Difference between revisions of "Workshop Template"

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This is a sample workhshop template. Something that might be useful to someone offering a workshop for the first time.

Workshop Title

Objective

A short description of what will be covered during the workshop.

Goals

What are the specific learning goals for the workshop. What do we expect participants to leave with.

• Goal #1
• Goal #2
• Goal #3

Equipment

Materials / Preparation

Items that need to be prepared in advance. Logistical details to make sure are prepared/

• Presenter should check all links prior to start of workshop to make sure that they are working correctly and that the content of the pages has not changed - such as to make them inappropriate for the workshop.
• Iten #2
• Item #3

Notes for presenter

Use this space to insert any special notes that the workshop presenter might find useful.

Short Outline

Example: Blogging (Note: This outline is a sample and is not meant to reflect our current blogging workshop)

• (10 min) Welcome & Introductions
  • Presenter should introduce themself and provide a brief overview of the workshop.
  • Ask participants to introduce themselves and say something about their experience with or interest in the workshop topic.
• (15 min) What is a blog
  • Provide Definition
  • Provide Examples
• (5 min) Tools
  • Quick tour of some popular blogging tools
• (40 min) Users set up their own blog
  • Walk through the process of setting up a blog using blogger.com
  • Ask advanced participants to help their neighbors and/or experiment with some of the more advanced features of blogger.com
• (10 min) Wrap-up and Evaluation
  • Provide short conclusion to the workshop
  • Leave at least 5 minutes for participants to fill out an online evaluation of workshop.

Detailed Outline

Example: Blogging (Same as above - but fill in details/links)

• (10 min) Welcome & Introductions
  • Presenter should introduce themself and provide a brief overview of the workshop.
  • Ask participants to introduce themselves and say something about their experience with or interest in the workshop topic.
• (15 min) What is a blog
  • Insert definition of blog. A blog is like an online journal or workshop where an individual or group of people can easily publish thoughts or news about a topic of interest to them.
    • What is a blog?
  • Provide Examples
    1. Greater Frogtown News
    2. Minnesota citizen media by E-Democracy.org
    3. City Hall Scoop
    4. Northeast Beat
    5. Centrisity
    6. St. Paul Real Estate Blog
    7. New Minnesotans' Blog
    8. Selby on Selby
    9. Adam's ESL Page
• (5 min) Tools
  • Quick tour of some popular blogging tools
• (40 min) Users set up their own blog
  • Walk through the process of setting up a blog using blogger.com
  • Ask advanced participants to help their neighbors and/or experiment with some of the more advanced features of blogger.com
• (10 min) Wrap-up and Evaluation
  • Provide short conclusion to the workshop
  • Leave at least 5 minutes for participants to fill out an online evaluation of workshop.