We participated in these videoconferences through Global Nomads Group.  They collaborated with the project called Semester at Sea, which embarked on its 100th voyage from Sept. - Dec. 2009.  Live, open dialogue videoconferences were planned with each port city along their route.  We enjoyed being apart of this unique experience.  For more information on the Semester-At-Sea program, visit:  www.semesteratsea.org 

"The aim of this project is for youth participants to broaden their understanding of an increasing "flat world" in the 21st century though live, cross-cultural conversations on the manifold issues that relate to immigration and globalization."  -Semester-At-Sea Lesson Plan

Our Indian peers were very excited, as were we, to have these two videoconferences.  We spoke about our schools, our cultures, our holidays, technology, outsourcing, Bollywood, and democracy.

We read/watched the following to prepare for our vc with India:
Sights and Sounds of Chennai
Southern India: A Collision of Cultures
Fareed Zakaria Post American World Full Intv / BBC WNA
"Behind Facebook‘s success: It takes a village,‖ NY Times
"India Feels Less Vulnerable as Outsourcing Presses On,‖ NY Times
“Financial crisis adds to human trafficking, says US,” Times of India

Other Journal Pages:

Journals From Current CITVC Class Go Back to Journals - Main Page 9/11: 10 Years Later 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor NNER Conference: The Classroom Beyond Music for Everyone JFK Assassination Pillars of Islam The Road Trip Crazies from Habitat for Humanity German School from Nuremburg, Germany Genetic Counseling: The Faces of Genetic Disease Students from University of Copenhagen, Denmark  Global Economics of Cotton Arab Spring The Anatomy of the Brain Parties and Platforms of Democrats and Republicans German School from Nuremburg, Germany (Spring 2012 VC 1) German School from Nuremburg, Germany (Spring 2012 VC 2) The Japanese Earthquake: One Year Later United Nations in Your World

Journals From Former CITVC Classes Go Back to Journals - Main Page (10-11) In-Depth: Autopsy (10-11) Border Crossings: Mexico/U.S. (10-11) CARE International (10-11) The Cartel: A Conversation with Bob Bowden (10-11) Windows on the World - China: Xinjiang Province (10-11) Liberator of Dachau Concentration Camp (10-11) Deepwater Horizon: Exploring the Aftermath of BP's Oil Spill (10-11) The Economics of Corn (10-11) Forensic Psychology (10-11) A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein (10-11) German school from Nuremberg, Germany, February 24, 2011 (10-11) German school from Nuremberg, Germany, March 22, 2011 (10-11) Students Rebuild: Live from Haiti (10-11) Cape Henlopen VC Workshop (10-11) Pillars of Islam (10-11) Videoconference Event for Stand Up, Speak Out, Lend A Hand (10-11) Legalization of Marijuana (10-11) How Accurate is Eyewitness Memory? (10-11) Careers in Nursing (10-11) Guest speaker: Soldier who served in Iraq (10-11) Sudan Referendum (10-11) Surgical Suite: Total Knee Replacement (10-11) UN in Your World (10-11) Veterans Day: Honoring Those Who Served (09-10) Barcelona, Spain (09-10) Domestic Violence (09-10) India (09-10) South Africa (09-10) Darfur (09-10) Ghana (09-10) Morocco (09-10) US' Role in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan (09-10) The Atomic Age: Nuclear Weapons (09-10) World AIDS Day 2009 (09-10) The Atomic Age: Nuclear Weapons (09-10) Germany (09-10) Northern Ireland (09-10) Poverty (09-10) Pearl Harbor (09-10) Haiti (09-10) The Crisis in Haiti: What can YOU do to help?‏ (09-10) Cambodia (09-10) NASA DLN: Rocket Science (09-10) Live In Haiti (09-10) Newark Museum (09-10) Earth Day (09-10) Live from Jerusalem (09-10) High School from British Columbia, Canada (09-10) Focus on Youth - A Conversation with Students from Ghana‏ (08-09) Barack Obama's Inauguration (08-09) AIG Videoconference (08-09) 'Gitmo' & Its Aftermath (08-09) Germany (08-09) Northern Ireland (08-09) Afghanistan (08-09) Turkey (08-09) Russia