Pecha Kucha – 20 Slides in 20 Seconds Each
A Pecha Kucha is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds for your entire presentation). The format keeps your presentation concise and fast-paced, and keeps the attention of your audience. The images advance automatically as you talk. You can use Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides, or other presentation software that provides the ability to automatically advance slides every 20 seconds.
Here are some links to helpful videos:
How to Make a Pecha Kucha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32WEzM3LFhw
A Pecha Kucha about Pecha Kucha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2yepIaAtE
Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using PowerPoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9zxNTpNMLo
Pecha-Kucha in the Classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x5FB2mxvZY
How to Use Google Slides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsUX7Piez-0
How to Make a Pecha Kucha Using Google Slides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYOLZuw-b00
A Pecha Kucha is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds for your entire presentation). The format keeps your presentation concise and fast-paced, and keeps the attention of your audience. The images advance automatically as you talk. You can use Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides, or other presentation software that provides the ability to automatically advance slides every 20 seconds.
Here are some links to helpful videos:
How to Make a Pecha Kucha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32WEzM3LFhw
A Pecha Kucha about Pecha Kucha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2yepIaAtE
Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using PowerPoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9zxNTpNMLo
Pecha-Kucha in the Classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x5FB2mxvZY
How to Use Google Slides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsUX7Piez-0
How to Make a Pecha Kucha Using Google Slides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYOLZuw-b00
Educational Websites of Interest (Best websites for Teaching)
Use random selector to form groups of two students to sit side by side and work together on this task. Using the links below:
Name Generator: http://www.miniwebtool.com/random-name-picker
YOU CAN TRY THE OPTIONS FROM The American Library Association (ALA) FOR MATERIAL YOU NEED.....SEE LINK BELOW....
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2015
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2014
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2013
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2015
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2014
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards/best/websites/2013
More Best websites and apps
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
- READING ROCKETS
- SCHOLASTIC
- What works clearinghouse
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
Free and Nearly Free Software and Tools
DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE:
- Open Office -- https://www.openoffice.org/
- A free software suite similar to Microsoft Office, available in many languages, compatible with most other office programs, and consists of the following modules and more:
- Writer - word processing
- Calc - spreadsheets
- Impress - presentations
- Base - databases
- Draw – graphics
- A free software suite similar to Microsoft Office, available in many languages, compatible with most other office programs, and consists of the following modules and more:
- Prezi -- https://prezi.com/
- Often called “PowerPoint on steroids”, Prezi is a visual storytelling software alternative to traditional slide-based presentation formats. Prezi presentations feature a map-like, schematic overview that lets users pan between topics at will, zoom in on desired details, and pull back to reveal context.
- Several pricing packages for business and personal use
- Special educational pricing for students and teachers -- https://prezi.com/pricing/edu/
- Edu Enjoy – free with 4GB of storage
- Edu Pro -- $4.92/month with unlimited storage
- VLC Media Player – http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
- VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.
- IrfanView -- http://www.irfanview.com/
- A very fast, small, compact and innovative freeware (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer that allows the user to make modifications and enhancements to graphics, and contains many paint features.
- Gimp – https://www.gimp.org/
- A cross-platform image editor that provides sophisticated graphics editing tools.
- Freemake Video Converter -- http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
- Converts video between more than 500 video formats.
- Freemake Video Downloader -- http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/
- Download streaming videos easily from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, LiveLeak, Flickr, Veoh, and other sites. Capture video clips, music videos, TV shows, series, movies, cartoons, how-to videos, etc. from the Internet, and supports HD quality.
- YouTube Downloader -- http://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/
- Download and convert videos into avi video format or into mp4 (compatible with iPad, iPhone). You can download high quality videos, high definition and full HD videos from YouTube.
- NVU – http://www.nvu.com/
- A webpage authoring system that helps create and edit web pages and manage an entire website.
- KompoZer -- http://www.kompozer.net/
- Another webpage authoring system that combines web file management and web page editing.
- Google Hangouts -- https://gsuite.google.com/
- a communication platform developed by Google which includes instant messaging, video chat, SMS and VOIP features. It replaces three messaging products that Google had implemented concurrently within its services, including Google Talk, Google+ Messenger (formerly: Huddle), and Hangouts, a video chat system present within Google+. Google has also stated that Hangouts is designed to be "the future" of its telephony product, Google Voice, and integrated some of the capabilities of Google Voice into Hangouts.
- Skype -- https://www.skype.com/en/
- Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are. With Skype, you can share a story, celebrate a birthday, learn a language, hold a meeting, work with colleagues – just about anything you need to do together every day. You can use Skype on whatever works best for you - on your phone or computer or a TV with Skype on it. It is free to start using Skype - to speak, see and instant message other people on Skype for example. You can even try out group video, with the latest version of Skype. If you pay a little, you can do more things, in more ways, with more people – like call phones, access Wi-Fi or send texts. You can pay as you go or buy a subscription, whatever works for you. And in the workplace, this means you can bring your entire ecosystem of workers, partners and customers together to get things done. Try Skype out today and start adding your friends, family and colleagues. They won’t be hard to find; hundreds of millions of people are already using Skype to do all sorts of things together.
WEBSITES:
- YouTube -- https://www.youtube.com/
- YouTube allows people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.
- TeacherTube -- http://www.teachertube.com/
- A video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs.
- ReadWriteThink (was Thinkfinity) -- http://www.readwritethink.org/
- To provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to high quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering free materials.
- TedTalks -- https://www.ted.com/
- a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.
- TedEd – https://ed.ted.com/
- TED-Ed is TED's youth and education initiative. TED-Ed's mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. TED-Ed has grown from an idea worth spreading into an award-winning education platform that serves millions of teachers and students around the world every week.
- Khan Academy -- https://www.khanacademy.org/
- offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We've also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.
- Free tools for parents and teachers – we’re working hard to ensure that Khan Academy empowers coaches of all kinds to better understand what their children or students are up to and how best to help them. See at a glance whether a child or student is struggling or if she hit a streak and is now far ahead of the class. Our coach dashboard provides a summary of class performance as well as detailed student profiles.