1 - Because of my inexperience in this field, I learned to use a blog for the first time, how it is born and grows.
2 - I have seen the importance of the tags if you want your blog more easily identifiable on the web.
3 - On the other hand, I've realized the value given by the links within each post. With them you can sum up things that would cost you more space to explain and directly links the reader to a page that will explain in detail what you do not have time or space to specify.
4 - Links to other pages that we put next to the post are effective because when you link, the others see that you have linked and then they know you easier.
5 - I've noticed that a good title is important in this world of blogs and web. A striking headline draws the reader's attention and web sites like Google that can put us in a good situation. and also make tags.
6 - In the wake of this last practice I learned what a podcast and videoblog that while it is true that the names sounded me, I never figure out what they really were.
7 - I have noticed that a blog is a great tool of expression. At other times, there were not this possibility and could only express their ideas big companies and institutions. Today, thanks to the Internet and blogs, thousands of people around the world can express ideas that would otherwise never have been able. This makes each person, however small, has a voice in many cases,important. This is the great importance that provides a blog.
8 - I found that people, being saturated with so much information, quickly find a good title and few lyrics, especially videos and pictures that can summarize what you think write with words. For this I discovered that the image and video are very important and, realizing this, I had to learn to upload them to the blog. Really helpful.
9 - On the other hand, a blog with a few unreliable sources becomes a blog that has no credibility, and this for someone who is dedicated to communication is fateful. I found this following to look for credible sources and put them under each post, because you should not put things that others have said without mentioning. Is mutual respect between sources.
10 - In conclusion, it should be clear that it is very important to link to other blogs that are commensurate with our theme. Among all contribute to the better education of the reader who looks this information from us.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Analysis of Podcasts and Videoblogs
Researching podcasts about international students on the web I have found: First of all universia has different podcasts in relation to international issues, there I founded: "Podcast: Australia y Nueva Zelanda abren sus puertas a estudiantes chilenos". In this podcast are given clues as Chilean students can exchange with countries like Australia and New Zealand. There is talk that they had previously given advice on how to do these studies in the USA. Then remember that thanks to the performance of the Chilean government has made agreements with these two countries can realize their studies. It is a podcast aimed at the Chilean people and tells them the possibility to go abroad to continue their studies. It is an informative podcast.
Secondly, I investigated a podcast from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, "KU Leuven podcast for new international students." It includes different podcasts aimed at new college students. Offer more information about this, information about the city and what to do when you get there: where you stay, what to do when you get to the airport and this kind of useful things when you get to a foreign city.Referring to have found an interesting video blog video gallery Macquarie University in Sydney, in this page we can see a video in particular is a videoblog. This is a guy named James Craig who introduces us to the university, giving it the characteristics of both night and day, their culture, ceremonies, etc. and he tells us a little bit how is his life there.
The second video blog that I found was of the University of Navarra. This video blog was not of one particular person, but it was a video in which different students from different countries, why they had decided to come to this university. They also talk about their experiences here and how is the campus and life at this university.
My personal contribution for the groupal blog: Mónica Escobar
Here are the posts linked that I've been doing these past weeks for the groupal blog:
1.Introducing yourself and your theme: Diary of a new experience..
2. Sources: Related blogs
3. Using hypertext: About Costa Rica
4. Podcasts and Videoblogs: Podcasts and videoblogs
5. Interview: Interview to an international student: Paula
6.10 things I've learned: 10 things I've learned doing my blog
1.Introducing yourself and your theme: Diary of a new experience..
2. Sources: Related blogs
3. Using hypertext: About Costa Rica
4. Podcasts and Videoblogs: Podcasts and videoblogs
5. Interview: Interview to an international student: Paula
6.10 things I've learned: 10 things I've learned doing my blog
10 things I've learned doing my blog
I'm going to make a list about the most important things that I've learned doing the groupal blog. These were among many other things the following:
1. I've learned how to create a blog as well as personalize it and at the same time working with other people creating new ideas and developing our creativity.
2. I've also learned how to search correctly on the internet, how to link my posts,and how to upload photos videos, texts and other multimedia resources.
3. I've found doing the blog lots of new useful pages on the internet that can help to do the work of the blog.
4. How to write correctly in a blog as well as the main skills to do a blog because I had to be aware that everything can´t be posted in a blog as it is a public source of information.
5. I've also learned to tag posts, do blogrolls and link other interesting blogs related to ours.
6. Whst is hypertext, and other many blogger words and vocabulary.
7. The parts a blog is structured in and the different kind of blogs that exist nowadays on the net.
8. I've learned that a blog must be renewed frequently so as to follow the rythm internet goes.
9. How to select information among lots of webpages as well as doing research in the street and asking people to gather material for the blog.
10. What is interactivity and how to use it in order to make our blog interactive as it is involved in a huge community of users that are connected constantly between each other.
1. I've learned how to create a blog as well as personalize it and at the same time working with other people creating new ideas and developing our creativity.
2. I've also learned how to search correctly on the internet, how to link my posts,and how to upload photos videos, texts and other multimedia resources.
