A follow-on from loose talk in a field in Rutland and
this thread here.
The first instalment of skills sharing is GO!
http://manyandvaried.org.uk/the_public/the_great_big_skills_share_jamboree/At this stage the format for the day is still quite open - I'm hoping discussion here will help give it the right shape.
I'd like to run it on similar lines to an unconference, but I suspect that the practical nature of the sessions will mean that I'll have to do a certain amount of pre-programming to make sure people have the resources they need.
I'd originally thought that it could be a mixture of 30 and 60 minute long sessions, however I've now been told the building's open until late so we could potentially run through until 10pm with scope for some longer sessions if people think they'll have the stamina. Probably a 10 or 11am start.
Who thinks they'll be coming (it'll be free, but I will ticket the event through eventbrite so I've got channels of communication with attendees) and who would like to lead a session?
Remember: it's skill sharing, not necessarily skills
teaching, so you don't
have to prepare a formal lesson. Barakta and Kim are limbering up for British Sign Language 101, which I suspect will be quite structured, but an equally valid approach would be to, say, gather a few unicycles together and for people to take turns as catchers!
This is the space we've got. Hope you like the colour green...
More photos here.I'm thinking I'll zone it off into 3 or 4 areas with sessions running simultaneously and people free to drift between or chill out somewhere out of the way.
Inventory includes:
- sinks
- a quite low ceiling
- wheelchair access
- a fair few electrical sockets
- wi-fi
- a screen for projecting onto (I can borrow a projector, they might try and charge me for using theirs)
- and I can request n number of tables and chairs
So, over to you for a bit: who's planning on coming, who's interested in leading a session and if so of what sort of length and would you need any particular resources?
Sessions:BSL 101; barakta and Kim; 1 hour, maybe a bit longer; projector
Attendees:nikki
barakta
Kim