Comments on: Handouts at Educator PD Workshops

By: Are you a “Green Educator”? | katie.christo.blog

Are you a “Green Educator”? | katie.christo.blog — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:32:16 +0000

[...] are some very interesting posts going on over at ISTEConnects. The first is a post by Wes Fryer Handouts at Educator PD Workshops. This post is near and dear to my heart as I’ve been trying for the last couple of years to [...]

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Joe Corbett — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:50:16 +0000

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Wed, 20 May 2009 17:20:28 +0000

[...] case you missed it, Wes Fryer published a post the other day, Handouts at Educators PD Workshops, where he asked all of us the question, “should workshop leaders provide printed handouts [...]

By: Bonnie Muir

Bonnie Muir — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:54:59 +0000

I do think it is important to have a handout. I collect the handouts and go over the material when I have a break.

I try to keep notes on my laptop or send myself a reminder. But I do find that I refer to handouts for details that I failed to write down.

By: Azmina

Azmina — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:15:59 +0000

I think if you handout a page with relevant websites or a url for where they can download your notes/ handouts electronic ally is sufficient. I believe that attendees have paid to attend the conference and this entitles them to something.

By: Katie Christo

Katie Christo — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:29:49 +0000

I also don’t usually give out handouts. Instead I let participants print handouts if they want them from my wiki (http://katiechristo.pbworks.com). I give out my wiki to my teachers and reference it in every training I do. I tell them that my wiki is a place they can always go to print out handouts and get more information on the topic.

By: Anita McAnear

Anita McAnear — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:16:01 +0000

Don’t forget that NECC speakers can upload handouts to their records in the online database. The email about that will go out next week. Presenter records also have a field for a url if you would prefer to post the info to a wiki or other type of web page. Save a tree!

By: Lori Ferguson

Lori Ferguson — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:50:07 +0000

Yikes! 28 paper handouts! When I packed up my classroom to become a trainer last year, I ended up recycling an entire file folder drawer of paper workshop handouts.

The best train-the-trainer event I’ve been to this year, didn’t give out any paper handouts. They created a google site for the training and posted all the handouts there. I was actually able to go back to the site after 6 months and print out a handout that I needed. I’ve also been to events where they gave out flash drives with the handouts.

Stop giving out paper handouts!

By: Jacqui Sharp

Jacqui Sharp — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:39:24 +0000

I have given up on handouts as well, I expect participants to my courses to bring their laptops with wireless access and then I direct them to my slideshare and/or scribd account to download the full presentation, which they can freely use for reporting back to their school. If somebody asks me how did I do something then I direct them to any one of my blogs with a keyword so that they can view the steps there. If I haven’t got the steps, I will add them to the blog later. This has worked very well for me and teachers seem to like it as well (once they have mastered finding the websites and how to download!)

By: Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:06:07 +0000

An ed techie giving 28 page paper handouts at a workshop is as appropriate as McDonalds catering a vegan conference.