Professional Development @ The Learning Curve

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Online Resources for Teaching and Learning

Are you a teacher looking for online content to strengthen your courses? Are you a student looking for information to validate your homework assignments? The list includes resources from our partner, the Office of Educational Innovation & Technology at MIT. They are provided for science and math teachers and for students seeking an additional challenge.

BLOSSOMS (Blended Learning Open Source Science Or Math Studies)

Scratch - Create your own animations

MIT Media Lab

MIT Museum

Lifelong Kindergarten at MIT

MIT OpenCourseWare

Highlights for High Schools

STAR (Software Tools for Academics & Researchers)

The Education Arcade at MIT

Science & Engineering Program for Teachers

professional developmentlogoWelcome to the Online Professional Development Center @ The Learning Curve Consortium. You can also visit our membership portal. Here is a list of the professional development opportunities that you can find on this Professional Development Center. Scroll down for individual topics.

For questions or comments about this site or about our Consortium, please email Romeo Marquis, Executive Director, or call 978-606-7023.

  • The Moodle course - information, dates, syllabus, registration details
  • Follow-up Moodle courses and workshops for fall 2010
  • Course Sharing information for Consortium members
  • New Consortium members for Fall 2010
  • Earn a Master's degree in Instructional Technology
  • Video clips of Moodle sites developed by teachers
  • Available professional development opportunities on this site
  • moodleteamThe Moodle course - "Integrating Moodle into Your Teaching:" This is a graduate course available to teachers everywhere. During this course your primary objective is to develop your own Moodle site or to augment one that you are currently using. The course is completely online and is taught by an experienced teaching team. Meet the Moodle teaching team: Deborah Donohue, Romeo Marquis, Linda Post, Ann Morgan. Registration is now open for the Fall 2010 class beginning on September 13 and ending on December 21. For course description, comments from teachers, registration information and more, please visit The Learning Curve Web site and follow the moodle logo - GO!
  • Teachers tell how Moodle changes their teaching (video) file

  • Follow-up course/workshop possibilities for fall 2010:

    • Audio Recording and Podcasting in Moodle - Ann Morgan
    • Creating and Integrating Videos in Moodle - Deborah Donohue
    • Creating and Integrating Wikis in Moodle - Deborah Donohue
    • Using the Glossary and Flash Cards in Moodle - Linda Post
    • Creating and Integrating Surveys, Questionnaires and Choices in Moodle - tba
    • Using the Grade Book in Moodle - Deborah Donohue and Dante Quercio
    • Moodle, 21st Century Skills and Policy Development (workshop) - Romeo Marquis

    Course Sharing is in!
    Would you like to be able to use material from these courses in your own Moodle site? Would you like to see a complete list of courses and course modules developed by teachers at The Learning Curve? We are now able to share complete courses or course modules developed by teachers in our member schools. The course sharing repository continues to grow. No need to reinvent the wheel. Check this out.


    Welcome, new members of The Learning Curve Consortium for 2010-2011

    • Reading, Massachusetts, Public Schools
    • East Haven, Connecticut, Public Schools
    • Narragansett Regional Schools, Templeton & Phillipston, Massachusetts
    • Gardner, Massachusetts, Public Schools
    • Winchendon, Massachusetts, Public Schools
    • Ashburnham/Westminster, Massachusetts, Public Schools


  • graduateEarn a Master's Degree in Instructional Technology: Framingham State College offers a Master's Degree in instructional technology completely online. Hundreds of teachers have successfully completed this program to strengthen their teaching or to obtain licensure in instructional technology. This is a ten course program that can be completed from the convenience of your own home. Interested? Contact romeo@romeomarquis.com or 978-606-7023.
  • Video clip examples of Moodle sites
  • Grade 1 - Casablance American School (Cynthia Meguader) file
  • Middle school science - Worcester Public Schools (Angela Lamoureux) file
  • Worcester middle school students talk about Moodle (Dante Quercio) (WIN 7 required) file
  • Grade 9 ELA Moodle site - Diman Technical HS (Mindy Gauthier) file
  • High school chemistry - No.Middlesex Regional HS (Christine Rice) file

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