Deciding on an LMS

While I was exploring the LMS options, I am convinced that the best choices for k-12 schools would be Desire2Learn (commercial), Blackboard (commercial), and Edmodo (Open Source).

• Desire2Learn and Blackboard have a long history of online school use. Through one of the info-graphics, it was neat to see the many providers that blackboard bought to improve its product. They are tested material and have based their clientele on K-12 schools (D2L, mostly) and colleges and Universities (Blckboard, mostly.) These are very good for entire school systems or large schools, because these LMSs are not cheap, but they provide a very good service for the entire package.
• Edmodo is an open source sites that allow individual teachers and smaller, "financially challenged" systems to work together and provide a free online experience. Some of the negatives that Edmodo has for a system is that there are little safeguards on what teachers share, as far as getting your lessons varified and placed in the LOR. This LMS is a good source because the wealth of lessons are not just limited to counties, districts or even states, but there are a lot of lessons to choose from and that could be a daunting task.