Pecha Kucha presentations burst onto the scene in 2003 and have since been adopted and adapted by a wide audience, from the creative industries to the business world and of course, education. Having observed the use of Pecha Kucha in a number of different educational contexts, this practical session examines why the format continues to have relevance for us, and what role it can play in different learning and teaching environments. This presentation shares a basic Pecha Kucha 'toolkit', structures to explore with your students and teachers, and some ideas you can try tomorrow in your class spaces and staff development.

1. The Pecha Kucha Toolkit

2. Outline
Background and context
Why Pecha Kucha?
The Pecha Kucha Toolkit
Uses and adaptations

3. Pecha Kucha on Pecha Kucha: https://youtu.be/jJ2yepIaAtE
Pecha Kucha basics

4. Pecha Kucha origins
http://www.pechakucha.org/faq

5. Pecha Kucha at Navitas
2010 Pecha Kucha trialled with classes
Pecha Kucha training sessions (regional and local)
Student Pecha Kucha events
(fundraisers, Women’s Day presentations)
Regular use across classes, including Academic English in
ELICOS
Included in SIBT curriculum for student assessments
Used at Learning & Teaching Forum to share business unit
updates2016
What other uses have you seen at Navitas?

6. Why Pecha Kucha?
Audio - visual engagementFocus on main ideasDelivery format
Discussion starter Confidence building
Real life skills

7. Why Pecha Kucha?
How did this teacher structure/stage
her Pecha Kucha lesson?

8. What can I use it for?
How would you use Pecha Kucha in your learning
and teaching context?
A few examples:
• Icebreakers & warmers
• Oral fluency for language learners
• Presentation skills
• Revision
• Teacher delivery of key concepts
• Student assessment - SIBT
• Celebrating successes (course closure)

9. What can I use it for?
1 2
• Icebreakers & warmers
• Oral fluency
• Teacher delivery of key concepts
• Student assessment - SIBT

10. The Pecha Kucha Toolkit
Planning
Presenting
The no-tools-Toolkit
Nailing it

11. Toolkit: Basics 1
+

12. Toolkit: Basics 2

13. Toolkit: Planning
Why are you doing it?
- Presentation skills?
- Analysis/synthesis?
- Assessment?
- ….?
Who will present?
- You?
- Teachers?
- Students?
- ….?
When is the presentation?
- This lesson?
- Next lesson?
- Online/asynchronous?
- ….?
What’s the topic?
- One topic?
- Choice of topics?
- Curriculum?
- ….?

14. Toolkit: Presenting
Classroom basics
- Projector
- Screen
- Computer
- BYOD options
Large class sizes
- Present as pairs
- Present to each other
(pairs/small groups)
- Present multiple times (to
different groups in room)
Planning timing
- Prep time in class?
- 10 or 20 slides?
- Break every 5-6
presentations
Listening & feedback
Students:
(note-taking)
- Key points
- Questions
- Suggestions
Teachers:
(student feedback)
- Content
- Presenting skills?
- Language skills?

15. Toolkit: the no-tools kit
+

16. Toolkit: nailing it!
Set a great brief/task
- Student interests
- Relevance to curriculum
- Room for inspiration
Ideas first, then visuals
- Allow planning time
- Plan without images
- Time limits for image
search
Great images
- Minimal/no words
- Public domain/free sites
(Unsplash, Pexels,
Pixabay)
- Students’ personal pics
Practice makes perfect
- Lead by example!
- Record yourself
- Practice with partner
- Allow time in class

17. Uses and adaptations
Key themes

18. Uses and adaptations
Improve students’ English language
proficiency
Oral fluency practice
Controlled and freer practiceLearning
skills
development
Onboarding
IUsual orientation day ppt
Backed up with Pecha Kucha to
mobiles.
Key orientation themes delivered with
images in Shadow Puppet.

19. Uses and adaptations
Quick and informal sharing of ideas
Spark discussion
e.g. MeetELT in ELICOS
Teacher
development
Organised Pecha Kucha events
Pub hire, charity event.
Fun, entertaining. Bonding.
Pecha Karaoke? Student
experience

20. Anyone for Pecha Karaoke?

21. Questions and comments
Stick yer head out…
Ask a question / make a comment…