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Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
I rolled out of bed, got my midnight snack, and then shuffled to the library for an 8am call to Iran. The videoconference with the students from Tehran was obviously a unique and interesting opportunity. It was a little embarrassing that nobody remembered to consider the change in time over the weekend do to daylights [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
Although I was only at the discussion for about 20 minutes because I had class at 9, I did gain some interesting insight. First, I thought that it was interesting how many Iranian students in the class were majoring in “American studies.” I was really curious as to what that entailed. Politics? History? Pop culture? [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
Before any interview I always try to find out as much as I can about the interviewee so as to ask more intelligent, informed questions so I was a little nervous going into Tuesday’s teleconference. I know very little about Iran so I knew I wouldn’t be able to ask any informed questions. It [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
On Tuesday, November 4 our class met with students from Iran via video phone. Much to my surprise the students were engaged and eager to speak with us. November 4 happened to be Election Day so our conversation was on edge. I would say that the students were educated on the issues surrounding our election [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
The conference that we had with the students from Iran was both eye opening and slightly frustrating. I definitely enjoyed hearing how the students think of Americans and which things they are particularly interested in with respect to our government. I definitely noticed that they seemed a lot more educated about the American system and [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
All in all I thought it was a success. It was very interesting to get some of their view points on what is going on in our country. I found it even more interesting how much they seemed to know about the United States. It made it kind of awkward when no one in our [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
Our teleconference with the University of Tehran really opened my eyes to how the rest of the world is watching and knowing so much about everything we are doing, while we know so little about them. When one student was able to mention so many television programs such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
I enjoyed our discussion with Tehren University on Tuesday morning. I have only done a teleconference once before in high school and it was with another school in New York. It was interesting to see the atmosphere for a school overseas. There was not too much of a difference as far as structure goes from [...]
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
Participating in the teleconference with the University of Tehran was an interesting experience. First off, I have never been in a teleconference; so technologically speaking I found this to be quite different and interesting.
Posted in Teleconference on Nov 6th, 2008
On November 4, our class participated in a teleconference with students at Tehran University in Iran. It focused on the 2008 election (which had not been decided at the time) and foreign policy relations between the U.S. and Iran.
I thought it was an extremely valuable experience for the class because we got the chance to [...]