World History
Pecha Kucha is a Japanese presentation format that allows you to present 20 slides in 20 seconds. It forces you, as the speaker, to move your presentation along and not sit on one slide too long. You can download the PowerPoint template at this site. and here is the Pecha Kucha site. It's pretty cool and works best with graphics rather than slides laden with text. It's a perfect format for flipped lectures. Here's another site you can check out for answer to questions.
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- A Short How To Flip Post
At the end of the month, George Coe and I are co-presenting on flipping the classroom. Below is the PowerPoint we will be using. The hardest thing to do is to cut what you want to lecture to ten or fewer minutes. To create the lecture watch...
- Rome Powerpoint
Since I only use a few slides (and they are flipped) for presentation, I have told my students they can use my PowerPoint (which I have decided to leave attached in their Blackboard page) for their review guide. You can use it for that purpose...
- Ancient China Powerpoint
So in my continuing evolution as a teacher, I am moving away from PowerPoints so in the slideshow above I will probably only use about 15 slides on the dynasties and all of them will be in a recorded video which my students will choose to watch in class...
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World History
Pecha Kucha: 20 slides x 20 seconds each
Pecha Kucha is a Japanese presentation format that allows you to present 20 slides in 20 seconds. It forces you, as the speaker, to move your presentation along and not sit on one slide too long. You can download the PowerPoint template at this site. and here is the Pecha Kucha site. It's pretty cool and works best with graphics rather than slides laden with text. It's a perfect format for flipped lectures. Here's another site you can check out for answer to questions.
- Nearpod Vs. Powerpoint
Maybe you saw Jeff Feinstein's post about Nearpod a few days ago. I just tried it and love it. The cool thing about Nearpod is its interactivity. You simply upload a powerpoint presentation to Nearpod, add video clips, quizzes, polls or graphs and...
- A Short How To Flip Post
At the end of the month, George Coe and I are co-presenting on flipping the classroom. Below is the PowerPoint we will be using. The hardest thing to do is to cut what you want to lecture to ten or fewer minutes. To create the lecture watch...
- Rome Powerpoint
Since I only use a few slides (and they are flipped) for presentation, I have told my students they can use my PowerPoint (which I have decided to leave attached in their Blackboard page) for their review guide. You can use it for that purpose...
- Ancient China Powerpoint
So in my continuing evolution as a teacher, I am moving away from PowerPoints so in the slideshow above I will probably only use about 15 slides on the dynasties and all of them will be in a recorded video which my students will choose to watch in class...
- Voicethread (a Different Kind Of Flip)
VoiceThread is one of the coolest tech tools and very popular now. You can upload images, documents, slides, and record questions or even analysis. With the link, students can comment or make an argument. Students can even make a presentation on the material....