PowerPoints and Pecha Kucha
Pecha Kucha is a presentation format that came out of Japan. A Pecha Kuchca presentation is made up of 20 slides that may be displayed at 20 seconds each for a total of 6 minutes. I recently began reworking a PowerPoint presentation that I gave in an hour as part of a webinar. My goal is to "boil" it down to a Pecha Kucha style presentation. If I gave this in a class the 6 minute presentation would serve as setting the objectives for the day. I would then follow up with other activities such as discussions, group activities, and/or have students build their own Pecha Kucha presentation based on ONE of my slides.
I bring this to the discussion group as I am concerned that typical PowerPoint presentations are no longer discernible from the standard lecture.
Brian,
I consider all resources as potential methods to help my students. And what worked well one time may not be repeated the next time. I like to experiment, and sometimes I stumble on a realy interesting or alternate way to do something, and that activity then becomes part of my routine. PPT may be perfectly acceptable for one group but I may chose to purposely look for others methods that will achieve my goals just as well, if not better.
Barry Westling
I learned about this in grad school. Its pretty interesting. I don't really lecture that much but this would be nice to use if I did.
I don't know that this would apply for the types of classes that I teach, because they are culinary classes. Before our labs, we do a review of the day's elements, but it may be a bit too fast for a review.
Ron, I am curious about what subject matter you are using this style for. Also, do you see it being effective for them?
Salah,
PPT slides are a tool that really works best to augment what an instructor has to say, more so than providing all of the information. For instance, if I have a lot of material to present, rather than putting it on a slide, I might choose to put it in a handout. For me, PPT works best when augmenting my lectures and facilitates my discussions - it not a substitute for these.
Barry Westling
I USE POWER POINT ALL THE TIME IN MY LECTURE AND I GAIN ALOT OF BENFIT TO DELIVER ALL THE INFORMATION TO THE STUDENT AND THIS BECAUSE I HAVE THICK ACCENT SO WHEN THE STUDENT FACE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTAND ME THEY FIGURE WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
Ron,
Interesting approach. Getting your students effectively participating via discussions and group activities is probably the best outcome anyone could expect. Students like to know what's expected. You've described one creative way to convey those in a given class.
Barry Westling