3. I've found doing the blog lots of new useful pages on the internet that can help to do the work of the blog.
4. How to write correctly in a blog as well as the main skills to do a blog because I had to be aware that everything can´t be posted in a blog as it is a public source of information.
5. I've also learned to tag posts, do blogrolls and link other interesting blogs related to ours.
6. Whst is hypertext, and other many blogger words and vocabulary.
7. The parts a blog is structured in and the different kind of blogs that exist nowadays on the net.
8. I've learned that a blog must be renewed frequently so as to follow the rythm internet goes.
9. How to select information among lots of webpages as well as doing research in the street and asking people to gather material for the blog.
10. What is interactivity and how to use it in order to make our blog interactive as it is involved in a huge community of users that are connected constantly between each other.
Compilation of my post:
Here you can see all my work in this blog during the practice classes:
1. Introducing yourself and your theme: My first post.
2. Sources: International students.
3. Using hypertext: Natalia Salas - Costa Rica.
4. Podcasts and Videoblogs: Analysis of podcasts and videoblogs.
5. Interview: Francisco Hinojosa.
Francisco Hinojosa.
Francisco Hinojosa is a Mexican student in Pamplona. He is 20 years old and he was studying international relations at Mexico's DF top university ITAM.
We were talking the other day about his experience and why he decided to study in UNAV. He knew this university by former UNAV teacher Jose Carreño.
He told me that in march he had decided to study journalism and leave his career. He had some countries in mind as a possibility to study like England, Australia and Spain specifically Navarra.
He had been in Spain a lot of times in different cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Cadiz, Sevilla...
In his University he was the sports editor, so when he decided to leave his studies he choose telling his parentes writting a columm in the university magazine.
His parents were surprised, so he started to take care of the things he needed to go to Navarra to study journalism. He looked on the review of university entrance. He prepared selectividad with the help of his best friend aunt, who specializes on preparing admission exams.
Actually in Pamplona he lives in "Belagua" Torre II, he actually did his Belagua interview through Skype.
Before coming he said goodbye to his family and his friends, it was very emotional because until Christmas he will not see them.
When he arrived to Pamplona the 26 of August he didn't know anyone so he visited the campus and he went to see his new house, but everything was closed.
Paco wants to engage in corporate communication when he finishes the degree. He also wants to do a master's degree in corporate communication and politics in Pamplona or London. He would like to be the press director of the NFL (National Football Leage)
He loves Miami Dolphins.
He is a very sportsman he sais " Give a ball and I'm happy".
The Pumas, team of Mexico City, invited him to join them, but he couldn't because he had to leave school and he had problems with one knee, so he decided leave soccer for a while.
We were talking the other day about his experience and why he decided to study in UNAV. He knew this university by former UNAV teacher Jose Carreño.
He told me that in march he had decided to study journalism and leave his career. He had some countries in mind as a possibility to study like England, Australia and Spain specifically Navarra.
He had been in Spain a lot of times in different cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Cadiz, Sevilla...
In his University he was the sports editor, so when he decided to leave his studies he choose telling his parentes writting a columm in the university magazine.
His parents were surprised, so he started to take care of the things he needed to go to Navarra to study journalism. He looked on the review of university entrance. He prepared selectividad with the help of his best friend aunt, who specializes on preparing admission exams.
Actually in Pamplona he lives in "Belagua" Torre II, he actually did his Belagua interview through Skype.
Before coming he said goodbye to his family and his friends, it was very emotional because until Christmas he will not see them.
When he arrived to Pamplona the 26 of August he didn't know anyone so he visited the campus and he went to see his new house, but everything was closed.
Paco wants to engage in corporate communication when he finishes the degree. He also wants to do a master's degree in corporate communication and politics in Pamplona or London. He would like to be the press director of the NFL (National Football Leage)
He loves Miami Dolphins.
He is a very sportsman he sais " Give a ball and I'm happy".
The Pumas, team of Mexico City, invited him to join them, but he couldn't because he had to leave school and he had problems with one knee, so he decided leave soccer for a while.
Compilation of my posts
Here is my work in this blog during these few weeks...
1.Introducing yourself and your theme: About Estefanía...
2. Sources: Blogs about international students
1.Introducing yourself and your theme: About Estefanía...
2. Sources: Blogs about international students
4. Podcasts and Videoblogs: Related podcasts and videoblogs
6.10 things I've learned: 10 things I've learned while doing this blog
10 things I've learned while doing this blog
First of all, I must say that I'd thought many times of doing a blog but this was a good opportunity to do it.
The 10 things I've learned while doing this blog are:
1.- How to difference a blog from other kind of sites on the internet.
2.- What is the right way to write a blog.
3.- How to sctructure a blog.
4.- What are the different kinds of blogs (for example: videoblogs, photologs, metablogs, etc)
5.- How to upload pictures and videos to the posts.
6.- What is hypertext.
7.- How to add links to your blog.
8.- That we have to be very careful with what you publish. We should know that this can be read by everyone who has access to the internet.
9.- How to add tags to our posts.
10.- A blog is like a "conversation" so we have to try to publish regularly and keep our blogs up to date.
