Moodle Meets Google Wave

NOTE: this has not been implemented at GlobalClassroom and there is no time table for it's availability, if ever (but we're currently exploring it).

Google Wave made headlines a little while ago for being an amazing collaboration and

communication tool, unfortunately it's only open to a handful of developers worldwide at this point. But it's clearly caught the interest of some of the most tech savvy, including many teachers that have only glimpsed the cool factor.

Well, if you're interested, now you can get a hands on feel for a Wave/Moodle mashup which is live on the web. Scott Wilson's Blog highlights a lot of cool applications of Wave and how he got it hooked up to Moodle. You can even register at the Moodle site and check it out!

Click here to go register.

Click here once you're registered to go to the "Wookie Moodle Google"

Here's a screen shot of the awesome possibilities (shown are several widgets integrated into the Moodle weekly/topic view--looks like the widgets are embedded as HTML:

What you're seeing is several things that are all saved dynamically (so no matter who signs in the content either a. reflects who they are or b. reflects the last progress/movement of the group).

• Upper left: poetry magnets which are saved. Students may come and go, but the magnets are always where the last user left them (they don't reset!)
• Upper right: sudoku where each player has the same number set and they can work on their own, scores and user progress is saved.
• Middle: typical Moodle course resources area
• Lower left: poll
• Lower right: dynamic, saved chat box (no more chat times or getting booted from Moodle chat). This box is an ongoing chat that saves all of the conversation so students can return to it again and again and use it in the classroom whenever they're online!

We find it all pretty exciting. There are lots of possibilities to utilize Wave and we're just waiting until we too can get our hands on the code and start experimenting and improving the GlobalClassroom suite of tools.

Let us know what you think!