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OurTechnopre
neurLearning
Journey in KOREA
23 Jul 2015 (Thu)
About UsIntroduction
Yong Wei
Yi FangHtet
Tianqi
Dora
•Lecturer and students from Diploma in Business Information Technology (DBIT), SP
•Together with 6 other students, we went on a study trip to Korea in Sep 2014
About UsIntroduction
•Got the help of Ms Caitrin and Mr Jonathan from KTO to get orientated with Korea before our trip
•Here to be part of the “give-back” community to share with others what we experienced and know
Contents of our presentation● Overview of trip
o Who went, when did we go, where did we go?
● Day-by-day Itineraryo What did we do each day
● Reflections by studentso Why made Korea a great learning journey for them?
● Our Recommendationso What are some places / activities we think you should do if you organise a study trip
to Korea
Agenda
What can you expect from this session?
● Not a presentation with lots of scenic photography -- because we did not travel to such places much!
What to expect from this session?
Beautiful Mount Gyejeok in Daejeon CityThe famous GyeongBokGung Palace
What can you expect from this session?
● Not a “boast-all” session to tell you all the famous places we went – because we did not!
What to expect from this session?
Lotte World – Nice, but we did not go
Everland – BeautifulBut won’t be approved by boss ;)
What can you expect from this session?
Just a simple
What to expect from this session?
Why we really enjoyed our experience
Why we think you should bring your students to Korea
sharing session
from our humble and limited experience
Overview of Trip
• 9 days + 8 nights trip to 2 cities in South Korea
Overview of Trip
SEOULDAEJEON
Banner for the tripOverview of trip
Designed by one of the trip participants - Syafiq
The participants• 10 students (6 females + 4 males) and 1 female lecturer
Introduction
JamesYong Wei
Jie Yi
Yi FangHtet
Yvonne
Tianqi
Samuel SyafiqYang Ping
Dora
Objectives of trip● One of the focal areas of our course is to
build an entrepreneurial mindset in our students
● We want students to understand what makes entrepreneurs successful
● Motivate them to develop attributes like them
Overview of Trip
Objectives of trip● As we are a technology (IT) course, we
also want them to learn
Overview of Trip
How technology can be harnessed to improve the world
Objectives of trip● Help students to understand Korea's
Technopreneur eco-system
● Create opportunity for students to build a global network
● Expose students to the culture and history of Korea
Overview of Trip
Why Korea?● Seoul is recognised as a Asian
hub for technology advancements and start-ups
● Even Google recognises this chose to open its first Asian campus in Seoul
Overview of Trip
How did we meet our objectives?Overview of Trip
Help students to understand Korea's Technopreneur eco-system
● Visited 6 tech-based start-ups
● Interviewed 2 student Technopreneurs
● Visited “Silicon Valley of Asia” - Daejeon
● Visited tech-based hubs like co-working spaces, business incubators etc
How did we meet our objectives?Overview of Trip
Create opportunity for students to build a global network
● Business pitching with university students in SNUT
● 2-days programme with the students from Hi-Seoul Youth Hostel
How did we meet our objectives?Overview of Trip
Expose students to the culture and history of Korea
● Traditional Korean Rice-cake making session
● Visits to places such as Korean Museum of Contemporary History
● Talk on Korean Dance Culture
Overview of Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive in Seoul. Explore Hongdae. Interviewed social entrepreneur
Day 2 Travel to Daejeon. Barefoot Trekking. Factory visit. Interview Young Entrepreneur. Tango session.
Day 3 Visit government agencies (TechBiz Centre & ETRI). Lego Development Workshop
Day 4 Rice-cake making. Travel to Seoul. Interview two start-up entrepreneurs
Day 5 Visit Co-working space D-camp in Seoul + Business pitching with students of SNUT
Day 6 Interviewed start-ups SVI, JellyBus, Flitto and Between app
Day 7 Exchange session with Hi-Seoul Youth Ambassadors. Learning activities outside
Day 8 Experience Korean lifestyle with Hi-Seoul Youth Ambassadors. Running Man game and Picnic
Day 9 Return to Singapore
Overview of Trip
Got featured in Daejeon newspaper!
Highlights of Trip
http://m.daejonilbo.com/mnews.asp?pk_no=1135703
Learn Entrepreneurship through Barefoot Trekking!
Highlights of Trip
● The “Red Clay Trail” on Gyejeok Mountain that costs $1 million to build
● Who built it? And why?
