Trainings

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Back to School

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It's 7 am, you wake excited, wondering who will be your new teacher? what your friends have been doing over the summer? If the school has finally built the longest slide ever in the playground?? Uniform, snack and new bright shoes. Everything is ready to go back to school!

Good old days for most of us! That is why we have decided to make 'Back to School' our monthly theme for September. Feel free to comment below this post or e-mail us a new post related to the theme: new courses, your thoughts around current issues in heritage/museum/arts education, historical facts about education and schools in history... From now on, school groups will come back to visit the Palace and have fun learning about history.

We will also be introducing some discussions on the online forum that we would love for you to get involved in. It is very easy to comment, you just need to sign up using your e-mail address or your Facebook or Google+ account. You can find more information in this useful guide here.

At Fulham Palace we have our own way to go back to school through adult-learning workshops, events and talks. Have a look at the upcoming learning opportunities and book your place:

You can find more information in the 'What's on' brochure. All of the courses are offered at a discount for Fulham Palace volunteers. Let's learn!

 

Marlen Armendariz

Volunteer Communication Assistant

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Introduction to Growing Vegetables Course: Free for Volunteers!

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Spring has arrived so time to get out in the garden!

Would you like to learn how to grown your own produce? Not sure where to start? Then book onto this course of monthly workshops which will take you step by step through the process. The experienced garden tutors will help you learn practical techniques on how to grow vegetables with ease. Each workshop will cover every aspect of growing vegetables from seed sowing through to harvesting your produce.

The course is FREE for Fulham Palace Volunteers, and will run from 1:30pm to 4pm in the Walled Garden on the following dates:

  • Monday, 13 April – Seed Sowing
  • Monday, 11 May – Bed preparation and planting out
  • Monday, 15 June – Tour of the Fulham Palace Meadows Allotments
  • Monday, 13 July – Plant care and harvesting

Booking is essential and spaces are limited, so click here to book.

A User’s Guide to Blogs & Forums

The volunteers’ website features several ways to engage with the online community including a blog and forum. If you’re not a frequent Internet user, it may be difficult to understand the difference between the two.

Why Should I Use the Blog or Forum?

The blog and forum are ways to interact with other Fulham Palace volunteers online. You can write about events on the blog, ask questions on the forum, or share information on both!

What is a Blog?

Like the newsletter, blogs have articles. These can be about any topic, but must be submitted to and reviewed by the communications team before they are put online. Once these are online, readers can make comments.

What is a Forum?

A forum is an online discussion space. If you’d like to ask a question or share information you can write this on the forum. What you write doesn’t need to be submitted to or reviewed by the communications team first. Similar to the blog, readers can make comments, but these comments are meant to be part of an ongoing discussion about the topic.

What’s the Difference?

The main purpose of a blog is to share information via articles. The main purpose of a forum is to initiate a conversation on a particular topic.

How Can I Use a Blog?

  1. You can ‘like’ a blog post. By liking an article you are demonstrating that you enjoyed the post and perhaps would like to read more on a related topic.
  2. You can comment on a post you’ve read. You can do this by clicking the ‘comment’ button.
  3. You can write an article for the blog. If you’re interested in authoring a blog post, check out the articles ‘You’ve Got the Write Stuff’ which has information on how to submit a post and ‘Get Inspired’ for potential story ideas.

How Can I Use the Forum?

You can participate on the forum by starting a new discussion. To do this, click on the ‘Start a new topic’ box. Title your comment/question then elaborate in the section ‘body text.’ You can include pictures by clicking on the camera icon. When you’re done, click the ‘login and post’ button.

Now it’s time to get involved! We hope to see your blog posts, likes, comments, and forum discussions soon!

Snap, Dropbox, Repeat!

The Fulham Palace volunteers’ blog is a great place for sharing your memorable experiences, favorite facts, and exciting, new projects at Fulham Palace. But sometimes, a picture is worth 300-500 words! If you’d like to submit pictures for the volunteer’s blog, it’s as easy as uploading them to Dropbox.

Not familiar with Dropbox, here’s a short, easy-to-follow tutorial explaining how to upload and share:

How to Upload Images to Dropbox (PDF)

If you’ve got further questions don’t hesitate to ask in the comments section! Get snapping!

Looking to book onto a volunteer slot? Please click the blue button below.

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