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International Education Week &

OCB’s International Poster Fair!

ARR001: International Students’ Orientation

October - November 2014

Katherine Hala

+International Education Week

+International Education Week

John Kerry

Boston College

Law School

Lieutenant Gov.

of Mass.

Pres. Candidate

2004

US Secretary

of State

John Kerry’s Remarks“I can’t tell you how many world leaders I meet who tell

me how fondly they remember studying at an American

university – and the connection they’ve felt to the United

States ever since. International education creates lifelong

friendships between students and strengthens the bonds

between nations.”

+International Education Week

November 17-21, 2014

OCB International Poster Fair

Friday, November 21, 2014

+What is a Poster Fair?

+What is a Poster Fair?

+The Annual OCB Poster Fair

+Your Assignment

Listen to John Kerry’s speech again. Create a poster on a specific topic related to International Education, such as:

The top reason(s) you’re here in the U.S. – what did you have to do to get here? What do you hope to gain?

Major thing(s) you’ve learned about global leadership in your classes

How to make connections with other students at a U.S. college – how is that the same or different than making connections in your own country?

Something you’ve noticed about US culture or life in Boston that is different from your own culture or city

Something you’ve noticed about relationships (egstudent-faculty; friend-friend; diner-server)

+Five Components

1. Your Topic

4. Your Thesis2. Your

Stories or

Interviews

3. Your

Photos or

Illustrations

5. Supporting Items

+For Example …

1. Your Topic

2. Your

Stories or

Interviews

3. Your

Photos or

Illustrations

5. Supporting Items

4. Your

Thesis

+1. Your Topic

Think about something that surprised you about your

experience in the U.S.

Think about relationships. What is the same? What is

different?

Think about communication. What is easy about

communicating with people from other cultures? What is

difficult?

Think about your educational experience so far. What do you

like? What is hard?

+2. Your Stories or Interviews

Stories:

Write a little story of something from your country.

Write a little story about something that’s happened here.

E.g. If your topic is “teacher-student relationships,” tell a specific story about an interaction you had with a teacher in your own country. Then tell a story about an interaction you had with a teacher here to show similarities and differences.

Interviews:

Interview someone from your country.

Interview someone from the US.

E.g. If your topic is “being a leader,” interview some friends from back home about their ideas on leadership, then interview some new friends here for a global perspective.

+3. Your Photos or Illustrations

Photos

Find some photos from your own country.

Take some photos here in the U.S.

It’s best to use your own photos!

If you are using photos taken by someone else, be sure you have

permission to use the photo, and be sure to list the source.

Illustrations

If a photo isn’t best, maybe you could draw a graphic or cartoon!

+4. Your Thesis

What’s your conclusion?

Visitors to the OCB International Poster Fair will have an

opportunity to agree, disagree, ask questions, and engage in

discussion.

+Calendar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

31 INTROBrainstorm a Topic

with your Group

3 4 5 6 7 CREATIONBring your draft;

start putting the

poster together

This week, you should work with your group to come up

with a draft (list topic, supporting details, and thesis;

include sketch of poster)

10 11 12 13 14 (Suffolk Trip)

This week, you should work with your Activity Leader to

complete the poster.

17 18 19 20 21 POSTER FAIR,

12:30-3pm

+Grading

ARR001 – Pass/Fail

50% In-Class Participation and Assignments

(Transfer Labs and Friday Workshops)

25% Poster Fair

25% Completed Common Application and Dashboard

(Due in December)

Criteria for Poster Fair Grade

Bring draft on Nov 7

Meet with Activity Leader Nov 10-14

Set up complete poster by 12:30-1pm Nov 21

Quality and Content of Poster!

+Groups

Group Activity Leader #1

1 Klevis Jack Bao N

2 Ben Waylon Yu Wei

3 Terry Praneetha Dave

4 Sherry Nimisha Domino

5 Hang Yash Nick

6 Terence Abhiram Vivian

Layla

+Groups

Group Activity Leader #2

7 Shuting Latika Tom

8 Crystal Natali Hayley

9 Bao Li Yogesh Nhan

10 Simon Ivan William

11 Chen Amir Wesley

12 Charlotte Alan William

13 Ian Stas Shoan

+Groups

Group Activity Leader #3

14 Yama Milya Lee

15 Christine Leah Harry

16 Jiameng Catherine Sully

17 Jim Alaye Ahmed

18 Phone Derin Musa

19 Vivi Daniel Khan