Ignite-ing It!
I shared recently how I came to give my first Ignite talk at ISTE this past summer. It was such a valuable process to go through - to reflect on what is really important to say (or not to say), prioritize order of importance, organize information, strategically select images to best 'show' not tell my story, not to mention work on presentation skills. Since research, speaking and listening skills are such a huge part of what I do in this class, I thought to myself, what better way to target all of these through having my students plan, practice, and give an Ignite talk? 20 slides, 15 seconds each for each of them to tell their story. I struggled with how to pitch it to my students and kept thinking - how will I get buy-in? how can I model this for them and help them see the value in it? I got the aha moment I was seeking last week. I decided to start off by giving my students the same Ignite talk I gave at ISTE this summer and shared all the challenges and fears ...