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Looking for students to do short videos for on-line intercultural education program
Up to Community BlogLooking for students to do short videos for on-line intercultural education program
Looking for students to do short videos for on-line intercultural education program
AFS-USA (http://www.usa.afs.org/usa_en/home) is creating an
intercultural training module for our outbound participants that would
include three, 3 minute videos that would illustrate different
communication styles (direct/indirect, circular/linear,
attached/detached).
Our audience:
Teenagers participating in an exchange program. Age 15-18 with average
at age 17.
Our goals:
We are teaching the students about how cultures differ in ways they
might not think about and trying to help them notice when there is a
cultural difference since this is likely to have a bearing on their
relationships with people from the new culture. Our research showed us
that most of the students applying to our programs start out with the
believe that deep down people are all the same and that it's more
important to look at what we have in common than to think about how we
might be different. We are introducing "5 Frameworks of Culture"
(Milton Bennett) to help them know where to look for cultural
differences. Communication Style is one of these frameworks.
Time frame:
Production would take place in the fall of 07.
What we envision:
We would start the topic with an interactive rating where the students
could compare their responses to others who are also going abroad with
AFS:
What do we want to achieve when we communicate with someone else?
Which do you think is most important?
Convey information
Show how we feel about our relationship
Create a good impression
Convey respect for the other person
Reach agreement
Maintain harmony
Make the other person feel happy
Maintain the other person's interest
Make sure the other person is comfortable and not embarrassed by the
conversation.
Following their choice and review of others' choices, they would have
some explanation like:
"All these things may be important but some are more important in one
culture than another. Depending on which is most important, we use a
different style. When you are living in another culture, you may find
that people use a style of communication unfamiliar to you and you may
miss some of what they are trying to communicate."
At this point we'd want 3 short videos, each illustrating two very
contrasting communication styles. The videos should involve teenagers
and family life, or teenagers and school life, or teenagers with
friends. Each video would be followed with some activities on the web
site for the student to understand what he or she has just seen.
Budget Shoestring... A stipend is negotiable and would at least cover
production costs. We are a nonprofit and therefore looking for
creative ways to get this job done within a very tight budget.
For more information, please contact:
[email protected]