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‘ICT for Humanities’ Workshop – Saturday 10th October, London

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on September 9, 2009

in ICT in Geography Education, Training and Consultation and geographyalltheway.com

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Are you a ‘networked teacher’? Would like to become more ‘networked’? Would you like more ideas about using ICT both in the classroom and in your own preparation and organisation?

I am leading a course in central London on Saturday 10th October titled ‘ICT for Humanities’. The outline of the workshop is included below – go to the InThinking website to sign up.

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.

Agenda
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?

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Using Google Documents to Collect Pre-Workshop Information

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Richard Allaway

on August 17, 2009

in Richard Allaway, Training and Consultation and geographyalltheway.com

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The aim of this post is to outline how Google Documents could be used to easily collect information from participants before a workshop. The aim is not to give step by step instructions – but to just outline what can be done so that you may want to go and have a look for yourself.

Google Documents is an online word processor and spreadsheet service – that Google provides for free. It is possible to use Google Documents to create an online form. You can then email a link to the online form to participants. If the participant clicks the link – they are taken to the online form for them to complete. All the completed responses are automatically collated into an online spreadsheet – which can be viewed online or downloaded and opened in a program such as Excel.

An example of one such online form can be seen here.

To produce such an online form and to view the collated responses you need a Google Account – if you use gmail you already have a google account.

Go to Google Documents. Click New > Form. You can now design your online form. There are six different styles of question – Text, Paragraph Text, Multiple Choice, Check-boxes, Choose from a list and Scale. Once you are happy with the design you can email the form to the participants. The responses can be viewed from within Google Documents. It is also possible to set up Google to email you when somebody completes the form.

Google Forms are a versatile tool. I have used Google Forms in the classroom to collect feedback on student’s presentations and as a tool for a class to collaborate on a data collection task. It is also used for various tasks on my Online Geography and Humanities Website – geographyalltheway.com. Any questions – just ask!

Mention in GA Magazine

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Richard Allaway

on May 27, 2009

in AS / A2 / IB Geography and ICT in Geography Education

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It’s always nice to get a mention. Alan Parkinson kindly mentioned a presentation I shared via slideshare.net in this month’s WebWatch section of the GA Magazine. The presentation was titled “60 Slides, 60 Ideas for IB Geography Teachers in 60 Minutes“. I produced the presentation for the workshop I lead of InThinking in February 2009 for experienced IB Geography teachers.

I am running two more workshops for InThinking before the end of the year. In September I am leading a two and a half day workshop, in Berlin, for teachers new to teaching IB Geography. The workshop outline and registration forms can be found here.

In October I am leading a one day workshop, in Central London, titled “ICT for Humanities”. The workshop outline and registration forms can be found here.

ICT for Humanities One Day Workshop – Saturday 10th October – Central London

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Richard Allaway

on May 20, 2009

in AS / A2 / IB Geography, GCSE / IGCSE Geography, ICT in Geography Education, Key Stage 3 Geography and Training and Consultation

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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.

InThinking IB Geography Training: Recommendations Now Online

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Richard Allaway

on May 1, 2009

in AS / A2 / IB Geography, ICT in Geography Education, Training and Consultation and geographyalltheway.com

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The feedback from the February InThinking IB Geography workshop for experienced teachers is now online here and can be read below.

I will be leading a workshop for teachers ‘new’ to teaching IB Geography for InThinking in Berlin in September – details and registration available here.

“Both Natasha and Richard were very knowledgeable of the new syllabus. They made themselves available and were willing to help any way they could.”

“Having been to several IB conferences, this has easily been the most useful and inspiring. It was dynamically led, well-resourced and fun to be part of.”

“Natasha and Richard were very well informed and great presenters.”

“An excellent series of sessions that has helped put the whole new curriculum into perspective! Thank you!”

“The best organised and professionally prepared workshops I’ve ever attended. The workshop leaders were very competent, dedicated to their work and helpful. Very friendly atmosphere, great location and excellent food!”

“Both presenters were excellent and they made a great team. They really complement each other.”

“The workshop was excellent. Richard and Natasha were great presenters.”

“Natasha & Richard were why I came, and they lived up to my expectations”

“This course was hugely valuable. The fact that it was presented by two such enthusiastic and forward thinking geography teachers was its greatest attribute!”

“Richard and Natasha were excellent workshop leaders. Very inspiring!”

“All the sessions were valuable. The workshop leaders were very informative, organised and interactive.”

“All of the sessions were very useful. Pooling the experience of IB geography teachers to brainstromm ideas for the new syllabus was a great idea. Thanks so much to both of you!”

“The presenters were both very knowledgeable and open to questions.”

“The workshop leaders were excellent and very knowledgeable. The workshop provided a systematic review of the new syllabus and drew on the experience of participants to develop schemes of work and a bank of resources. It will be an immense help for my planning for next year.”

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InThinking: 60 Slides, 60 Ideas for IB Geography Teachers in 60 Minutes

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Richard Allaway

on February 24, 2009

in AS / A2 / IB Geography, GCSE / IGCSE Geography, ICT in Geography Education, Key Stage 3 Geography, Training and Consultation and geographyalltheway.com

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I recently co-lead a three day workshop for Experienced IB Geography Teachers with Natasha Winnard of ibgeog.net, IB Geography 2009-2017 Wiki and OCC fame. We were running the course for InThinking in a hotel in central Paris. We had 26 participants from 9 different countries and the feedback we received was excellent. The main purpose of the workshop was to prepare for the new IB Geography syllabus – teaching of which starts this summer but sharing teaching strategies and new approaches was also a key theme.

For the penultimate session I gave a presentation called ‘60 Slides, 60 Ideas for IB Geography Teachers in 60 Minutes’ as a summary of 60 ideas that teacher could use in the Geography classroom to benefit themselves (by making their lives easier) or to benefit their students. The rationale is not that every participant tries to implement all 60 ideas – I just hope that everybody learnt something new and now has plans to have a go at a couple of ‘new’ things over the next couple of months. I have embedded the presentation below – obviously it’s better when seen ‘live’!

60 Slides, 60 Ideas for IB Geography Teachers in 60 Minutes

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