Thursday, May 1, 2008

The Second Skype Exchange

You have had your second Skype exchange.

Write about your April 30th Skype exchange. Feel free to post comments to this message expressing your feelings, thoughts, etc.

Tell us how it went and what you discussed with your partner.

Please sign your name so we know who you are.

Suzanne

Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Post a comment about this article about Italy:
The Agony and the Ecstasy in Newsweek 25/02/08. Retrieved 7/03/08

The Turkish Believer

Post a comment on this article about Turkey:
The True Turkish Believer in Newsweek 18/02/08. Retrieved 7/03/08

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

First Skype Exchange

You have had your first Skype exchange. And I would say it was very successful!

Write about your March 19th Skype exchange.
Feel free to post comments to this message expressing your feelings, thoughts, etc. Tell us how it went and what you learned about your partner, the other culture, and the other educational system.

Please sign your name so we know who you are.

Suzanne

Sunday, March 9, 2008

A Good Anchor

Your first article about Turkey is: A Good Anchor in Newsweek 21/02/08. http://www.newsweek.com/id/109545

Read the article, then write your thoughts, opinion, and feelings about it in comments (at the bottom). You can answer questions such as: Was the article interesting, boring, funny, shocking, true, etc. Did you learn anything new? Did you agree or disagree with what you read? Did you gain any new insights?

What other comments do you have? You can then PREVIEW your comment (at the bottom). If you need to make changes click on 'edit comment', make any changes necessary, and then PUBLISH YOUR COMMENT.

Please sign your comments, especially if there are 2 or more of you.

Have Fun!
Suzanne

Italy: The Viral Video

Your first article about Italy is:
Italy: The Viral Video in Newsweek 21/02/08 http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/ov/archive/2008/02/15/italy-the-viral-video.aspx

Read the article, then write your thoughts, opinion, and feelings about it in comments (at the bottom). You can answer questions such as: Was the article interesting, boring, funny, shocking, true, etc. Did you learn anything new? Did you agree or disagree with what you read? Did you gain any new insights?

What other comments do you have? You can then PREVIEW your comment (at the bottom). If you need to make changes click on 'edit comment', make any changes necessary, and then PUBLISH YOUR COMMENT.

Please sign your comments, especially if there are 2 or more of you.
Have Fun!

Suzanne

The Padova-Sabanci Forum

Let's use this blog as a Forum for the Padova-Sabanci Interculture exchange. Anyone can write a comment to a blog entry but you have to choose an identity first. Just click on comments, create an identity with your normal email account and password. Then write your comment. You can do this as a group. Be sure to sign your names because it will look like an anonymous comment and we want to know who you are!

For those of you who want to do more than post comments to already existing messages, you can post messages. But to post new messages, you have to join Blogger.com.
Send your email address to Suzanne and she will invite you to join the Padova-Sabanci Blog. Then you can post a message and other people can write comments to your new post.

To post a message, click on new post, write in a title and create your blog post. You can change the 'look' using the tool bar. Click on preview to see what your message looks like. When you are satisfied, publish your post.
Next time you sign in to the blog, remember to use your email address is your user name.