Communication:
What do you expect to learn from this pod-casting project:
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Different people can convey the same message in
different ways
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Improve Teamwork! (WOO)
o Cooperation,
compromise, keeping an open mind
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People from other cultures may interpret your
message in an unexpected way
o In
a similar way, people from other cultures may interpret your behavior
differently according to their ethnocentricity.
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Ability to time manage
o This
is a HUUUUUGE project that spans a long period of time, so it is essential that
we keep in contact and set time aside autonomous from the classroom.
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How to communicate an original idea using
multimedia tools (more modern tools besides essays and powerpoints)
o How
to communicate that idea to different scopes of people
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Your teacher/academic mentor
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Students of your classroom
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People of your own nation
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People outside your nation
What does communication mean to you?
To me, communication is the ability to make an idea that
only exists in your own head understandable to an audience. That audience can
consist of anyone; however, who the audience is can determine the different
techniques taken to convey your message. In other words, your idea should be
universally translated, and how well you can translate that message will
determine how well it is understood.
Of course, the former describes only one side of communication.
Since it takes two to tango, and conversely at least two to communicate, there
is the listening side to communication. On this end, I believe that
communication means keeping an open mind to all ideas and avoiding being
judgmental. At this stage, the listener must give the speaker a chance to
communicate whatever he would like, and in the process, the listener should not
be defensive or offensive. Afterward, if there is any conflict, there should be
a discussion or synthesis of ideas. This ebb of ideas and language is what to
me makes up communication.
