Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Pecha Kucha Resources

As you start to wrap your head around the Pecha Kucha presentation, here are some tips and suggestions to get you started...

First Watch this PK for the overview:




But don't get overwhelmed by his uber-professional presentation.  Think of this as a master class in PK Presentation Style.  What does he say that you can use as advice while you work on your own PK?  What do you notice that makes his presentation successful?

Then watch this PK from an undergraduate student in FNED 346 (2015).
What do you notice that makes her presentation successful? How might you do some things differently t make your own presentation more successful?

OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES:
What is Pecha Kucha?
Why Use Pecha Kucha?
5 Tips for doing Pecha Kucha
Creating PK in Google Slides

Tuesday, October 23, 2018


Resources and Ways to Support the Transgender Community


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How to support transgender people in your life:  The National Center for Transgender Equality

Read more about recent policy proposals that would impact the Trans community in this informative Bustle article.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Safer Spaces?

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Just a few weeks ago, there was an active shooter drill in a school.  Educators told a student who is transgender to sit alone and vulnerable in an open hallway, and they directed the other students to shelter in single sex locker rooms. Educators said they told the student to sit out in the hallway because they didn't know what else to do, and they weren't told by administrators what to do.  What do you think about this response?  What would you have done?

LISTEN to parents who want you to met their child.  What would they want you as an educator to do to in this situation?




 Hear Ryland's story:


 

Click here to hear stories from 11 transgender Americans.



Not throwing away their shot....

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