Upskilling students
How to prepare a workshop?
Overview what to include in a successful workshop:
What is the desired outcome of the workshop?
Key ingredients of a workshop
What is the desired outcome of the workshop?
Key ingredients of a workshop
- Start by engaging the audience
- Set the tone of the day - why is this message important to you
- Include some humor
- Icebreaker activity
- Introduce a concept that will deliver on your promise
- Create credibility
- Drive your message home with a story
- Follow up with an interactive activity
- Wrap it up with a debriefing session
- Get everyone to commit to one action step
Application for presenting DP/CP core components - workshop
Content
Slides:
- Use images, photos and diagrams
- Display key words (no paragraphs)
- Short videos (1-3 min)
5min of fun
How to prepare a talk/speech?
Tip and hints for a speech/talk:
- Limit your talk to just one main idea
- Give your audience a reason a care
- Build your idea with familiar concepts
- Make your idea worth sharing
Application for presenting DP/CP core components - talk/speech
Content:
Slides:
- Use images, photos and diagrams
- Display key words (no paragraphs)
- Micro videos (10-30sec)
Humor in talks and workshops
Case study on professional comedian: Michael McIntyre
Comedian apply the following techniques in their shows:
Task:
Identify these techniques in Michael McIntyre's comedy shows
- Story telling
- Use their observation out of their lives and see funny side of it
- Connecting with audience over a shared topic/ experience
Task:
Identify these techniques in Michael McIntyre's comedy shows
Air travel |
Sports |
Mobile phones |
Link to UN Sustainable Development Goals
Task:
- Think about which of the 17 SDGs would link best to your EE/RP or CAS/SL topic/project
- Research more about those SDGs that you think would link best. Use the link to the United Nations web page below
- Make a final decision of which SDG fits best
- Add your thoughts in your presentation of how your topic/project links to your chosen SDG