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Internet Communication in School Partnerships
North-South School Partnerships in the framework
of UNESCO Collaborating on ESD projects Berlin,
Germany, 22 26 November 2009
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Internet Communication in School Partnerships
How do we use Internet communication for our
partnership?

1. General notes on internet communication
   (advantages disadvantages)
2. Introduction of the most common internet services
   tools
3. Practical exercise Which media/ internet
   services/ tools fit your needs?

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General aspects of internet communication
(advantages disadvantages in comparison to
face-to-face communication)
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Why do we not use Internet communication for our
partnership?
Objections Fears Facilities (school, internet
cafe, home) Technical knowledge (hardware
software) Communicative social objections
I General aspects of internet communication
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RE Partnership Invitation
Objections Fears Scam/ Spam No social
control No control of personal data Internet
communciation is trivial
Business Offer
Win 50.000 NOW
Re Confirm Prize won!
Letter From Dr Amro Al-astal
I General aspects of internet communication
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• Social Aspects Place Distances
• Advantages
• Daily meeting without moving is possible!
• Neutral ground
• Disadvantages
• distance less social control/ less personal
  obstructions.
• ? People are more direct/ more offending

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• Social Aspects Time
• Advantage
• Make it fit your time needs. Appointments not
  necessarily needed!
• Disadvantage
• asynchrony
• ? communication delay

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• Social Aspects Language
• Chat language
• reduced language
• Foreign language Is the language the mother
  tongue of one group?
• ? Contents of communication can be lost

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A Hey whats up? How R U 2day? B good and u? A
thx 4 ur mail. read it just now -) B did u like
the pic? A yes haha ROFLMAO Where did u
take it? B oops phone. Brb A tyt! B oki back.
Srry Btw that was lisa. She sends greets
2u A thx B she has a new bf A lol. Again? A
yeah _ B srry have 2go now. Ttyl! A sure! CU
l8r take care!
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• Social Aspects non personal
• Aspects of communication are missing (gesture
  etc.)
• Words Language play a bigger role
• Highly dependent on perceptions
• High rate of misunderstandings
• social control missing
• ? Consequences cyber bullying/ mobbing etc.

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• Social Aspects Anonymity
• Advantages
• Can help to establish contacts (e.g. shy persons)
• Reduces social inequality
• Disadvantages
• Leads to more misuse and social misbehaviour

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Social Aspects Communication Behaviour
Can be affected by local circumstances or by
social customs (e.g. attention for the chat
partner)
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Cultural Aspects
Cultures are very complex, Communication is very
complex Intercultural communication extremely
complex! example individualism vs.
collectivism universalism vs. particularism
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It is ZEBRA... And so delicious!
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IT IS ZEBRA ......... AND SO DELICIOUS


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• Conclusion
• Facilities
• ? clear circumstances of communication (at
  school? At home?)
• Technical knowledge
• ? allow your students to help you, there is
  always someone willing to give technical
  assistance!
• Communicative social objections
• Try to reduce social barriers (e.g. create
  personal atmosphere)
• Create awareness about internet communication
  disadvantages and possible cultural differences

I General aspects of internet communication
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Internet Services Tools Email Newsletter Chat/
Messenger Video Portals Social Networks Own
Websites/ Forum ? What fits your projectwork
best?
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Email
Services MSN Yahoo Google Mail Local services

• Possibilities
• Send text
• Send files

II Internet Services and Tools
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Email

• Advantages
• independet of time and place
• little technics and technical knowledge needed

• Disadvantages
• Asynchronity
• Limited file size

II Internet Services and Tools
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Newsletter/ Twitter
Can rather be used to reach publicities/ less
useful for group interaction
II Internet Services and Tools
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Chat/ Messenger
Services Skype VOIP MSN Messenger ICQ Chat
Systems

• Possibilities
• Written Chat
• Voice Talk
• Video Chat

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Chat/ Messenger
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Chat/ Messenger

• Advantages
• no continous maintenance needed
• less time consuming
• direct/ personal communication is possible
• students are forced to deal with another

II Internet Services and Tools
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Chat/ Messenger

• Disadvantages
• technical equipment needed webcam, headset
• fast internet connection needed

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Chat/ Messenger

• Recommodation
• build pairs of 2 or 3 students
• give students time to introduce themselves/ talk
  about own topic
• at the same time give a specific topic to
  discuss
• think about the use of moderators/ mediators
  (can be the teacher)
• analyse the chat/ problems with the students
  afterwards

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Video portals
Services YouTube Myvideo Clipfish Sevenload Youku

• Possibilities
• Watch video streamings (flash)
• Publish videos
• Create your own TV Channel
• Interact with other members (comment, rate,
  private messages..)

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Video portals
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Video portals

• Advantages
• raise attention/ reach huge publicities
• can easily be implemented/ linked
• possibility to earn money (if videos are very
  popular)

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Video portals

• Disadvantages
• everyone can see
• less social control (comments etc.)

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Social Networks

• Services
• Facebook
• Myspace
• Local Social Networks
• SchülerVZ (Germany)

Possibilities Various services and applications
available (Private Messages, Forum, calender,
event manager, group manager, walls, chats)
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Social Networks
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Social Networks
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Social Networks

• Advantages
• Meets the communication behaviour of your
  students
• Combination of private interests and project
• little efforts needed in administration
• enables students to stay in contact

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Social Networks

• Disadvantages
• No own label/ less beneficial for external
  project presentation
• Many possibilities of distraction given

II Internet Services and Tools
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Own Website and/or Forum
Services Various free software available to
generate own websites (no html skills needed)
Various free forum/ board systems available
(Bulletin Boards)
Possibilities Almost everything is possible
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Own Website and/or Forum
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Own Website and/or Forum

• Advantages
• You can fit everything your needs
• You can control all contents and contacts
• perfect for external presentation project
  documentation

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Own Website and/or Forum

• Disadvantages
• High technical knowledge needed
• Administration and maintenace is very time
  consuming
• might not meet the interests regular
  communication behaviour of your students ?
  website can easily get unattractive for students
  (especially after the project)

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Own Website and/or Forum

• Recommodation
• Calculate cost-value ration very well
• Dont put high efforts in something that no one
  is using/ watching
• If students are willing and able let them
  participate in a responsible manner

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Practical level Which media internet services
fit your needs?
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• criteria of choice
• Which technical possibilities do we have/ can we
  have?
• Which services/ tools apply our needs?
• Whom do we want to adress too? (exchange groups,
  schools, other students, everyone?)
• How much time are we willing to invest?
• How many people do we have willing to support?
• Do we want continuity within the project or is it
  a one-time project?
• How effective are the used media? (cost-benefit
  ratio)

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• criteria of success
• Do your students identify with the project
  contents? Does the project meet the private
  interests of your students?
• Does the way of communication in the project meet
  the regular communication behaviour of your
  students?
• Do the students have a possiblity to receive a
  positive feedback on their media products?
• Optimal way ? students participate and volunteer
  for the project in their free time!