Interview inspiring Korean technopreneurs
Highlights of Trip
Experience Korean R&D technologies@ Silicon Valley of Asia, Daejeon
Highlights of Trip
Business-pitch with Korean uni students
Highlights of Trip
Inventing “Singapore style” rice-cakes
Highlights of Trip
● Uniquely Singapore style
● Presenting the “Curry Puff Korean Rice-Cake!”
Two wonderful days with Hi-Seoul Youths
Highlights of Trip
Visiting Soju Factory
Highlights of Trip
Lego workshop conductedby Korean social entrepreneur
Highlights of Trip
Visiting Cool Korean spots likeInsadon, Nandaemum, Dongdaemun, Myeongdong, Hongdae, Gangnam
Highlights of Trip
Tasting Authentic Korean foodKimchi, Bibimbap, Korean BBQ, Korean desserts….
Highlights of Trip
● Culture
● History
● Lifestyle goods
● Technology Advancements
● And most importantly, its PEOPLE
Highlights of Trip
Learning Opportunities are everywhere in Korea
• Direct flight from Singapore to Seoul and hostel check-in
• Interviewed Social Entrepreneur from How2Company
• Explored Hongdae
Day 01
Itinerary(14 Sep 2014 Sunday)
Day 01
CHECKED IN GUEST-HOUSE IN HONGDAE AREA
Day 01
FIRST MEAL IN KOREA IN A KOREAN RESTAURANT
Day 01
INTERVIEWED SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR
Day 01
EXPLORED HONGDAE
Day 01
OUR FIRST SIT-DOWN TRADITIONAL KOREAN DINNER!
• 2 hours bus-ride to Daejeon
• Learnt about Entrepreneurship through Bare-foot Trekking?!
• Visited Soju Factory• Tango Dance
Day 02
Itinerary(15 Sep 2014 Monday)
Day 02
BAREFOOT TREKKING AT THE AWESOME GYEJOK MOUNTAIN
Day 02
GUIDED BY THE AWESOME MAN WHO CREATED IT – MR CHO WUNG RAE
Day 02
WHO TOLD US HIS AWESOME STORY
Day 02
OF HOW AND WHY HE CREATED THIS AMAZING RED CLAY TRAIL WITH $1 MILLION OF HIS OWN MONEY
Day 02
THROUGH PICTURE FRAMES LIKE THIS ONE
Day 02
AND THIS ONE AND THIS ONE
TOO
Day 02
HE MET MANY OBSTACLES, BUT HE NEVER GAVE UP ON HIS DREAM TO BRING THE BENEFITS OF BAREFOOT TREKKING TO HIS FELLOW KOREANS
Day 02
KOREANS LOVE HIS IDEA AND MANY THANK HIM FOR BRINGING THIS WONDERFUL HAVEN TO THEM
Day 02
NEXT, WE VISITED HIS SOJU FACTORY!
Day 02
AND HAD A VERY INTERESTING ‘LESSON’ ON THE SOJU MAKING PROCESS!
Day 02
THE DAY WAS NOT DONE!WE VISITED START-UP KAIST TO INTERVIEW A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR NEXT!
Day 02
THIS IS YEO SOO-A, WHO IS A AMBITIOUS UNIVERSITY STUDENT AT KAIST UNIVERSITY AKA CEO, CHALK ACADEMY
Day 02
AND WE LEARNT ABOUT THE ‘MIRACLE OF THE HAN RIVER” FROM MR JANG-HYO-YANG, SENIOR RESEARCHER, KAIST
Day 02
BUT THAT WASN’T THE END YET! COS WE WENT TANGO DANCING AFTER THAT…
Day 02
FOLLOWED BY A SUMPTIOUS HOME-COOKED FEAST!
• Visit to Daedeok Innopolis Gallery
• Visit to ETRI• Interviewed Young
Entrepreneur• Lego Personal
Development Workshop
Day 03
Itinerary(16 Sep 2014 Tuesday)
Day 03
DAEDEOK INNOPOLIS – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER CREATED IN 1973 TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATION
Day 03
LEARNT ABOUT THE SYSTEMATIC PLANNING OF THE CLUSTER IN PHASES
Day 03
ALSO VISITED ETRI – A SHOWCASE OF KOREAN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
Day 03
ALSO VISITED ETRI – A SHOWCASE OF KOREAN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
Day 03
ALSO VISITED ETRI – A SHOWCASE OF KOREAN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
Day 03
INTERVIEWED ONE MORE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR! CHOI BYUNG HYUG - NEW PAGE
Day 03
AND ENDED THE DAY WITH A LEGO DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
• Korean rice-cake making session by Grand Master
• Return to Seoul by bus• Visit to Cizion (start-up)• Visit to Bapul (start-up)
Day 04
Itinerary(17 Sep 2014 Wednesday)
Day 04
STARTED THE DAY WITH A RICE-CAKE MAKING SESSION
Day 04
HERE’S US TRYING OUR HANDS ON MAKING TRADITIONAL KOREAN RICE-CAKES!
