STANFORD-AUC CROSS-CULTURAL WORKSHOP May 15, 2008
Schedule for Video Conference
Workshop Webpage: http://ccr.stanford.edu/workshops/051508.html
I. Welcome and introductory remarks
Time: 9:10am–9:15am (USA) / 7:10– 7:15pm (EGYPT) 5 minutes
You will be connected to Room A. Link to this room by putting the following address into your marratech address bar: http://switchboard.stanford.edu
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Christine Alfano (Stanford)
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Sanaa Makhlouf (American University in Cairo)
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Wafaa Wali (American University in Cairo)
II. Small group introductions
Time: 9.15am–9:25am (USA) / 7:15–7:25pm 4/30 (EGYPT) 10 minutes
Group A, remain in the same room. Groups B, C, & D, switch to the small group room with your letter designation. Link to your small group room by putting the following address into your marratech address bar and then clicking on your room name: http://switchboard.stanford.edu
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Introductions: Each student will take a turn introducing him or herself, mentioning not only his/her name, but also age, what year in school, where s/he is from, and any other brief, interesting fact about him/herself.
III. Small group analysis
Time: 9:25am–9:50am (USA) / 7:25– 7:50pm (EGYPT) 25 minutes
Each group will should discuss Bridge to Baghdad 1 and Bridge to Baghdad 2 using the following focusing questions:
1.
Do the films seem to be structured from an American or an Iraqi point of view? What aspects of the films lead you to this conclusion? How would it have been different if they had privileged or focused on an alternative point of view?
2.
What stereotypes did each side bring with them into the conversation? How were cultural stereotypes confirmed or debunked by the films?
3.
Think about the short videos that were featured in the 1 st part. How did they serve as an argument about identity? How did the content and purpose of the film clips change in the
2 nd
part?
4.
In general, what was different about the 2 nd part of Bridge to Baghdad ? Think here both about differences in form/structure as well as differences in content/purpose.
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What were the different views expressed about living and longevity? About religion and government? About nationalism?
6.
How did these films attempt to construct a “bridge to Baghdad”? Was this an effective means of bridging these two cultures? Considering these were filmed in 2003, what other ways can you think of using new media and new technologies to create bridges between cultures?
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STANFORD-AUC CROSS-CULTURAL WORKSHOP May 15, 2008
IV. Collaborative activity
Time: 9:50-10:10am (USA) / 7:50– 8:10pm 4/30 (EGYPT) 20 minutes
Create a lesson plan: Similar to the producers from Next Next Entertainment (who made
Bridge to Baghdad) , the Cross-Cultural Rhetoric project aims to connect students from across the world through activities designed to create “bridges” between cultures. Design a lesson plan that your group feels would be most effective in promoting dialogue and crosscultural communication for a future CCR session. Consider: would you build your lesson plan around shared textual analysis or about debates over social or political issues?
As you design your session, consider what countries it would work best for, what types of texts you would use, what technologies you would use, how you would configure students
(pairs, small groups, larger conversations), and what type of collaborative activity you would ask students to engage in. Be sure to use your collaborative whiteboard to draft the lesson plan – feel free to include images and links if that is useful to you.
Choose a presenter: Choose one person to present this lesson to the large group; presenters will be cut off at 2 minutes, so practice your presentation!
Choose a group blogger: Finally, you will be expected to post this lesson plan to the Cross-
Cultural Rhetoric Blog after the video conference session. Choose one student to be responsible for posting to the blog: e-mail alfano@stanford.edu
to let Christine (Stanford) know who has been chosen to be the Blogger. If there is time in the group session, you can draft a preliminary version of the blog post together. You can find instructions on how to blog as a link at the bottom of our workshop page at ( http://ccr.stanford.edu/workshops/051508.html
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Stanford username: culturalinterfaces Stanford password: ccr2008
AUC username: AUCEgypt Sydney password: ccr2008
V. Group Presentations
Time: 10:10am-10:20am (USA) / 8:10pm-8:20pm 4/30 (EGYPT) 10 minutes
Group A, remain in the same room. Groups B, C, & D, switch to the small group room with your letter designation. Link to your small group room by putting the following address into your marratech address bar and then clicking on your room name: http://switchboard.stanford.edu
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Present group work in closing “Virtual Student Conference.”
We will move from Group A to Group D. (Note: Speakers will be cut off at 2 minutes.)
VI. Debrief at Individual Universities
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