Friday, February 13, 2015

This Valentine's Day, Fall in Love with Pecha Kucha Presentations!


If you want to get experience in speaking to an audience and sharing information, but without the repetition or inconsistent timing regular presentations can create, please consider Pecha Kucha presentations for class projects! They do not require any new technology..it's just a new way to design the presentation, and our Google Slides program is perfect for this.
Here's the facts: 
Timing: 20 slides that run for 20 seconds each (or whatever your chosen setup happens to be. You can choose for your students to have 10 slides that run for 30 seconds each, or 5 slides at 40 seconds each. The idea is that students are limited in time, and have to decide what is important to share in that time frame. This requires practice and a true understanding of their topic!
Design: Slides have minimal to no text at all - the images should be important and follow the adage, a picture tells 1,000 words.
Impact: Students are drawn to the pictures, but because there is no text, they will actually listen to the student talking! And all presentations are the same length of time, which makes it easier for you to plan your classes around them.
Background: This style of presenting started in Japan, when a group of architects got tired of the same old business presentations. It's caught on and now cities around the world get together to share Pecha Kucha presentations. Universities are catching on and using this format for research conferences, too. It's fun, innovative, and makes the student and listener connect in new ways.
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