Tuesday, December 7, 2010
CEDO530 - Post #5 - Creating Pecha Kucha
Okay, so in my last post I was pretty excited about creating my Pecha Kucha. Now, not so much. I have to say, while it is a good concept for presentations, it takes way too long to create! In my previous blog entry, I stated that the storyboard was easy to create from my handout. My handout only took about 30 minutes to create. The handout was what I would originally do my presentation from during the board meeting. However, the Pecha Kucha has taken me over 10 hours to do and I'm not even finished yet! There is no way I could or would spend 10+ hours for a presentation that only lasts 6 minutes when a simple report would be just as effective. I understand that digital storytelling is a great way to present, but in this situation, when reporting to a school board who has limited time, I just don't have that kind of time to put into a "quick" presentation. However, not all is negative. I could definitely see students using a Pecha Kucha for different presentations, but typically, students are given several classtime hours to work on their projects, unlike teachers who have very little time to try anything new.
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I have to agree, Mary, that it did take longer to create a Pecha Kucha than I anticipated. My biggest problem was that I couldn't come up with enough to say for the 20 seconds that the pictures were on the screen. I also agree that perhaps a pecha kucha isn't the presentation style to use for something on a professional level. You can be very creative with it, but when you need to get your message across in a short amount of time, KISS!
ReplyDeleteI must say that I agree, Mary. I thought the Pecha Kucha would be fairly easy after creating the Storyboard. However, my Storyboard didn't help me that much because I realized I could say what I had planned to say on my storyboard in much less than 20 seconds and then I was left with a lot of dead air. So instead I decided to look at my pictures I uploaded and tell the story without the storyboard. Like you, I'm still not done after having logged many hours on this project. I also would not have the time it takes to use the Pecha Kucha to create a presentation in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think you'll find the concept works quite well if you are able to be live to do the presentation - adding the audio is a difficult concept to master.
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