Our Schedule

WEEK 1

Thursday 5/29/2008
11:40 arrival in Berlin (TXL) and transfer to the hostel
15:00 getting around: IMK & Potsdamer Platz


Friday 5/30/2008
10:00 at IMK, Friday-Presentation (FIU as guests)
12:00 get-together with IMK students at IMK (Pizza & Coke)


Saturday 5/31/2008
13:00 bike tour: exploring Berlin (optional)

WEEK 2

Monday 6/2/2008
13:00-15:00 FIU students meet at IMK for pre-travel assignment presentations
15:00 - ? Students met with IMK students to prepare for Friday presentations

Tuesday 6/3/2008

09:00 - 12:15 Lecture: Dr. Frank Ruff
13:00 - 16:15 Lecture: Prof Maria-Elena Villar Multicultural Commun.


Wednesday 6/4/2008
10:00 - 11:00 BBDO (agency visit)
(Maria Elena Villar flight to Wiesbaden at 12:05, return at 22:50)
17:30 Visit to Brewery Schultheiss (optional)

Thursday 6/5/2008
09:00 - 12:15 Lecture: Prof Maria-Elena Villar Multicultural Commun.
14:00 - 16:00 FIU students continue pre-travel presentations
17:30 - 18:30 Printing house "Axel Springer" (optional)

Friday 6/6/2008
09:00 - 13:00 Friday-Presentation in mixed teams

Sunday 6/8/2008
20:00 Public viewing "European Champ." Germany vs. Poland (optional)

WEEK 3

Tuesday 6/10/2008
10:00 - 12:00 FIU students finish pre-travel assignment presentations
14:00 - 15:00 Boat tour, departing from Friedrichstr.

Wednesday 6/11/2008
10:00 - 11:00 Site visit: Mercedes-World at Salzufer

Thursday 6/12/2008
09:00 - 12:15 Lecture: Prof Maria-Elena Villar Multicultural Commun.

17:00 public viewing "European Champ." Germany vs. Croatia

Friday 6/13/2008
09:00 - 13:00 at IMK, Friday-Presentation in mixed teams


WEEK 4

Monday 6/16/2008
20:00 Public viewing "European Champ." Germany vs. Austria (optional)

Tuesday 6/17/2008
14:00 Site Visit : Meta Design agency

Wednesday 6/18/2008
09:00 - 12:15 Lecture: Dr. Frank Ruff
13:00 - 16:15 Lecture: Prof Maria-Elena Villar Multicultural Commun.
18:00 Dinner with IMK board and students at "Die Kleine Markthalle"

Thursday 6/19/2008
10:00 - 12:00 FIU students meet for debriefing and post-travel assignment.
13:00 - 16:15 "Friday-Presentation" in mixed teams
20:00 Public viewing "European Champ." quarter-finals

Friday 6/20/2008
04:00 am Going home: transport from hostel to the airport (flight departure 07:35)



Friday July 11, 2008 IMC journals due
Friday July 25, 2008 Post-travel assignment due

posted by: mev

Our first day in Berlin

Walking to IMK from the S-Bahn

Breakfast at the hostel.

Photos courtesy of Arlene Linares.

Hello from Berlin!

I am happy to report that we all made it safely to Berlin with luggage and all. The students are getting along beautifully, even in cose quarters (so far). I think I got lucky with this group. Yesterday we walked around Berlin with Norbert and then by ourselves around Potsdamer Platz. We went to IMK today and observed a Friday presentation, then Adriana and I went to see her school. It is in a great location and she fit right in. She spent one hour in German class today and said she understood everything except one word. :-) She is going to have field trip to a farm on Monday. Today we also visited Lego Land.


We (everyone else except Adriana) will be meeting on Monday afternoon for the students to present their first assignment, and then they are meeting with their German team members to prepare their case for the Friday presentation.



Right now most of the students are on their way to the apartment of anIMK student and they are then going dancing to a club. On Tuesday I will give the first of four lectures on intercultural communication. On Wednesday I will go to Wiesbaden to talk to the students there about FIU.

I have asigned specific dates to all students to post their updates on this blog, so stay tuned...

Maria Elena

Welcome

This blog is presented by the group traveling to Berlin to attend the Summer Program at IMK (Institut fur Marketing und Kommunikation) with the FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communication in June 2008.

We will post updates about our experiences. We look forward to your feedback.

We travel tomorrow, May 28, 2008.