NISD Going Google CIT Share
The first official NISD Going Google Webinar was completed yesterday, Monday, November 5...CHECK!!!
If you were in attendance during yesterday's webinar, I think you probably had these takeaways:
The trainer was very knowledgeable.
The trainer was very organized.
The trainer went very fast!
In my opinion, the webinar accomplished what it set out to accomplish. BUT, it went very fast and didn't allow for all teachers to neccessarily follow along, be hands-on, etc. It was VERY good with information and knowledge. I think it gave teachers a nice overview of Google Mail and Calendar.
Jim Baker "Mr. Analogy" said it best when he said, "The webinar was great because it exposed everone to the possibilities for Google Mail and Calendar. It's like a buffet. If you don't walk by and see all the choices being offered, you don't know what all you will want to put on your plate."
Although there is no "required training" for Google you are responsible for beyond facilitating these initial webinars...I KNOW most of you are already thinking about your individual campus needs and ways you plan to followup on the Going Google Webinars.
I wanted to start this post as a place for you to share ideas you plan to use for followup Google training on your campuses.
Feel free to reply to this post to brainstorm ideas with each other :)
Jim Baker...I LOVE that analogy! I am going to use that line BEFORE the webinar so they understand the training is JUST that!
ReplyDeleteDid you advise (or would you advise) your teacher to take notes?
Yes... I told them to make a note of anything that peaked their interest so I could help the with it later. You might also want to point out before it starts that Linus will say "If you are someone who takes notes, you might want to write this down.." Those are some of the biggies.
ReplyDeleteI am going to make a list of those "biggies" in check list form for my schools. It will have sort of a "If you do all of these in settings, you are set to go!" type of thing.
If you haven't looked at the videos, DO IT! They can go to them and see over and over anything that gives them problems.
Larinda, I would advise that teachers follow along with their account as he goes through the webinar (like many of us did in our training). I realized that a couple of my teachers thought their account was a training account. Several teachers took notes throughout. I did as well during my training.
ReplyDeleteI created a page on our campus wiki to share best practices, questions, and comments that teachers had during/after the training. I know that there will be many more questions after they actually start using Gmail on Monday.
I am also holding an open lab session next Thursday from 3-4 to show them some of my advice/organization techniques in Gmail and to be there to guide/answer questions that teachers might have.
Jim,
ReplyDeleteCan you share you list of BIGGIES with me too?
My first school's training were a complete disaster. The training was way too fast and way too much info for them. Within 5 minutes, they were all using the chat feature and looking at themes. No one listened to anything.
ReplyDeleteI have given lots of feedback to the trainers with suggestions on how to simplify and keep the teachers attention for longer. I think they are doing a great job in a difficult / tricky situation, but that they need to simplify even more.
After my disaster, I implemented this pre-training agenda:
I emailed everyone registered beforehand and told them to show up by 3:00 (15 min early). Then I had them login to Gmail, directed them to Settings - Chat - and had them turn OFF chat. I told them they could turn it back on after the training, but that it needed to stay off for the training. Then I directed them to the themes and gave them the rest of the time to play with themes and pick one they liked. I told them that once the training started, they needed to stay out of the themes and focus on the trainer. Then once the training started, if anyone was still playing with themes, I called them out on it, out loud, and told them to follow along. Yes, I was bad cop, but I found I had to be here.
Doing this beforehand prep allowed me to keep their attention for almost a full hour. By the time he got to calendar invitations, they were tuned out, but that was ok by me. I figure they will learn invitations when they need them. I was impressed with an hour.
Anywho, just my two cents, but I hope this helps some of you.