Win fabulous prizes!

Make a video about studying abroad

Have a look here: http://www.gribverden.dk/videoer/

This is one of the videos uploaded for the competition - can you do better?

And this is Clement Kjersgaard and Stine Goya thinking back on their experiences with studying abroad.

Good luck!

Rules for participation are simple:

 Lav den bedste video om at studere i udlandet og vind fede præmier
På gribverden.dk gør vi et stort nummer ud af at lade de studerende (læs: dig) komme til fadet. Derfor har vi udskrevet en konkurrence om at lave den bedste video om at være på studie- og praktikophold i udlandet. Vinderne kan se frem til en stribe fede præmier som rejselegater, iPhones og andre spændende overraskelser.

Hvem kan deltage?

Alle. Det er ikke et krav, at du har været på et studie- eller praktikophold. Det afgørende er, at du er i stand til at omsætte dine drømme, forventninger eller oplevelser til en fængende video.

Hvad skal videoer indeholde?

Videoerne skal give dine medstuderende en fornemmelse af, hvordan det er/vil være at bo i et andet uddannelsesland og må vare mellem 30 sekunder og 5 minutter. Vi tager imod videoer som kredser omkring det faglige med kyshånd, men dine indslag behøver ikke nødvendigvis at foregå på universitet eller i en undervisningssammenhæng. De kan også været optaget hjemme i din lejlighed/værelse, i lufthavnen, på stambaren, i supermarkedet eller noget helt femte.

Tekniske krav?

Vi fokuserer på historien, ikke på teknikken, så tilmeld dig konkurrencen, hvad enten du er til håndholdte eller mere producerede videoer.

Hvordan får jeg min video med i konkurrencen?

Du kan deltage i konkurrencen på følgende enkelte måde: Upload dit bidrag på YouTube, og send linket til gribverden@gmail.com.

Blogging, blogging...

What a lot of interesting blog posts you have written!

Some of you are experiencing a lot of challenges just getting courses and placements to work. Not everybody is well organised - but this is part of the experience, I think.

Some of you experience excellent and extremely relevant courses. I would love to hear what we can learn - you may have links, ideas, materials and publicized notes than can be used for the international programme in the future. I hope to hear more when you return.

Some questions for reflection that I was left with from my readings are:

- What is the balance between good teaching and surviving as a teacher?
- What can you, as a teacher, learn from unsuccesful lessons and completely disinterested learners?
- Can you learn to speak English if all the course work is written or in the L1?
- What do you do if you find yourself in unstructured - or perhaps even chaotic -  surroundings? As a student and as a teacher?
- Is inclusion always the best option?
- Should we establish Friendship Networks for people from different countries to meet each other and meet the Danes?
- What can we learn about teacher education from other European countries?

Have you noticed Egon's interesting input at skolekom, hele Blaagaard-KDAS? It also includes his son's experience of being a pupil in an American school.

I'll read again next week - on 2 March - if not sooner.

Have fun.
Lilian

Blog dates

I assume that you have all had time to settle into your studies abroad by now, so this is the time when I start more regular reading and commenting on your blogs.

In order for you to take advantage of feedback, you need to know my blogging dates so that you can update your blog before my day for reading and commenting. The dates are:

2 March
9 March
23 March
30 March
6 April
13 April
27 April

Over and above these dates I have individual agreements on feedback with some of you and you are all welcome to contact me directly at lr@ucc or skolekom (mail or conference) or +454189 7581.