virtual exchange

Our podcast is a reflection of our experience with Tenerife exchange students. We discussed techniques they used to help communicate with the student. The biggest obstacle for us however was the cultural differences that could not necessarily be ‘translated’. In the podcast, we discuss how assumptions in regard to cultural knowledge can be dangerous in addition to the idea that English proficiency does not necessarily ensure knowledge.

Observing Through Your Lens: This podcast highlights the lessons learned and experiences of one college student, preparing to be an elementary teacher in the US, participating in cultural exchange with a student in Spain. 

Our podcast A S.T.E.P Towards a Better Future explores the numerous concepts that we learned in this course throughout the semester. We discussed our main takeaways from the class, our experience with the virtual exchange, talked about the importance of creating an inclusive classroom environment that promotes/celebrates diversity, examined the ways in which we could create such an environment, and had a guest interviewee who had many interesting experiences to share that tied together all of the previously mentioned discussion points. We had such a wonderful time putting this project together! We hope the listeners enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating this podcast!