The interactive examples are in English. The original Chicodori banner and sample slides are in Japanese.
Presentation Skill Map
Make your message clear
5 presentation skills
Choose a skill below.
Try changing the examples!
Skill 1 / 5
Who is your message for?
First, choose a topic.
An idea for your introduction
What makes this prefecture special
Audience: your classmates
Message: what you discovered about this prefecture
Skill: choose one main message.
Skill 2 / 5
Try a different headline
You can describe the same activity in different ways.
In craft club, we work together to make things from paper and empty boxes.
Slide headline
Create with paper and boxes!
A short headline tells people what the club does.
Skill: what do you want your readers to know?
Skill 3 / 5
Which picture would you choose?
Which picture would help you introduce Chicodori?
This introduces Chicodori’s name and style. The original slide is in Japanese.
Skill: think about what a picture says, as well as how it looks.
Skill 4 / 5
Try a different text layout
Switch between the two notice layouts and compare them.
An example notice (fictional)
Can you quickly find when and where it happens?
Skill: use a larger heading and leave space between pieces of information.
Skill 5 / 5
What would you show first?
Try changing the order of a craft club introduction.
- Finished workLook what you can make!
- What we doHow do we make it?
- An invitationWould you like to join us?
Showing the finished work first may make people wonder how it was made.
Skill: start by thinking about what you most want to show.
See Chicodori’s example slides ▸We tried it at Chicodori too!
These are our original Japanese introduction slides, made in Canva.
Look at the headlines, pictures and order we chose.
Whether you are introducing a prefecture, a school committee or a club,“Who is it for, and what is your message?”decide on your audience and message, then try these skills in your own slides.
Links to help you create and research
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Make slides with Canva
Combine words and pictures to make your own introduction slides.
NHK for School: Shimatta! (Japanese)
Explore tips for researching, organising and presenting. This link explains how to use the Japanese programme.
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Want to make your message clearer?
Words, visuals, data and presentation techniques.
We plan to explore more of these skills on d’ASH.
Behind the scenes
We began with five introduction slides in Canva. We now also work with AI to make games and interactive pages.
We would also like to make a video introducing Chicodori through an adventure map. This is an idea for a future project.