Day 04
OUR PROUD CREATIONS!
Day 04
TRAVELLED BACK TO SEOUL FOR 2 HOURSCHECKED IN SNUT HOSTEL!
Day 04
VISITED MORE START-UPS!
Day 04
MISS KIM MIKYUN - CIZION
Day 04
MISS LEE MIN HEE - BAPUL
• Visit to D.Camp : Co-working space in Seoul
• Visit SeoulTech University & participated in Business Pitch with students of Seoul Tech University
Day 05
Itinerary(18 Sep 2014 Thursday)
Day 05STARTED THE DAY WITH
A VISIT TO D-CAMP, CO-WORKING SPACE, GANG-NAM AREA
Day 05
LEARNT ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS AND HOW IT IS A NURTURING GROUND FOR ASPIRING TECHNOPRENEURS
Day 05
THE AFTERNOON WAS SPENT WITH AWE-INSPIRING KOREAN STUDENTS FROM SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (SNUT)
Day 05
THEY PITCHED….
Day 05
WE PITCHED….
Day 05
AND THEY TREATED US TO KOREAN BBQ DINNER!
• Visited 4 start-ups• Talk on Geology
Day 06
Itinerary(19 Sep 2014 Friday)
Day 06
FIRST STOP – SEOUL VENTURE INCUBATOR!
Day 06
TALKED TO THE TECHNOPRENEURS WHO SHARED THEIR BUSINESS IDEAS AND CHALLENGES WITH US
Day 06
SECOND STOP – JELLYBUS! PHOTO APP
Day 06
THIRD STOP – FLITTO (TRANSLATION APP)
Day 06
LAST STOP – BETWEEN (COUPLE SOCIAL APP)
Day 06
AND ENDED THE DAY WITH A TALK ON PALEONTOLOGY
• First meet-up with the Korean Youths from Hi-Seoul Youth Ambassadors program
Day 07
Itinerary(20 Sep 2014 Saturday)
Day 07
HI-SEOUL YOUTH HOSTEL
Day 07
YOUTH GOODWILL GUIDESGLOBAL YOUTH CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Who are they?-English speaking Korean youth guides volunteers (high school and college students)
What do they do?-Conduct one-day guide for foreigners in Seoul-Conduct cultural exchange & sharing program
Day 07
WE SPENT THE MORNING GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER…
Day 07
WE SPENT THE MORNING GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER…
Day 07
LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER’S CULTURE…
Day 07
LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER’S CULTURE…
Day 07
AND PLANNED FOR AFTERNOON AND NEXT DAY ACTIVITY
Day 07
KOREAN STUDENT EXPLAINED HOW ALL OF US WOULD EXPLORE KOREA AND BOND WHILE PLAYING A GAME
Day 07
KOREAN STUDENT EXPLAINED HOW ALL OF US WOULD EXPLORE KOREA AND BOND WHILE PLAYING A GAME
Day 07
FIRST STOP – KOREA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
Day 07
THEY BONDED QUITE FAST AND WELL AS YOU CAN SEE…
Day 07
THEY BONDED QUITE FAST AND WELL AS YOU CAN SEE…
Itinerary(21 Sep 2014 Sunday)
• More visitations and bonding with the Hi-Seoul Youth Ambassadors
• Played Running Man near Seoul Olympic Park
• Ended evening with a picnic
Day 08
Day 08
TRYING OUT KOREAN FOOD
Day 08
PLAYING RUNNING MAN GAMES
Day 08
ENDED THE DAY WITH AN AWESOME PICNIC
Itinerary
• Home Sweet Home
Day 09
Day 08
CHECKING OUT FROM SNUT
Day 08
FAREWELL FROM OUR AWESOME FRIEND
Day 09
MANDATORY GROUP PHOTO
Reflections by Htet Htet Aung
Why was the Korea trip a great learning journey for me
It was NOT the food, places of interest or the scenery that influenced me the most…
But…. guess what?
It was the PEOPLE we met along the way.
Ms Kim Mikyun, a 27 years old CEO and co-founder of CIZION
The first thing that struck me the moment I saw Miss Kim was “At last a young female entrepreneur!”
Female entrepreneurs who have the guts to step out of the norm and venture into the unknown.
Ms Kim and her team persevered for 3 years on meagre incomes.
The unique characteristics of many Korean start-ups that we visited was that that they all started with a mission to solve problems in a society.
