2. Your
options…
Content Learning
Management Management
System System
3. CMS:
Blog/EduBlogs/
Pros
Wordpress
Simple sharing No interactivity
Public access beyond
messaging
No access
control
Cons
4. CMS:
Wikis/Wikispaces
Pros
Extremely easy to Blocked by some
learn and edit Internet filters
Free K-12 versions Limited flexibility on
(Wikispaces) page format/etc
Some security Limited interactivity
available Intended for a
platform for group
sharing
Cons
5. LMS:
Edmodo
Pros
Dead simple Limited interactivity
interactivity Limited
Social network-like assessment
interface Timeline based
Ability to allow and
control outside
voices
Cons
6. LMS:
Moodle
Pros
Open source Relies on the open source
community
Free opens
Provides “walled garden”
Low cost district options
Used across K-12 and higher Some learning curve
education Some of the tools (wiki, for
Extensive suite of learning and example) don’t function as well as
assessment tools their better known counterparts
Provides “walled garden”
Cons
7. LMS:
Blackboard
Course
Sites
Pros
Free to single It is Blackboard. J
teachers Some learning
Professional, high curve
quality LMS Community version
Used by many may not always be
universities free
Cons
8. LMS:
BrainHoney
Pros
Flexible, standards Community version
based LMS might not always
Interesting design be free
Full suite of
assessment and
interactivity tools
Cons
