Face-to-face workshops

Google Power Workshop - 1 June 2009

When: 9.00am – 3.00pm Monday, 1 June 2009
Where: Training Choice (computer lab) , Level 3, 455 Bourke St Melbourne
Cost: $250 per person (includes catering)

Click here to register - registrations close Friday 16 May - Hurry places are limited!

Harness the power of Google in your workplace Google tools are re-defining the way we manage our work flow and collaborate with each other. As part of a series of workshops e-Works is excited to present this unique opportunity for anyone from the workplace to the classroom who wants to work smarter.

There are now so many Google tools available, each with a multitude of features, that you may have missed their essential features. Did you know that you can talk to your contacts in text, voice and video using GTalk for free? Did you realise that you can manage the collaborative creation of documents, spreadsheets and powerpoint files with just one version in Google Docs?

In this hands-on workshop, with 'Google power users' Sue Waters and Carole McCulloch, you will learn how to use Google tools more effectively for improving your productivity online. Selected tools from the Google suite will include: GMail, GTalk, Google Reader, iGoogle, Google Docs, Google Video and Google Calendar.

About the presenters

Sue Waters
Sue Waters is well known globally for her role in supporting educators in their use of web and mobile technologies with students. Her inquisitive nature in combination with her ‘trial by practice’ approach has made her a leading innovator in e-learning.

Her passion for technology has lead to transition from aquaculture lecturer, to facilitating elearning and web 2.0 technologies PD workshops to her current role as editor of The Edublogger and working for Edublogs as Edublogs Community Facilitator. She works closely with all educational sectors and has facilitated several global Web 2.0 projects. Sue provides practical e-learning “how-to’s” through her sites including PLN Yourself wiki, her personal blog and podcast site.

Carole McCulloch
Carole is an E-learning Consultant working independently for her business, Macro Dimensions. Her coaching, mentoring and e-learning strategies updates are located at her blog: http://coachcarole.wordpress.com/ Carole aka Coach Carole is an explorer by nature and always willing to share innovative practices for all practitioners. She has been a researcher and influencer in up-to-date research on such E-learning trends as: Embedding Innovative Practices and Measuring the Impact of Champions on e-learning capability.

Over the years, Carole has been a Flexible Learning Manager, Flexible Learning Leader, and E-learning Consultant. Carole conducts face-to-face workshops in digital storytelling, e-portfolios, personal and project learning spaces, embedding innovative practices and network building. Carole also provides PD on ‘implementing e-learning creatively online' using WebCT, Moodle and Elluminate Live. She regularly provides training, moderation and facilitation services for groups wanting to use web conferencing platforms such as Elluminate Live.

For further information call Philip on (03) 9661 8721

A free information session will be held on Monday 4 May at 2pm to get a sample of what will be on offer at this session. Click here to register for this session.