Ms Kim is one example of an inspirational figure who started a company to help people
Ms Kim was saddened by the increasing number of suicide cases of celebrities in Korea due to cyber-bullying
She set out to create a solution to mitigate the trolling and flaming behaviours of netizens.
Learning Points from Ms Kim
Important to venture into start-ups at a young age as there is nothing much to lose while we’re young.
Go for social ventures to help to solve problems for
the society
A lot of companiesmerely work on
developing a vitamin
“I feel that instead of a vitamin”
“We should work to provide a vaccination”
What I got away from this experience
My mindset was changed for the better
I became less absorbed by the fact that I wanted to start my own business because I want to make money out of it.
Instead, I am now motivated to become an entrepreneur who can impact the society in a better, positive way
Planted a seed of entrepreneurial spirit in me
which grew to great heights months later...
Together as a team, we started Quest.
Reflections by Yvonne
Why was the Korea trip a great learning journey for me
Reflections by Chua Yi Fang
1. Expand horizons• Understand and experience
culture in Korea. • Broaden my views and
change my perspective towards certain things.
Why was the Korea trip a great learning journey for me
Rice Cake Making
Reflections by Chua Yi Fang
Why was the Korea trip a great learning journey for me
2. Build Global Social NetworkFriendships are not easy to build. Through this trip, I had so much fun learning and studying about Korea together with my Korean friends.
Reflections by Chua Yi Fang
Why was the Korea trip a great learning journey for me
3. Cherish what I have nowBy learning from people’s footstep and past events, I understand how difficult life was in the past. It is important to cherish the culture and traditions in Singapore and hopefully pass down to the next generation.
Miracle of Han River● Used to describe the growth of post-war
South Korea into the world's 15th largest economy
● A role model for many developing countries in Asia
● Seoul's infrastructure destroyed by the Korean War
● Millions lived in poverty at the time, with thousands of unemployed people struggling to fulfil basic needs.
President Park Chung Hee
●“Treat employees like family”- Park Chung Hee’s Motto (South Korea President)
This was part of the 5-year Economic Development Plan to mobilize national resources in establishing a self-supporting industrial economy.
Reflections by Law Yong Wei
Why was the Korea trip a great learning journey for me
Reflections by Law Yong Wei
“How often can Singapore students have the opportunity to work with international friends?”
NOT OFTEN! or NEVER!
1. Developing Global Perspective
Reflections by Law Yong Wei
● Gain insights on how to work with people from another country through hands on activities and observation (E.g working with SNUT students & Hi-Seoul Youth Ambassadors)
● Students becoming more interested in happening in the world after making certain interesting observation, or after learning some information
● Learning to about other culture and learning to respect it
1. Developing Global Perspective
Reflections by Law Yong Wei
● Students will be more engaged in learning
● Easier to understand about the culture & history through peer to peer learning
● Learn better at outdoors (Because of real life Observation)
2. Better Learning Engagement
Reflections by Law Yong Wei
● Build the students’ network connection from a young age
● Learn how to work as a team, through projects and assignments
● Learn how to host guests through experiencing it
3. Forging Teamwork and Friendship
Reflections by Law Yong Wei
Greater Learning + Friendship + Joy + Memories =
Our recommendations
Activities we think, you should includein your study trip to Korea!
Visit aKorean
start-up!
Join in a rice-cake making
session!
PlayRunning Man with Koreans!
Our recommendations
Visit a Korean
start-up!
● Experience of visiting a BIG company is never the same as visiting a start-up
● At a start-up, students get to listen to the start-up journey of the founder
● Understand that behind every success story, there is hardwork and perseverance
● If you want to inspire and motivate students, this is one good way to do it!
Our recommendations
● All of us really enjoyed this session● It is therapeutic● More importantly, it reminds us of the importance of
preserving one’s culture
Join in a rice-cake making
session!
● It need not be a rice-cake making session though● Perhaps it is a kimchi-making session, perhaps its
something else.● Just let your students experience the culture of Korea!● And remind them how beautiful their own culture is ….
Our recommendations
● We had a pitching session with the students of Seoul National University of Technology (SNUT)
● But as the session was one that had a ‘competitive streak’, it was not conducive for bonding
PlayRunning Man with Koreans!
● Our interaction with Hi-Seoul Youth Ambassadors was so different
● We played Running Man with them, we went out and had fun with them
● If you want your students to forge friendships with the Korean students, encourage them to ‘play’ with them!
Want to know more?
●Read up our web articles here:ohttp://bit.ly/htetkorea2014
●Or videos here:oPart 1
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rUzUs1NLrc
oPart 2● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m2w4nACHjk
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