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

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Richard Allaway
on September 9, 2009
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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
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googleThe 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!

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