What is a Pecha Kucha?

A Quick Pecha Kucha onOnline International Forum for University

Students,a presentation at the International Society for Technology in Education

conference,Sunday, 6/24/2012, 7:00pm–8:30pm PDT, SDCC

Halls DE Lobby, Table: 23 by Professor David L. Stoloff, Eastern

Connecticut State University, stoloffd@easternct.edu

David Stoloff - stoloffd@easternct.edu Online International Forum for University Students

“Pecha Kucha (Japanese: ペチャクチャ , IPA: [petɕa ku;<tɕa],[1] chit-chat) is a presentation methodology in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (approx. 6' 40" in total), usually seen in a multiple-speaker event called a Pecha Kucha Night (PKN).”

( from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha )

What is a Pecha Kucha?

Session description: Explore and share experiences and

opportunities for connecting students and faculty via online resources to enhance their cross-cultural experiences as documented in electronic portfolios.

Advance Organizers I

Themes - Virtual Schooling/E-learning: Student Engagement/Collaboration/Support

Keywords - global education, international collaborations, easy videoconferencing, online learning, multicultural education

Primary URL - http://interconescu.wordpress.com/

Advance Organizers II

1) The participants will join a network of educators interested in collaborating online to enrich courses in international and cross-cultural education.

2) The participants will share experiences in using collaborative websites like epals.com, Education Beyond Borders, LinkedIn, FaceBook to add diversity to their classes.

Goals of this session I

3) The participants will provide guidance on challenges that might be faced supporting these international connections.

4) The participants will discuss how these international collaborations might integrate with effective student-developed online curriculum, like CultureQuest or ThinkQuest.

Goals II

Students make use of cameras or cell phones to gather photos of document new experiences.

They develop wordpress.com websites and slide shows to illustrate their experiences.

They add essays reflecting on these experiences to the website.

Music (from youtube.com) is embedded on the website to provide appropriate background music for the reader.

Encouraging electronic portfolios

International Connections Spring 2011 and affiliated projects – explorations in using comments on a webpage to communicate across cultures - http://interconescu.wordpress.com/international-connections-spring-2011/ .

Student International Reflections

Global field experience in Jamaican schools, Spring 2011. Retrieved from http://interconescu.wordpress.com/itinerary/ .

Global field experience in Jamaican schools, Spring 2012. Retrieved from http://interconescu.wordpress.com/march-2012-in-jamaica-reflections/ .

Reflections of Jamaican Schools

Escoto, Carlos et.al. (2011). Comparative Health Psychology PSY 460 – Nepal Global Field Experience June 2011. Retrieved from http://statectuniversity.wordpress.com/

Some examples of web-based faculty reflective

projects I

Williams, Barbara et.al. (2011). Study Tour to Turkey June 2011. Retrieved from http://easterntriptoistanbul.wordpress.com/

Faculty Reflections II

Stoloff, David (2012). Japan Studies Institute 2012. Retrieved from http://interconescu.wordpress.com/japan-studies-institute-2012-honolulu/

Faculty Reflections III

International Forum for University Students - http://interconescu.wordpress.com/ifus/

Next Steps I

Use of skype to connect classrooms –Interested colleagues – Professor Mary MeineckeUniversidad RegiomontanaMonterrey, MexicoKennedy Edwine, Director - EDTEC,P.O. Box 337 -40305Mbita, Kenya.

Next Steps II

Sharing of online course materials across nations –

Fuijiwara, Linda (2012). International Café at Kapiolani Community College. Retrieved from http://intcafe.kcc.hawaii.edu/contact.htm Kahn, Richard (2011). The Ivan Illich Learning Web. Retrieved from http://ivan-illich.org/ .

Next Steps III

Stoloff (2012). International Connections in Education. Retrieved from http://interconescu.wordpress.com/ .

International and Cross-Cultural Education, Eastern Connecticut State University. Retrieved from http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_206409209382175#!/groups/206409209382175/

Resources I

ePals.com (2012). ePals Global Community. Retrieved from http://www.epals.com/ .

Resources II

Education Beyond Borders (2012). Education Beyond Borders. Retrieved from http://www.educationbeyondborders.org/ .

Resources III

Lucy Gray (2012). GlobalEdCon: Connecting Educators and Organizations Worldwide. Retrieved from http://www.globaleducationconference.com/events/gec-summit-planning-meeting-for-iste-2012 .

Resources IV

Professional organizations –NAFSA – Association of International Educators - http://www.nafsa.org/ Comparative and International Education Society - http://www.cies.us/ National Peace Corps Association - http://rpcv.org/

Resources V

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