Specifications for Posters and Inspirations Boards

WALS 2020 International Conference On the day of your pitch, we kindly ask you to hang your poster in the morning, so your poster can be viewed during all breaks. You will find the presentation numbers and the titles on the designated poster panels.

The posters will need to be removed at the end of the day. Please be advised that if your poster is not removed at the end of the day, it will be disposed of.

Size Up to 36” tall x 48” wide, 3 feet tall x 4 feet wide, 91.44 cm tall x 121.92 cm wide

Orientation Either landscape or portrait Paper Indoor Banner

Attach Grommets, ½” in each corner, ½” from edges (tool available at conference)

*No additional technology will be available for posters Recorded Pitch WALS conference committee encourages you to enrich your poster or inspiration board with a 2-minute recorded pitch. Participants will be able to learn more when you are not present. Directions (1) Make a 2-minute recorded audio pitch saved as MP3

• iPhone apps: Voice memos (comes with phone), Voice Record Pro, Audio Editor, Evernote

• Android apps: Android Voice Recorder, Audio Recorder, Titanium Recorder Hi-Q MP3 Voice Recorder

(2) Label audio file

• (Your last name)_Audio_(Conference Strand: Equity, Effectiveness, or Research)_(Title of Poster/Board)

(3) Upload recorded pitch to WALS 2020 Posters / Boards by November 1, 2020 (4) The WALS Committee will make a QR Code for poster/board label OR you can make your own

How to make your own QR Code (1) Create QR code

• Applications to create QR Code: You Tube video for making QR Codes • Free websites for making QR Code: Unitag.io, QR Code Monkey • Logo for QR Code can be found here • Test QR code with QR Code Reader i.e., i-nigma, QR Reader and Scanner

(2) Save and label QR code

• (Your last name)_QR_(Conference Strand: Equity, Effectiveness, or Research)_(Title of Poster/Board)

(3) Upload file to WALS 2020 Posters / Boards by November 1, 2020

Label for poster with QR Code 8.5” x 11”

Specifications for WALS Ignites

WALS 2020 International Conference

Enlighten Us About Lesson Study, Just Do It Fast (similar to Lighting Rounds or Pecha-Kucha)

Time 5-minute presentation (10 minutes to set up and change speakers)

People 4 Ignite speakers per session, presider, and Tech support to mic and videotape

Format 5-minute talk on WALS themes. 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. The session will open with a Presider explaining what an ignite is and will introduce each speaker.

Set-up Speaker with mic – for recording purposes, screen off to one side, so speaker not in front of (consider tape on floor). Auditorium style. Two recorders: one on speaker and one on the slides.

Content

Pose a claim/question about your lesson study work: something you’ve noticed or wondered; a success, challenge, learning problem; why you are investing in this process; what you want others to think about/know, change; hiccups, how to…; etc.

WALS Ignite Set-up Speaker walks in behind screen

Templates for Slide Deck

• Common opening slides - Ignite overview and title slide (not part of 5 minutes) used during speaker introduction and tech set up

• Download a WALS template: PowerPoint, Google slides, Keynote (Note: Google slides need to have automatic advance feature added after slide deck is finished. PowerPoint and Keynote templates have automatic advance included)

Examples of ignites from other conferences

Something you are passionate about • Indigenous Art in Every Classroom James Goswell • The Importance of Language Harold Asturias

Advocate for change

• Carol’s Story Susie Hakansson • Ever Wonder What They’d Notice? Annie Fetter

Something you are noticing

• The Miseducation of Number Sense in America Dina Williams

How to … • How to See a Rainbow Jason Friedman • Lost Landscapes of San Francisco Rick Prelinger

Tips for preparation

• How to prepare ignite talk Chuck Kutcher, Chair of the World Renewable Energy Forum • How to write an ignite talk Joshua Waldman • Create an Awesome Ignite in 6 Steps Laura Foley • How I learned to give a powerful talk in under 5 minutes Michelle Lam • Why Storytelling Matters Garr Reynolds • Timer to rehearse - if helpful

Upload Directions (1) Save your slide deck as:

• (Your Last Name)_Ignite (whiich format used - ppt., keynote, or Goolge)_(title of presentation)

(2) Upload your slide show by November 1, 2020 into the WALS Ignite Folder. The Program Committee will load onto one computer and will test technology in advance of presentation. WALS may post Ignites (after the conference) which simultaneously show slides and speaker.

Screenshot showing slide deck and speaker simultaneously

Ignite: Engineering Lessons from Folding by Jennifer Kuczenski

Specifications for WALS Talks

WALS 2020 International Conference WALS Talks are modeled on TED Talks, but with specialized topics around the WALS conference themes: Equity, Effective Lesson Study, and Research. There will be two WALS Talks per 40-minute session.

Time 15-minute presentations (5 minutes to change and introduce speakers)

People Facilitator, 2 presenters per session

Set-up Speaker with mic if large room, computer with pre-loaded presentation slides, speakers to project audio

Content Address one of three conference topics: equity, effective lesson study, and/or how lesson study informs research and how research informs lesson study

Upload Upload your slide deck to folder by November 1, so it can be preloaded onto a computer

WALS Talk Set-up

Tips - TED talks about preparing TED talks:

• TEDs secret to public speaking • The secret structure of great talks • How to explain anything to anybody: 4 steps to clearer communication