five minutes of glory

Five Minutes of Glory

Presentations for the 21st CenturyBy Chris YUKNA

Introduction● DIET How to lose unwanted kilos with Anglais de A a Z!

Diet secrets of International English Teachers.

● The Entire History of the British Empire.

● Why all language teachers are aliens. How to spot the signs of alien possession.

● Study aid drugs and you.

● Conclusion: foreign languages are deleterious to your mental health and well being.

No bloody intros, summaries, table of contents,or resumes

The structure of the presentation should contain its on logic

Prologues, jokes,quotes, etc.

● multimedia● songs● films● video games● images● graphs

Where is the GLORY?

Origins : modified pecha kucha

Format

Obviously, you have five minuteswith PowerPoint etc;twelve slides which includetitle and conclusion slidestime: thirty seconds a slideYour objective is to be brilliantand brief.This is supposed to be as Interesting as a TED talk

What are the dangers?

Rule of thumb: one minute of multimedia = a minimum of one hour prep!

“I began to see PowerPoint as a metaprogram, one that organizes and presents stuff created in other applications...and could actually create things that were beautiful. I could bend the program to my own whim...” David Byrne

Cognitive Artifacts to forge serendipity by connecting art, science,

and technology together creatively !

How to?

What is this all about?

Some pertinent sites

• Escape the Google Ghetto• Wordelizer• Edudemic • TED• Google • Internet archives•

About the author:Chris Yukna was born in the antediluvian 50s, had a paper route at 9, sold Christmas cards door to door at 11, and washed dishes at 14. All these enriching work experiences convinced him early on that he was totally unsuited to working and therefore should become a space cadet, mad scientist, or teacher.He has three websites that he tries to update periodically:Science General (fun with science)Business Emporium (Esl business lessons & quizzes)Totally Unorthodox (where he puts everything else)