CIEE Research Station in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Southern Caribbean

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CIEE Research Station in Bonaire, Netherlands
AntillesSouthern Caribbean
Online Orientation

• Marine Ecology and Conservation
• Welcome! We will begin at 12 noon EST.
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Online Orientation

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Online Orientation
Introduction to this presentation

• Where in the world is Bonaire?
• introduction to CIEE Research Station in Bonaire
• Short Online Orientation Quiz
• Evaluation
• Group Chat

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NORTH AMERICA
Online Orientation
CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Answers to True False Questions
CARIBBEAN

• Q. If I buy a cell phone in Bonaire Ill have to
  commit to an expensive monthly plan for an entire
  year much like in the US if I want to call or
  receive calls from home.
• A. False

BONAIRE
SOUTH AMERICA
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NORTH AMERICA
Online Orientation
CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Answers to True False Questions
CARIBBEAN

• Q. If I buy a cell phone in Bonaire Ill have to
  commit to an expensive monthly plan for an entire
  year much like in the US if I want to call or
  receive calls from home.
• A. False

Bonaire
SOUTH AMERICA
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CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Online Orientation
Answers to True False Questions

• Q. If I buy a cell phone in Bonaire Ill have to
  commit to an expensive monthly plan for an entire
  year much like in the US if I want to call or
  receive calls from home.
• A. False

Downtown Kralendijk
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Online Orientation
Introduction to CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Facilities, faculty staff, Bonaire
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Facilities
Research Station
Residence hall
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Online Orientation
Introduction to CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Research Station
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Research Station
Dive locker
Classroom
Offices
Kitchen
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Laboratory
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Dive shop
Crew
Yellow Sub
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Faculty and Staff
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Online Orientation
Introduction to CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Residence Hall
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Residence hall
Bike rack
Garden
Kitchen
Communal Room
Tv corner
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Dormitory
Private bathrooms
Shared bedrooms
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Transportation
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Online Orientation
Introduction to CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Around Bonaire
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Activities Excursions
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Intensity Facors
Online Orientation

• Top 10

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Top 10 intensity factors

• Cultural difference
• How different is your home culture from the host
  culture?
• Ethnocentrism
• How homogenous and/or accepting of difference is
  your home culture?
• Language
• How hard will you have to work to communicate in
  the host culture?
• Cultural immersion
• How immersed will you be in the host culture on
  a daily basis?
• Cultural isolation
• How isolated will you be from other people from
  your home culture?
• Prior intercultural experience
• Have you lived abroad before? What did you learn
  that could help you adapt in this new context?

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Top 10 intensity factors

• Expectations
• How realistic are your expectations for
  yourself, for the program, and for the culture
  you are about to visit?
• Visibility/Invisibility
• How much might you stand out or blend in
  (physically) in the host culture?
• Is there anything about you that is invisible
  that may make you feel separate (e.g. religious
  views, sexual orientation)?
• Status
• In the host culture, might you receive more or
  less respect for your status as a US American
  (and/or for your age, race, ethnicity, gender, or
  other status markers) than you do at home?
• Power control
• Might you experience a loss of some of the power
  or control you are used to (due to language
  barrier, home-stay situation, gender, or other
  factors)?
• Adapted from Maximizing Study Abroad by Paige
  et. al (2002).

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Online Orientation Quiz
Online Orientation

• Clearing up common misconceptions

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Online Orientation
Answers to True False Questions

• Q. Bonaire is relatively safer than most large US
  cities and foreigners are rarely targets of
  violent or petty crimes.
• A. True and false

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Online Orientation
Answers to True False Questions

• Q. If I get seriously ill in Bonaire its best to
  wait until I return to the US before seeking
  treatment.
• A. True and false

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Online Orientation
Answers to True False Questions

• Q. I should pack more clothes and personal items
  than less to ensure I dont run out of anything
  or regret I didnt bring it.
• A. True and false

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Online Orientation
Answers to True False Questions

• Q. If I buy a cell phone in Bonaire Ill have to
  commit to an expensive monthly plan for an entire
  year much like in the US if I want to call or
  receive calls from home.
• A. False

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Online Orientation
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Online Orientation
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