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Introduction Programme Kinderdijk 3 The Acculturation Plan Project Presentation | Kinderdijk 3 Team members Arun Subramanian Davide Zanon Hanne Liland Bottolfsen Hao Zhu Maria Kaskareli Melani Schafer

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The Acculturation PlanProject Presentation | Kinderdijk 3

Team membersArun SubramanianDavide ZanonHanne Liland BottolfsenHao ZhuMaria KaskareliMelani Schafer

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Acculturation – What, How & WhyWhat?Adapting ourselves to a new culture while still maintaining the integrity of our own.

Why?It is essential for the students of any international university to establish a mutually respected academic and work environment.

How?By getting to know the facts of the new culture and its do’s and dont’s while making ourselves comfortable in the new environment.

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Got a flat one?

Did you know that you can pump your flat tyre at the basement of the Applied Sciences faculty for free?

Tips @ your fingertips!

TUTU

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TU Tips

TU Tips is an app for your smart phone

It provides tips that have been collected over a large survey from previous students.

These tips have been arranged in order of importance for:

• Immediate survival

• General and long-term survivalTU

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TU Tips & Acculturation

Smooth transition into the academic life.

Critical tips that usually students find by:• Experience• Long-term interaction with seniors• Posting queries at forums and awaiting replies

Experience from seniors to freshers.

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TU Tips is a smartphone application that provides tips @ your fingertips!

It can be downloaded and installed from the app store or the android market for free.

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Select you faculty and browse the Top 10 tips for surviving your course!

Or select the general tips for 100s of other tips for TU Delft.

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Step 1: Choose your faculty

Eg: The top 10 tips for the faculty of Applied Sciences.

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Step 2: Choose your tip!

Select a tip for more details regarding the advice...

Who would’ve thought…

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Step 3: And voilà!

The general tips are under the 9th icon and provide 100s of general tips for surviving at TU Delft.

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General tips…

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Work divided; work on second plan progressed

Revised plan – the Tips app

Idea pros and cons revisited

Work divided; initial plan made

Birth of initial idea – the Supplies app

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Timeline of the project

Brainstorming session

Project Session 1

Project Session 2

Final productTU

Compilation• Product Development• Product Presentation

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Timeline of the project

Work divided; work on second plan progressed

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Co-operation and teamwork

Division of work Three engineers and three architects Architects Creative Engineers Analytical Both groups reviewed each other’s work

Difficulties Nomenclature differences

Cultural Faculty

Facebook group Enabled offline discussions

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Lessons learnt

Being careful to avoid misinterpretations Ensuring that everyone gets their say Revisiting the idea at a later point of discussion Divide the work but ensure that everyone reviews together Belbin’s figures are useful but are not strict indicators Important to have a clear understanding of the brief beforehand

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Project development

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Project development

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Why TU Tips ?

It helps the students to integrate themselves in their new faculties and to know their future university better.

Provides crucial information that is not easily available.

Easy to use, easily downloadable and completely free.

It’s fun! TU

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Thank you!

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