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DupuyRogerYes Courtney I would love to teach you and anybody else interested in learning how to use Adobe Spark actually I have a couple of slide presentations and videos to help with that I could make those available to anybody in this forum request and I will send it to you and I'm also open to answering your questions as I've given workshops on these tools before and happy to do it again for you guys!
DupuyRogerSo, I am thinking to create an opportunity for my students to share 1 value from their own culture that is worth sharing with the rest of the world. They would identify, explain and demonstrate this value via a short video presentation tool Adobe Spark. I would provide structure and an example from my own culture using the same tools. Each Adobe Spark video would be short (1-2 minutes). This is just me thinking out loud. Another cool method of delivery could be the Ignite/Pecha Kucha speech format. I'm open to other ideas and suggestions. In my context, again, the issue is that my students are visiting international students coming from not just South Korea, but from other countries in Asia, South America, the Middle East and Europe.
DupuyRogerMy all-time favorite anime is Avatar: The Last Airbender. It's a Nickelodeon product, but if you look at all the animators and artists listed who contributed, they are mostly Korean names. Koreans are drawing and animating though I have yet to see local productions cross the oceans.
DupuyRogerThank you. I am now looking for the course assignment needed to be completed. Thank you. So sad this is ending.
DupuyRogerThis is just an observation: Soju, primarily was really a surprise to me the first time I drank it. My reaction was that it absolutely had no flavor to my western expectations. Later, I realized that a Korean food, by and large, is SO flavorful, you really don't want to cloud that with a heavy tasting alcohol. That's why 튀긴 삼겹살 "fried pork belly" (or insert your favorite Korean dish) with Soju is...SO perfect!
DupuyRogerOk, I'm asking for ideas....
I have been thinking these past few weeks since the course started about how I will be able to improve my teaching because of what I learned in this course. Even among friends, there is the discussion revolving around different learning populations-notably Koreans coming to the US VS. Korean immigrants (and I understand that even within these groups there is SO much variation). I teach ESL and TEFL at UC Irvine. My international student Koreans' perspectives are often VERY different from local Korean immigrant populations too. I have Korean students in my classes, but I also have Chinese, Taiwanese, South Americans, Europeans and Middle Eastern students as well. I am open to thoughts on how I can make my class better other than better sensitivity to their experiences. If I am to single out one culture as a topic of discussion, would I need to do that for the 4-5 other culures?
DupuyRogerOk, I'm asking for ideas....
I have been thinking these past few weeks since the course started about how I will be able to improve my teaching because of what I learned in this course. Even among friends, there is the discussion revolving around different learning populations-notably Koreans coming to the US VS. Korean immigrants (and I understand that even within these groups there is SO much variation). I teach ESL and TEFL at UC Irvine. My international student Koreans' perspectives are often VERY different from local Korean immigrant populations too. I have Korean students in my classes, but I also have Chinese, Taiwanese, South Americans, Europeans and Middle Eastern students as well. I am open to thoughts on how I can make my class better other than better sensitivity to their experiences. If I am to single out one culture as a topic of discussion, would I need to do that for the 4-5 other culures?
DupuyRogerOk, I'm asking for ideas....
I have been thinking these past few weeks since the course started about how I will be able to improve my teaching because of what I learned in this course. Even among friends, there is the discussion revolving around different learning populations-notably Koreans coming to the US VS. Korean immigrants (and I understand that even within these groups there is SO much variation). I teach ESL and TEFL at UC Irvine. My international student Koreans' perspectives are often VERY different from local Korean immigrant populations too. I have Korean students in my classes, but I also have Chinese, Taiwanese, South Americans, Europeans and Middle Eastern students as well. I am open to thoughts on how I can make my class better other than better sensitivity to their experiences. If I am to single out one culture as a topic of discussion, would I need to do that for the 4-5 other culures?
DupuyRogerDaniel, you are right. The quasi-government support is real, but is there freedom to be unique and creative? There must bestrings attached. There is an ARMY of handlers and trainers. I wonder about the 'indie' music scene in Korea? Can it survive or even thrive? The current 'training/manufacturing/camp-style' method to produce music is now a billion-dollar-freight-train.
DupuyRogerYears ago, in Korea I got lost a lot. The streets of Seoul at night are mesmerizing and dreamlike. I remember there was always music playing, but it was always the same song of the same currently popular OST. Venders were selling its CDs (at every street corner). They where blasting this same song into the cold, steamy night air. I must have heard it 30 times one night as I tried to find my way back to my apartment. When I got finally got back, I couldn't get the song out of my head. Recently, I was outside a storefront waiting for my former students for a reunion party. I arrived super early (I get lost a lot), and stood outside, in the chill early fall, listening to Epik High's (Feat. Lee Ha Yi) So Cold. This song, is one of my favorites to this day. Question to all here: What was your first K-Pop song experience?
DupuyRogerYes, Jeanine. It perpetuates the same unrealistic aspirations in youth. It's not unique to K-Pop though, not by a long shot as you can take a quick look at pop music as a whole. I am curious, where are the K-Pop groups that don't look 'pretty'?
DupuyRogerI have talked with so many of my elementary students who want to K-Pop stars. These 'academies' promise a funnel to this end.
DupuyRogerIt takes a lot of bravery to stay true to your music. Hyukoh steps out and shares their music. It was refreshing and interesting. They are brave. Let's hope there's enough fandom to support indie artists.
DupuyRogerI'm an English language teacher who draws...
I have been teaching and training teachers for the last 23 years for all educational stages (K-12, university) in life. I enjoy the challenge of designing content delivery solutions for any context. I have created educational solutions for international ministries of education: Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Brazil, France, and others. I've done this with training programs, books, mentorship, workshops over many cups of coffee and savory snacks. Currently, I teach at UC Irvine, and consults for the Dragon Kim Foundation. In my free time, (do I actually have free time?) I enjoy the narrative arts, especially tabletop RPGs, writing music, food, photography and travel.
