(non-school experiences and Public 2018, 2019 organisations such as the British Library, These will be partially related) Benefits to people: meet others and Engagement and 2020. MOLA, or LMA. social events including learn about Officer the opportunity to see Allowing georeferencers to meet heritage collections of historic and learn from each other. collections. IHR Volunteer maps at IHR/LMA/British Coordinator Library, and also meet Benefits to Communities: lead georeferencer from Creating a sense of community other projects, such as among a group of people that the BL. would otherwise never meet but have common interests/skills. Benefits to heritage: Georeferencers learning from each other will ultimately lead to better georeferencing as people learn from others, and therefore a more accurate, professional online resource. B17. Workshops for Teachers Sharing knowledge, experiences Teachers share Public 8 twilight 100 teachers attend Layers of London Attendance schools and teachers to involved in and ideas. ideas of how to use Engagement events per school workshops. lists be delivered at schools Layers of Layers of London Officer year in as twilight sessions London and Benefits to people: 2018, 2019, Participants reflect schools across London. (Mainly to KS2 and KS3). teachers Teachers provide LMA 2020 who have Teaching teachers, giving them the feedback about the Outreach and (24 in total) These will delivered by expressed an skills to use Layers of London and project and what Volunteer In different the Public Engagement interest ideas for engaging creatively in works/does not Manager areas of Officer, based on material class. work well. London to to be developed by the make for LMA Outreach and Benefits to Communities: easy Volunteer Manager and Allowing teachers to interact with attendance already developed by each other, helping them to learn January Historic England. from the ideas and experience of 2018-June others. 2020 Workshops will include: Helping to create a community of teachers working with heritage. Introduction to Layers of London Benefits to heritage: Introduction to the use of The heritage of schools and their historic maps for local neighbourhoods will be better history and geography researched, better documented, project and more widely shared through higher levels of project Examples of school engagement with schools. projects that have already used Layers.
These will be partially social events including the opportunity to see collections of historic maps at IHR/LMA/British Library, and also meet lead georeferencer from other projects, such as the BL. (non-school related) Benefits to people: Allowing georeferencers to meet and learn from each other. Benefits to Communities: Creating a sense of community among a group of people that would otherwise never meet but have common interests/skills. Benefits to heritage: Georeferencers learning from each other will ultimately lead to better georeferencing as people learn from others, and therefore a more accurate, professional online resource. experiences and meet others and learn about heritage collections. Public Engagement Officer IHR Volunteer Coordinator 2018, 2019 and 2020. organisations such as the British Library, MOLA, or LMA. B17. Workshops for schools and teachers to be delivered at schools as twilight sessions (Mainly to KS2 and KS3). These will delivered by the Public Engagement Officer, based on material to be developed by the LMA Outreach and Volunteer Manager and already developed by Historic England. Workshops will include: Introduction to Layers of London Introduction to the use of historic maps for local history and geography project Examples of school projects that have already used Layers. Teachers involved in Layers of London and teachers who have expressed an interest Sharing knowledge, experiences and ideas. Benefits to people: Teaching teachers, giving them the skills to use Layers of London and ideas for engaging creatively in class. Benefits to Communities: Allowing teachers to interact with each other, helping them to learn from the ideas and experience of others. Helping to create a community of teachers working with heritage. Benefits to heritage: The heritage of schools and their neighbourhoods will be better researched, better documented, and more widely shared through higher levels of project engagement with schools. Teachers share ideas of how to use Layers of London Teachers provide feedback about the project and what works/does not work well. Public Engagement Officer LMA Outreach and Volunteer Manager 8 twilight events per year in 2018, 2019, 2020 (24 in total) In different areas of London to make for easy attendance January 2018-June 2020 100 teachers attend Layers of London school workshops. Participants reflect schools across London. Attendance lists
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