{"id":3078,"date":"2018-03-03T22:33:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T22:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:42:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:42:22","slug":"handy-or-inconvenient-technology-and-social-media-in-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/handy-or-inconvenient-technology-and-social-media-in-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"Handy or inconvenient? Technology and Social Media in Dortmund"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hallo, ich bin zur\u00fcck! Ich habe einen weiteren fantastischen Monat in Deutschland verbracht, aber wie in England, war es sehr kalt. In diesem Monat wurde ich gebeten, \u00fcber soziale Medien und Technologie in Dortmund zu sprechen. Das ist ein schweres Thema, denn die Verwendung von\u00a0Technologie ist sehr \u00e4hnlich wie England, aber ich werde es versuchen… \ud83d\ude42 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Technologie in der Schule<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Ich habe festgestellt, dass die deutschen Schulen im Unterricht nicht so sehr auf Technik angewiesen sind. In der englischen Schule sind “interactive whiteboards” und Computer ein wichtiger Bestandteil jeder Unterrichtsstunde. In Deutschland hat jedes Klassenzimmer nur eine schwarze Kreidetafel. Der unterschiedliche Unterrichtsstil hat Auswirkungen auf die Kinder und es gibt eine gr\u00f6\u00dfere Abh\u00e4ngigkeit von Lehrb\u00fcchern. Handys sind w\u00e4hrend des Schultages verboten und wenn die Sch\u00fcler\/innen mit\u00a0ihren Telefonen gefunden werden, m\u00fcssen sie sofort zum Schulleiter gehen. Allerdings gibt es in Deutschland eine aktuelle Debatte dar\u00fcber, ob es eine gute Idee ist, Handys in Schulen zu verbieten.\u00a0Die Eltern argumentieren, dass das Verbot von Mobiltelefonen eine Sorge ist, denn die sind n\u00e4mlich die Einzigen, die den ganzen Tag anrufen, um ihre Kinder zu \u00fcberwachen. M<\/span><\/span>an sollte auch den Gebrauch neuer Technologien in Schulen unterrichten, nicht verbieten, besonders weil Deutschland hinter anderen L\u00e4ndern steht<\/span>. Jedoch, nach meiner Arbeit in einer Schule denke ich, dass es eine gro\u00dfe Ablenkung w\u00e4re, wenn Kinder Handys benutzen k\u00f6nnten. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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meine Schule in H\u00f6<\/span>rde – sehr typisch deutsch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

One thing I have noticed, is that there are two extremes concerning social media; either pupils are totally absent from it, or they use it all the time, publishing everything they do on every site they can.\u00a0When telling the children that I was leaving “f\u00fc<\/span><\/span>r immer” the other day, the first thing that came to their minds was not “Frau Farr, please may I have your email address so we can stay in contact” but “Frau Farr, what’s your Instagram… do you have snapchat… we can be friends… we can start a streak!!” A “streak” is formed when you message a person on snapchat every day. German children have “streaks” ranging from 125- 600, with about 25 people. It really\u00a0is a sight for sore eyes.\u00a0I’d say that the line between social media dependence and obsession is\u00a0strained here. This is when social media becomes inconvenient rather than handy.<\/p>\n

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Technology in Dortmund<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dortmund was the centre of the coal industry, but when that went into decline, the city was regenerated and is now the centre of technology and innovation. I attended German classes at “TU Dortmund University” (Technische Universit\u00e4<\/span><\/span>t) which offers some of the most innovative technology courses in the country. Practically everyone I met was studying some type of engineering! Even the famous BVB Dortmund football club are in the vanguard of technology. The largest football stadium in Germany, with an attendance of 80,000 fans, they have stadium wide wifi coverage, employing advanced technology.<\/p>\n

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Dortmund is part of the “Ruhrgebiet” which is the centre for industry and technology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Here is the infamous “U”, Dortmund’s most prominent landmark and hub for culture and technology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Traurige Nachrichten<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vor zwei Tagen habe ich Deutschland verlassen. \ud83d\ude41 Ich war sehr traurig zu gehen (ich weinte ein paar Mal). Allerdings muss ich sagen, dass ich meine Zeit in Deutschland absolut geliebt habe. Dortmund war nicht der sch\u00f6nste Ort der Welt, aber ich habe das Beste aus meiner Zeit gemacht, habe “Freunde f\u00fcrs Leben” gemacht und vor allem, habe ich mein Deutsch wirklich verbessert. <\/span><\/p>\n

F\u00fcr jetzt, hier <\/span>sind einige Erinnerungen des vergangenen Monats. Ich besuchte Luxemburg, Br\u00fcgge und Frankfurt. Bis zum n\u00e4chsten Mal … in Paris. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

p.s hope you all got the pun in my blog title!<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/p>\n

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Wortsammlung<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hier sind einige n\u00fctzliche Worte f\u00fcr Technologie und Soziale Medien auf Deutsch.<\/p>\n

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  • Handy- telephone<\/li>\n
  • riesig- huge<\/li>\n
  • anbieten- to offer<\/li>\n
  • umwandlung- transformation<\/li>\n
  • der Erfindung(en)- invention<\/li>\n
  • drucken- to print<\/li>\n
  • unsicher- unsafe<\/li>\n
  • Unterhaltung- entertainment<\/li>\n
  • Mitteilen- to communicate<\/li>\n
  • die Neuheit- an innovation<\/li>\n
  • Fortschritt- progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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