interaction between students, parents, teachers(creating a community)
Finding authentic uses for the technology