My Technology Workshops
I’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about what types of workshops I teach, so I thought I’d just let everyone know in a blog post. I teach half-day (3 hour) workshops for library consortiums, state libraries, etc. (anyone who’ll have me, really!) I teach hands-on, interactive workshops using wikis which I create as tools for my students to have going forward, after the class.
At the beginning of the class, everyone signs into the wiki and can click around and follow along at their own pace. Each type of technology or project planning aspect is covered on a different page of the wiki with clickable case studies of how libraries are implementing them, as well as participatory exercises. I provide usernames and passwords for each of the technology types, as I have set up workshop accounts for everyone to “play” with. By the end of the workshop, everyone will have touched several different technology types and will have experienced things like creating a blog post, adding to a wiki, bookmarking a website, cataloging a book, adding a widget, favoriting a photo, etc.
I’ve included some screenshots of my workshops to give you some ideas, but if you’d like advice about how to set up a workshop like this, feel free to write me with your questions. If you are interested in having me come to teach a workshop and would like to have a closer look at the wikis, let me know and I’ll be happy to send you the links and passwords.
Hi Ellyssa, Putting your workshops on a wiki in this fashion is a brilliant idea! Have you ever used this model in a way similar to Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0? I am thinking that your “wiki as workshop” would be a great way to do PD for teacher-librarians and media specialists in large boards of education. Thanks for sharing!
Comment by Kathy Kawasaki — July 28, 2007 @ 2:29 am
Where do you teach your classes? Do you ever do it in the NY City area? I would very much like to learn the basics for a public policy wiki on cleantech tax credits and grants I would like to do.
RvB
Comment by Ross von Burg — August 1, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
Yes, I actually teach at Metro often. In November I will be giving a workshop called “Emerging Tech for Library Support Staff”, look for me in the fall catalog. Hope you can make it.
Comment by Ellyssa — August 1, 2007 @ 9:53 pm
Hi,
I am really interested on your wiki’s class. Could you give me the link & pw by email? Thanks.
Regards
Morgan Chang
Comment by morgan — August 13, 2007 @ 2:45 pm