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I am running a one day workshop titled ‘ICT for Humanities‘ for InThinking on Saturday 10th October 2009 at Southbank School, Central London.

The course outline can be read below and downloaded from the InThinking website where you also find an information pack and registration form.

It will great to see fellow educators on the workshop – if you have any questions please get in contact with me.  All questions regarding booking etc need to be directed towards InThinking.

Workshop Objectives

• To gain an overview of the online ICT opportunities available to Humanities educators.
• To promote the use of ICT as a tool for sharing Humanities resources.
• To gain an understanding of ways online tools/services can be used to make the life of a Humanities
• educator easier.
• To facilitate an evaluation of the use of wikis and blogs.
• To review existing Google Earth and Google Map resources and their use in the Humanities classroom.

Session 1
30 ICT Ideas in 30 Minutes and Using ICT to Share. Starting with a ‘30 ICT ideas in 30 minutes’ presentation to
give an overview of opportunities available leading onto a ‘Using ICT to Share’ workshop focusing upon social
bookmarking and using online services such as Twitter, Slideshare and YouTube to share resources with your
students and fellow educators.
Session 2
Online Tools to Make your Life Easier. A workshop session looking at Google Documents and Spreadsheets,
Google Forms and online mind mapping among other online tools. The focus of this workshop is using these
online services and tools effectively for teaching and learning in a Humanities classroom.
Session 3
Blogs, Wikis and RSS Feeds. A workshop session looking at the use of teacher and student created blogs and
wikis. We will also cover the value of RSS feeds as a source of subject-based and ‘edtech’ information.
Session 4
Google Earth isn’t just for Geographers! Workshop focused on making the most of existing geographical and
historical visualization resources in Google Earth and Google Maps. What resources are available and how best
could they be used?

To fully access the opportunities this ICT focused workshop provides you will need to bring a wifi enabled laptop.
The laptop should run a browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and have the latest version of Google Earth
installed. The ‘Humanities’ element of this workshop comes from the focus of the examples that will be used as
central themes.

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