Dear all
have you read the subject of this post? Yes, you've read correctly: ITALY vs USA. I'm not talking about the challenge Luna Rossa vs Oracle, even if it would be comprehensible since there is the America's Cup in Valencia...at all. I'm talking about the power point presentations my classmates and I gave on Monday afternoon through Internet with the Middlebury College in Vermont, USA. Are you wondering how is this possible? But thanks to the webcast technology!!! Ok, I stop doing the know-it-all and I will tell the truth^_^. I had no idea of what a webcast technology was before Sarah, our teacher, explained it to us...and let us know what she had the intention to do.
The fact is that Sarah loves using us as guinea pigs... A webcast is an online presentation where the voice of those giving the presentation can be heard and their presentation slides seen on the screen. The even more interesting thing is that the audience can intervene using a text chat making for example asking for something they didn't understand. Unfortunately, Sarah wasn't able to organize this experience wth our American peers from Tulane...what a pity since we already knew them. But, she didn't give in... so, we webcasted with a class which is an Advanced Level class in Italian Literature at Middlebury. We gave our presentations in English and they gave theirs in Italian. Their theme was about how women are presented in Italian literature and the different representations of love, whereas our general theme was a comparison between Italy and USA of some cultural aspect. The purpose of this experience was to listen and give constructive feedback each other in terms of language and content.
It has been a very exciting experience and I really enjoyed it! ^_^
The topic of the presentation I gave with Susanne and Maria Chiara, as I probably already wrote in a previous post, was a comparison between American fraternities and sororities and the local 'Goliardia'. If you want to see my presentation just click Photo source