This was not my first contact with blogs as I regularly read some fashion blogs but this was my first experience doing myself a blog. I think this has changed my way to see blog publishers, everyone can post but if you don't write in a proper way, you don't publish regularly, etc... your blog won't be successful. Anyway, as José Luis Orihuela writes in his book "La revolución de los blogs" the main reasons to write a blog are: a way to express yourself with freedom, to share knowledge, as a personal diary, a mean of entertainment or to meet people. So, it is nonsense to write a blog about something you are not interesting in. And the last and most important thing I've learned: blogs are really addictive!
The 10 things I've learned while doing this blog are:
1.- How to difference a blog from other kind of sites on the internet.
2.- What is the right way to write a blog.
3.- How to sctructure a blog.
4.- What are the different kinds of blogs (for example: videoblogs, photologs, metablogs, etc)
5.- How to upload pictures and videos to the posts.
6.- What is hypertext.
7.- How to add links to your blog.
8.- That we have to be very careful with what you publish. We should know that this can be read by everyone who has access to the internet.
9.- How to add tags to our posts.
10.- A blog is like a "conversation" so we have to try to publish regularly and keep our blogs up to date.
This was not my first contact with blogs as I regularly read some fashion blogs but this was my first experience doing myself a blog. I think this has changed my way to see blog publishers, everyone can post but if you don't write in a proper way, you don't publish regularly, etc... your blog won't be successful. Anyway, as José Luis Orihuela writes in his book "La revolución de los blogs" the main reasons to write a blog are: a way to express yourself with freedom, to share knowledge, as a personal diary, a mean of entertainment or to meet people. So, it is nonsense to write a blog about something you are not interesting in. And the last and most important thing I've learned: blogs are really addictive!
Monday 1 November 2010
Interview to an international student : Paula
Since this blog is active, we have been talking mainly about the foreign students that come to our university to develope their degrees, but it is also important to keep in mind that not only these kind of students are international but also the students of our university that go abroad to many different places to get a new experience and to study. This is the case of Paula a student from the University of Navarra, she is from Vigo, Spain,she is studying a degree in business management ande program er third year. Nowadays she takes part of an exchange program so she is now in Oslo (Norway) for 5 months.
1. Why did you decide to study abroad as a part of your university degree??
My degree already implies studying abroad for two semesters but I've always wanted to do it anyway. I think it is a really good experience for everyone because it is a way of proving to yourself how well you can adapt to an environment different than your own.
2. Why did you choose oslo??
I do not have a special reason for why I chose Oslo. I guess that I was curious about Norwegian culture and what the country had to offer. I was impressed by the amount of natural scenarios that can be visited and the challenges that a country like Norway presented. I was also concerned about how it would affect my studies.
3. What were your feelings when you finally arrived to Oslo?
I'm really enjoying my semester here but I have to admit that it was a little hard at first. i came a couple of months ago to a country I did not know anything about and with nobody there for me so I just had to find the way to do everything by myself. In the beginning, the cultural shock was huge but now, I think I can understand better how local people think and react to specific situations which is still a lot different than the way Spanish people do it.
4. What was the thing that surprised you the most about the country?
Maybe one of the things that surprised me the most is the freedom teachers give students inside and outside the classroom. In Norway, it is normal for a student to stand up to his professor's arguments and try to discuss them if he thinks they are not correct. It also "shocked" me a little bit how students are able to eat inside the classroom while the professor is speaking or leave while in the middle of a lecture; that attitude in Spain would be consider rude. Here, students are in charge of their own education; it is their own responsibility to attend the lectures and do their homework. I think this "freedom" makes them more competent and competitive.
5. Which places do you recommend to visit there??
I have to say that the whole country is worth the visit because each one of the different areas has something special and it is surrounded by a beautiful environment. In spite of this, in my opinion, the places I encourage people to visit would be: Oslo, as the biggest city is Norway; Stavanger; Bergen and Tromsø, situated in the north of the country where if you are lucky enough might have the chance to see the overwhelming Northern Lights.
6. What do you think about exchange programs?
I think it is a good thing to encourage people to discover another countries and cultures and, at the same time, give them the opportunity to discover themselves as individuals and as students. Nowadays, the world is becoming more and more interconnected and developing the ability of relating to other people is important if you want to succeed.
7.What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an international student or the most difficult thing you have had to face up to?
The advantages are both: academic, in the sense that you adapt yourself to a new system and you also have the opportunity to see things from a different perspective; and personal, you become more and more independent and you develop a greater sense of responsibility. On the other hand, there are also disadvantages like the fact that it takes time for you adapt to your life abroad and if you are there for a semester, just like I am, when you are getting used to it it is almost time to go home. The language can also be a disadvantage.
8. Tell us about your balance of the exchange. would you recommend people this kind of programs??
My balance so far is great; I am having a really good time here. These past few months seemed to me like weeks instead: I've been traveling, meeting new people, experiencing Norwegian life, studying and I've even been working as an assistant to the professor in Spanish classes. I do not think my experience could have been better. Personally, I would recommend everyone to get involved in any kind of exchange program. It not only helps you academically, but it gives you the opportunity to explore and experience new ways of thinking and doing and to visit the most wonderful places, those you never thought they existed.
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