One week finished. Up for another.

Just to make an conclusion of the last days as an junior master, new to the graduate programme. And to the University of Bremen. Groups formed already, but, as in most of the cases, known people stick together. And as I´m a stranger to all of them I try to get in contact to the internationals. Know how hard It could be to be abroad and to get involved within a new enviroment, had also been abroad for my mandatory exchange term in Riga, Latvia. But to sum up short. It´s very interresting and inspiring to work study within an international group with students with very different backgrounds. Hey, it´s interdisciplinary and everyone has his tacit or explicit knowledge within special areas. And that´s actually what I´ld like to explore, to contribute, collaborate ... I´m really looking forward to it. Hope nobody will hesitate. We´re all in the same boat ;) Also, some simple problems became visible. For example the learning enviroment StudIP of the university, which is in fact a very powerful in my opinion. Whished we had access to such a plattform while I was in the bachelor degree courses in Bremerhaven. Just one of this inter-university problems that every instituion prefers their own collaborative tools. It´s only in parts translated to english, so non-native speakers would be excluded. Could be an opportunity for an student to get an simple job as translator, while learning german? Also, those students without an background in the area of digital media or computer science might be demotivated by the simple fact that essential features (like WikiNames for example) are not explained within the enviroment directly and that you have to search for it (on non-translated help pages ...). But it´s such easy. Type ThisIsANewSubPage to create a new one, !! Heading, - ListEntry. Or mark a link as extern with an extern in front of the url directly. And, if you stumble, just look into the source, or simply try to read the handbook. Actually the language barrier concerns me, had some misunderstandings while discussions. Actually my oral english is terrible with german accent and I talk like a waterfall when I´m focussed ;) And my grammar ... even my german is not the best ;) Still waiting for an language tandem partner from the foreign languages centre, hopefully a native speaker. More at the end of the week in front of the master retreat !