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November 11, 2008 9am

 * Scott had us download the following to our laptop desktops.**
 * [|Did You Know? wmv]
 * [|Did You Know? mov]
 * [|Graphing Data 01 xls]
 * [|Graphing Data 02 xls]

These are two examples of the Pecha Kucha method.
 * We watched the following videos:**
 * Pecha Kucha |ペチャクチャ or Pecha Kucha Night is a presentation format in which (mostly creative) work can be easily and informally shown. ...[| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha Kucha]
 * The idea behind Pecha Kucha is to keep presentations concise, the interest level up and to have many presenters sharing their ideas within the course of one night. Therefore the 20x20 Pecha Kucha format was created: each presenter is allowed a [|slideshow] of 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds. This results in a total presentation time of 6 minutes 40 seconds on a stage before the next presenter is up. Each event usually has 14 presenters. Presenters (and much of the audience) are usually from the [|design], [|architecture], [|photography], [|art] and [|creative] fields, but recently it has also stretched over to academia and the [|business world].

=Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides=

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[|Chris Lehman on School Change at Ignite Philly]
media type="custom" key="2666053" Advantages to using it --
 * Discussion:**
 * it creates engagement quickly
 * Pace is quick, and timely
 * Moving through content quickly -- if you cannot do it in 10 minutes it probably is not worth saying
 * 2-3 big ideas can be completed in 10 minutes
 * Communicate emotion -- so people are excited they want to learn more
 * Your goal is to light the spark -- engaging as possible
 * Most academics fail to see the opportunity to learn
 * The supporting information can be a handout


 * Work session:**

[|Including a video into your PowerPoint] I recommend choosing **Automatically** even if you want the movie to [|play when clicked] – I'll talk about how to set this part too. (If you choose **When Clicked** you have to click the black box to start the movie. Because I don’t like to show the black box on the slide, I do this a little differently.)
 * On the **Insert** menu, point to **Movies and Sounds**, and then click **Movie from File**.
 * Click the video you want to use and then click **OK**.
 * Tip** Always put the movie in the same folder as your PowerPoint presentation. If you later move the PowerPoint presentation to another computer, copy the movie too. Keeping your movie in the same folder as your presentation ensures the link will still work. However, you should always test the movie on a new machine just to be certain. Re-insert the movie, if necessary.)
 * After you click **OK**, you're prompted with a message asking how you want the movie to start in the slide show.

Test this now to see how it works by starting the slide show. (On the **Slide Show** menu, click **View Show**.) Advance to the slide with the movie, (best if you have the title of the movie on it). Within a couple of seconds, the movie starts to play full screen. When the movie finishes, you return to the same slide (but no unsightly box appears). Click to advance to your next slide.
 * 1) Right-click the movie object (the small rectangle) and on the shortcut menu, click **Edit Movie Object**.
 * 2) The **Movie Options** dialog box appears. Under **Display Options**, select the **Zoom to full screen** check box, and then click **OK**.[[image:http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA011588831033 caption="Movie Options dialog box"]]
 * 3) If you want your movie to play automatically when you advance to this slide, you can stop here.

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 * Putting Data into a PowerPoint**
 * Scott's recent Blogosphere survey: //2008 Education Blogosphere Survey Results// [|GO HERE]
 * Discussed how Scott created each slide and what each slide represented the data
 * Discussed Scott's presentation about the rise of the creative class


 * Closing thoughts:**
 * Pecha Kucha
 * How to embed a video
 * How to represent data differently
 * Amount of time to put into the slides -- How do you decide to be done
 * The presentation is not for me -- I am going to work as hard as I can to make the presentation engaging to the audience -- getting across the main points and sparking interest to have participants learn more
 * Having engaging information/graphics is helpful and a new way to look at it
 * Find strategic ways to represent information in a chart or graph
 * Not being afraid to do something "different"
 * Having the courage to try an unconventional method while I am still gaining recognition within the field
 * Finding the story behind the analysis and how we can tell it through an energized presentation
 * Finding a way to answer someone's criticism for doing something different (i.e., an academic commenting on the way in which the information was shared)
 * Showed Jennifer Garrett's recent presentation on study abroad