The Fischbowl Presentations

Several folks have asked for one location where they can direct people to to find all the presentations that have been posted to The Fischbowl. Well, this is it. For each presentation, however, I would recommend visiting the associated blog post to get the context of the presentation, as well as read through the comments. My suggestion is to read the post first, then watch the presentation, then go back and read through the comments. (To view the comments, go to the blog post and then click on the words "12 comments" - or whatever number it is at - at the bottom of the post.)

Most of these presentations are available in multiple forms. If you'd like the PowerPoint version, you'll need to save both the PowerPoint and the MP3 music file into the same folder in order for the music to play. To download any version of the presentations, right-click (or, if you have a Mac with a one-button mouse, control-click) on the link and choose Save Target As . . . (or whatever similar choice your browser lists). Then browse to where you would like to save it and click Save.

For the "trilogy" of "What if", "Did You Know", and "2020 Vision," the order that I created them was "Did You Know" first, then "What If", then "2020 Vision." I suppose the more logical order to view them would be "What If" - which looks at the past, then "Did You Know" - which looks at the present and a little bit of the future, then "2020 Vision" - which looks "back" at the future from the year 2020. That also happens to be from shortest to longest. If you only have time for one, I think "Did You Know" is probably your best bet.

All of these presentations are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike license.

  1. What If Blog Post and Comments
    Presentation is about 6 minutes
    What If PowerPoint Version and MP3 Music File (save both to the same folder)
    What If Windows Media Player Version
    What If (Google Video Version)
    Or simply play the embedded Google Video below


     
  2. Did You Know Blog Post and Comments
    Presentation is about 8 minutes
    Did You Know PowerPoint Version and MP3 Music File (link to mp3 removed by request 3-20-07)
    Did You Know Windows Media Player Version
    Did You Know Text (Word, PDF)
    Follow-Up Post about Did You Know?/Shift Happens
    Scott McLeod's version (removes my school-specific slides), Scott's version that was uploaded to YouTube
    Did You Know? 2.0 (6-22-07) - new version
    Did You Know? 2.0 - Additional Quotes and Questions
    Did You Know? 4.0
    Shift Happens wiki, including downloadable versions
     
  3. 2020 Vision Blog Post and Comments
    Presentation is about 15 minutes
    2020 Vision Windows Media Player File (only plays on Windows Machines with Windows Media Player 10+ on them)
    2020 Vision Quicktime Version
    2020 Vision on Google Video
    2020 Vision on DesignShare post
    Or simply play the embedded Google Video below
     

    2020 Vision

  4. Thoughts From Students and Teachers
    This is a PowerPoint we created for a presentation we gave in Palm Beach School District, Florida. These are mostly quotes taken from a survey we did of students and teachers at the end of our first year of staff development. There are also a few quotes from student comments on The Fischbowl, and a few from teacher’s blogs. For those of you who saw it "live," there was also music that folks liked that went along with it. E-mail me if you'd like more info about the music.
     
  5. 180 Days? Blog Post and Comments
    Presentation is about 2 minutes
    180 Days PowerPoint
    Music is not posted, but is Wasted on the Way by Crosby, Stills and Nash (it begins on the fourth slide).

If you'd like to add to the conversation, please add your comments to the respective posts at The Fischbowl. You can also e-mail me. Thanks for visiting.