If you’re a blogger who’s planning on attending the Ireland/UK Moodle Moot this coming April you have until Friday, February 3rd to apply to land an Official Blogger Pass for the event (which means you get in for free): http://moodlemoot.ie/calling-bloggers/.

Registration for the event is now open and the prizes and giveaways are stacking up (win a 500 user license for WIRIS, or some books from Packt Publishing).

You still have time to get on the schedule by submitting a presentation proposal (deadline is also 2/3).  Submit your proposal here: http://moodlemoot.ie/submitting-a-proposal/.

For additional information about the Moot visit http://moodlemoot.ie.  If you’re unable to make it to Ireland but are still seeking a Moot/Moodle event to go to, check out the Moodlenews Events page.

The Moot is focusing several strands for Moodlers including Implementing & Developing Moodle, Teaching & Learning with Moodle, Academic takeup of Moodle, Student engagement, Moodle 2 and more.  There’s sure to be something for everyone no matter what your familiarity level with Moodle (plus you get to spend a few days in Dublin which is certainly a treat).

Registration opens soon, so don’t delay! http://moodlemoot.ie and be sure to follow @MoodleIreland to stay in the loop about the event.

What: Ireland/UK Moodlemoot 2012
Where: Dublin, Ireland
When: April 2-4, 2012

Interested in more Moodle events in your area (or across the globe)? Check out our events page: http://www.moodlenews.com/events/

Watch this site for more information: http://2012.imoot.org/

And if you’re interested in many more events in Moodledom visit our newly updated calendar: http://www.moodlenews.com/events/

7 mobile Moodl-ing

6 Course-for-matting

5 a course about Jiiing

4 pretty themes

3 [awesome] plugins

2 Cheery images

and A freebie Christmas themed Glossary!

Jack Jensen brings us his original “The Story of Atnas Sualc” which is a Christmas tale constructed on a Moodle site (originally shared at Moodle.org).  The story highlights some cool design aspects (like using flash-based presentations and tables for the main page layout) as well as the real story of Santa Claus.  The site is kid friendly, no login required and the story is pretty funny.  Enjoy! http://www.atnassualc.com/

Don’t forget to stay-tuned for more #Moodlemas.

I’m getting excited.

We’re getting into the spirit here at Moodlenews and kicking off 12 days of #Moodlemas: full of cheeky rhymes, free resources and perhaps a special surprise or two.

Today I’m highlighting a cool free glossary export of Christmas cheer from OurLearning (http://ourlearning.co.uk/).  The glossary includes Christmas cheer in quite a few languages.  Just something special to dress up your Moodle this holiday season.  Read more and get the download from http://ourlearning.co.uk/2011/12/moodle-basics-primary-christmas-glossary-freebies/.  And stay-tuned for more #Moodlemas.

According to the site [http://minimoot.mhc.edu/]:

Mars Hill College would like to invite educators, IT administrators, and instructional technology specialists from across western North Carolina and its surrounding areas to the second annual Moodle Mini-Moot at Mars Hill College.

This conference will benefit those interested in Moodle and its usage in K-12, collegiate, corporate, and non-profit organizations.

For more Moodle events visit http://www.moodlenews.com/events/

The event is held once again at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel. Registration for the multi-day event is only $30 (after a 50% discount from the “MOOD” promo code).

Planning on attending?  Let us know!

From the session description:

When: Sat, November 19, 10am – 11am

Where: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live 

Description: Our topic for this show will be ”Featured Teacher” featuring Beth Still, a high school Social Studies teacher in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Beth will share the ways she uses technology with her students and teachers that she works with in her unique setup including Moodle.

Beth is a passionate, caring, dedicated teacher who is committed to helping students who felt they didn’t belong in school to get engaged in learning again. She believes that by creating a safe, welcoming environment it will help her students succeed. She is a self-proclaimed ed tech evangelist! She loves finding Web 2.0 tools for her students to use that will help them express their creativity. She believes that by giving students options it empowers them and drives them to succeed. She is a huge proponent of professional networking and learns new and exciting things from people in her PLN every day.

Always informative and well written, help us put him in the winner’s circle this year to rep’ the Orange M.

Nominations:

• Best ed tech / resource sharing blog: Gavin Henrick’s http://www.somerandomthoughts.com