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.

Interview: Dino Dacanay, from Philippines

This weekend I'v interviewed  Dino Dacanay, from Philippines who is studying first year of advertising at UNAV. His full name is Alan Adrian A. Dacanay Jr and he is 20, but everyone calls him Dino. I thought it would be interesting to know the experiences of a student that came from so far away and know his first impression of studying abroad.


1.Why did you chose to come to UNAV?

-Ever since high school, I have always dreamed of studying abroad. When I found out that UNAV offered one of the best courses in communications, I had no hesitations in studying here. So next year, I will be transferring from my university in the Philippines to UNAV.

2.And how did you find out unav?

-I studied in an Opus Dei private school in the Philippines. My school entertained a representative from UNAV and they talked about UNAV to us.

3.What are your first impressions in these 2 months at unav?

-My first impressions would be that I was amazed with the diversity of people who study here and the fact that it is similar in some ways to my university in the Philippines.

4.Have you had any shock with the difference between philippines and pamplona? Is there anything you don't like?

 

-There was not much shock because I took my first 2 years of college in the Philippines so transition from High School to College was not that bad. At the same time culture wise, there was not much shock since I have been to UNAV more than 8 times in the past 3 years to visit my brother. So I am accustomed to the way of life here already.

5.What do you like the most about university? And about Pamplona?

-It's bigger compared to my university in the Philippines and there are a lot of people who come from different social and cultural backgrounds. what I love about pamplona is how everything is in walking distance.


6.What do you miss the most? (if you miss anything)

- I miss home cooked food by my mom. She makes the meanest Adobo (shredded fried pork). No one can ever make them as good as my mom makes them. I also miss my family as well as all my friends back home.


7.Would you recommend this experience to other students?

-Definitely. It's a chance for everyone to meet people from different countries as well as a chance for them to become more open minded about different things such as religion, cultural differences, etc.

Natalia: present photographer, future publicist

In this week's post we are going to talk about Natalia Salas Aragón, from Costa Rica, who is studying advertising at the UNAV. I'm going to write about her career as a photographer, which I think is a very interesting aspect of her life.


Natalia studied photography in Costa Rica at the Universidad Creativa de Costa Rica (here you have an UCreativa ad), from 2008 and she finished in 2010 (just before coming to Navarra). The main reason why she studied photography is that it is very related to advertising. She dreamed for 6 years (since she knew about the University) of coming to the UNAV to study advertising.

Image rights: Natalia Salas Aragón
This is a picture taken by Natalia for her subject at university: advertising photography

However, despite de fact that she wanted to study advertising in Navarra, she enjoyed her studies in photography. What she liked the most about photography was her subject "advertising photography" because she did things related to the world of advertising. Natalia worked for the shop Dayaday in Costa Rica. This work appeared because Natalia had a subject at university called "product photography" in which she had to take three photos to create and ad for a brand. The fact is that she chose a handbag from Dayaday. She designed the ad and selected two girls to act as models for her. When she had the final photos, she thought that they weren't perfect, the models didn't represent the idea of what Natalia wanted to show in the photos. So, Natalia took herself a picture with the handbag. Her teacher thought it was perfect and told Natalia that she should take the picture to Dayaday. The brand loved the photo and they bought it. The photo spread all over the country. Since that moment a lot of work opportunities came out, for example, the opportunity to work with Ana Gutiérrez's jewellery. Ana Gutiérrez is a famous jewellery designer from Costa Rica who designed the jewels which were given in the Oscar Awards.

Image rights: Natalia Salas Aragón
This is one of the photos rejected for the Dayaday campaign

Image rights: Natalia Salas Aragón
This is the photo Natalia sold to Dayaday

Image rights: Natalia Salas Aragón
Jewels from Ana Gutiérrez

Natalia also worked as a model for her photography partners at university. These photos were published in her university's web.

Image rights: Natalia Salas Aragón.
This is one of the photos Natalia's partners took her

Image rights: Natalia Salas Aragón

After 6 years, Natalia is fulfilling her dream. She is here, in Navarra, studying what she always wanted to study . But, of course, her photography studies will be very useful for her. After all, as we can see, she has never wasted her time.

Blogs about international students

This week I have done a research on the web about blogs with the same thematic as ours.
First of all, I've found a blog written by an ex-student of the Universidad de Navarra: Alejandro Egea Alfaro, from Costa Rica. I had an interview via facebook with the blog's author (Alejandro). His firt idea was to create a blog where he could write about his experiences in the international exchanges he has done. He started his blog when he travelled to Hong Kong because he knew it would be a very different experience. He uploaded photos and videos where we can see his new discoveries. While he was in China he took pictures about things that where very different from the occidental world, we can see the contrasts. There are also pictures of the time that he spent in Atlanta.
Un tico en el mundo: crónicas de mi vida universitaria

Here ir a picture of the author of the blog and president Jimmy Carter in Atlanta




I've also found a blog about a student who has recently travelled to Wales and he is writting about his experiences in this country. His name is Diego Peña. By the way he has writen about his residence in Wales and about his daily life there.
Diego de Gales



This is a blog about students from all around the world who study in RWU (Roger Williams University)university in the USA. Different students give their opinion about different aspect in life away from their hometown. They also give the reasons why they have chosen RW University.
The RWU: international student blog



This blog gives information about the university. Students give in it their opinion about different aspects as accommodation, grants,etc... There are also sections where you can read students experiences, the steps to follow to study in a different country or information about festival and other leisure activities.
Estudiantes extranjeros en la Argentina

About Estefanía...

My name is Estefanía Guerra Mirón and I was born 18 years ago in Santiago de Compostela. My hometown is quite famous because of its cathedral, this year was Santiago was visited by millions of people from all around the world as it was "año Santo" (holy year).
Right now I'm in Pamplona, in the Universidad de Navarra studying first year of Publicity and Public Relations. I really like music as I studied 10 years at the Professional Music School of my hometown and I love fashion. You may ask yourself why I am not writing about either of these topics. The answer is quite simple. The fact of moving from my town to Pamplona has made me met new people and new cultures and of course new ways to interpret my hobbies. And also, writing about life in campus will remind me of my hometown as it has a wellknown university (USC). In this blog I'll write about university students, international students as well as other people in the campus.
I hope you find this blog interesting.