Shift Happens/Did You Know?
Over the last few months, a PowerPoint presentation has been doing the rounds, which has a strong message for educational audiences. It works as an opener for conferences or events where the future of education and learning is under discussion, or where you want to provoke a discussion about learning.
- Karl Fisch, of Arapahoe High School in the US, conceived and created the first version of this presentation for a staff development day. And published it on the web via his website. He released it and gave permission for others to modify it under a Creative Commons licence.
- Scott McLeod modified it, to make it more relevant to an audience in a wider context. And published it on the web with a Creative Commons licence
- After conversations with Karl & Scott, I modified Scott's version to include UK-relevant content (it was quite US-centric)
- And then Jeff Brenman, of Apollo Ideas, applied the creative design to Scott's version. And published it on the web via SlideShare where, incidentally, it won the competition for the "World's Best Slideshow"
- And finally, with Jeff's permission, I modified his with the UK context. And published it on the web
There are two versions available here:
- For an easy to use version, then download the movie which includes the soundtrack - then you can embed it into your PowerPoint presentations or play it directly in Windows Media Player etc
- Alternatively, you can download the PowerPoint presentation, which can be modified as you wish.
Right Click and "Save Target As..." to download either file
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PowerPoint File:
Shift Happens UK version (25MB)
The PowerPoint version is best shown with a sound track (lasting 6 mins, 3 seconds). If you'd like to know where I got my audio track that we used on the day, please drop me an email (ray.fleming@microsoft.com)
If you modify this version, and following the norm of the Creative Commons Licence, we’d all ask that you share it on the web too, so that others can benefit.
Update: Since the original version created by Karl Fisch, it is likely that over 2,000,000 people have seen variations of his presentation, including this one. Karl has posted a very detailed reflection on the content on his blog, which analyses the sources and his original intentions for publishing. Some of the sections/slides he refers to aren't in this UK version, but there is very interesting comment from him worth reading if you are interested in looking into the presentation more deeply.
