Week 15--EPals Global Collaboration Project Presentations

EPals—Global Collaboration Project

Thank you for participating in a pilot program with Epals this semester.  I know some of you had great success with your participants abroad while others have not but it’s alright.  Your group representing the country will do group presentation on the 15^th week.  I would imagine it would only take one class time rather than a whole week as scheduled.

For your presentation, please reflect and share with the class what you have learned about the culture of your student. What especially were striking to you?  Whether you have linked with someone or not, I would like your presentations to include the answers to the following questions:

·         Culture and knowledge you’ve learned

·         Did you experience any culture shock? If so, what were they?

·         How did you feel about the experience of sharing cultures?

·         What did you learn from this EPal experience?

·         What did you learn from the writing styles of the e-mails? Was it too casual or too formal? What did you like or dislike about the writing style of your student?

·         What kinds of things could you infer from their writings that weren’t directly written in words?  For example, could you sense their self-esteem or their outlook on life from their e-mails? What else could you tell?

·         Where there anything that was predictable or shocking to you?

Please have your presentation organized and ready so that you’re not fumbling in front of the class on the day of presentation.  Your group can either have a PowerPoint presentation ready, video, or some other visual aid to help you with your presentation.   Remember to make eye contact when speaking to the group! Also, do not read from a piece of paper because that’ll surely put the audience to sleep!

Your EPals homework grade will look to see how much effort you have put into the project, how you problem solved, and other methods to resolve the problems some of you had.  For those of you who have made the contact, I will look to see how you interacted to get the information that you did.  Lastly, remember to add proof or evidence of contacts made, either printed or in other visual forms.  Remember, this is worth 15% of your total grade so please plan ahead for your presentation.