Pecha Kucha session at IATEFL

The first ever IATEFL Pecha Kucha session in Exeter live online.

If you‘re wandering what Pecha Kucha means, I‘ve only recently learned that it is a special kind of presentation. The word derives from Japanese and means something like „chit chat“. It‘s about keeping Powerpoint presentations snappy. The rules are:

1. Only 20 slides allowed
2. Slides change every 20 seconds and the presenter has no control over that.

The presenters were all very well-known names in the TEFL (Teaching English as a Second Language) community (Susan Barduhn, Margit Szesztay, Gavin Dudeney, Jenny Johnson, Scott Thornbury, Rose Senior, Adrian Tennant and Jeremy Harmer)  Lindsay Clansfield was the host.

I tremendously enjoyed this session, which was funny and informative at the same time. It was also interesting to see these well-known personalities in a different light after having read many of their books and articles for so long.

I watched the Pecha Kucha together with friend-colleague in Mexico (thanks to internet technology!). Being able to watch it with someone and commenting on it life in voice felt much more like being really present.