Hope College Network

OCTOBER 7, 2016

For the last few days the internet was off in my apartment building, which is the reason for 10 posts today, but also a realization of how much we are depended on internet connection. This is my current position compare to rest of the world. Internet is the only way for people in Santiago to know about what is happening in the world. If internet does not work in Santiago, I and rest of us have no clue what is happening in rest of the world.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 5, 2016

“Thinking is not driven by answers but by questions. Answers signal a full stop to thought.” Foundation for Critical Thinking In the face of this apparent truth, it is alarming to consider the 50 minute monologue delivery of facts that often constitutes the traditional science lecture. If one accepts the premise of the quote, it seems that this cherished teaching style is ideally situated to simply shutting down thought.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2016

For the last few years, I have taught the first year introductory physics courses, Physics 1A and 1B. These are the largest classes in the School of Physics and Astronomy, typically having student numbers of around 300 or so. For several years, both courses have followed a Flipped Classroom methodology, but we still have three sessions a week that we term ‘lectures’: these take place in a traditional lecture theatre, with all the students present at the same time, and with one instru

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Vanity Metrics v Engagement Metrics

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 7, 2016

I was lucky enough to find an internship while studying abroad. I found out about a company called Planet Expat , which is a headhunter company that works with startups mainly in United States and Europe. They do some other things, like coaching program, but matching students with internships abroad is their main focus. Planet Expat. I worked at Planet Expat for six weeks and besides business development, broadcasting work, I write an article about the benefits on studying abroad to one’s profes

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Scenery of Prague: River Vltava and National Theater (building on the left with the with the lights around) Most things in life can be translated into numbers and college is no exception. An academic year in college is around 250 days and if we multiply this number by four, the average length of a U.S. bachelor’s degree, we get 1000 days allocated to our collegiate career.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 7, 2016

In the U.S. people eat burgers and hot dogs, in Chile people eat empanadas. Empanadas are very popular, cheap, and delicious. I do not think that in U.S. we have something, so similar to empanadas , like dulce de leche to m anjar (only in Chile). Probably the closest thing would Calzone Pizza, but I do not like to use word close, because they are not close at all.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Working from home. The dream, right? No commute. No long drives to the office. No early-morning wake-up calls. No cubicle, no boss hovering over your shoulder, but definitely a cup of coffee in hand, sweatpants, no shoes, curled up in a blanket. Or, short of that, holed up in the corner of a cute little coffee shop with a laptop and some good tunes on repeat.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Five weeks into the semester and the number on everyone’s mind is three : Three days stand between Hope students and a long awaited Fall Break. It’s that time of the school year when papers are due, group projects are in progress, and work is piling up. I know I find it too easy to get off track from where I should be focused and let my time be consumed by work, mindless distraction, and sleep.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 2, 2016

As much as I love my dear Chicago, I said goodbye this weekend and headed out to check out the hype behind all that brotherly love, aka, Philadelphia. My roommate for the past three years is doing a similar program to The Chicago Semester but based out of Philly, called The Philadelphia Center. So, this weekend I made my way east to pay her a visit!

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Since my 3 out of 4 classes at the university are all in English, I am not improving my Spanish, which is one of main reasons why I came here. I must live with a host family, so I am pushed to speak only in Spanish. I arrived to Santiago on Monday, July 18, and the following Wednesday, we were meeting our host families at 3:00 p.m. The host families came to the hotel where we were staying, and this what happened the Wednesday afternoon after my host mother picked me up.

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