Teleclass Conference #42
ASAHIKAWA /VICTORIA
TELECLASS DAY
(Outline, Questionnaire, summary, comment)
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TELECLASS THE WORLD
The 42nd Teleclass Video Conference
DATE: May 23rd 1998
TIME: 10:30 - 11:10 Japan
11:30 - 12:10 Aust.
SCHOOLS: Warracknabeal Secondary College :Mr. Kasio Knakatani
Charlton Secondary College (Link II location):
Mr. Kelvin Baird
Asahikawa Kita HS : Mr.Kazumasa Kawabata
PLACE: Asahikawa Girl's Commercail High School
Charlton Secondary College
for Warracknabeal Secondary College
ISDN 61-3-547-76800 and 547-76801 school 61-3-549-11280
TOPIC: Images of Japanese High School students
SPONSURED BY: Foundation for Multi Media Communications
Teleclass International Japan
BACKED BY: Ministry of Education
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Asahikawa city Board of Education
Kokusai Denshin Dennwa Co.,Ltd.
FUNDED BY: The Telecommunications Advancement FoundatioÚ
TITLE: "Victoria / Asahikawa Teleclass Day"
EQUIPMENT AND SPEED:
Asahikawa - KV6200/128kbps (Teleclass equipment)
Victoria - VTel Smart conference
CONTACT:
KDD Osaka: Mr.Nakahara
NTT Asahikawa: Mr.Kanamori
I*EARN in Australia Management Team
Teleclass International Japan
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[PROGRAM]
The 42nd Teleclass Video Conference
[modulator]
Asahikawa Kita: Mr.Kazumasa Kawabata
[topics]
Images of Japanese High School students
[program procedure]
00:00 opening and self introduction
00:05 Images of Japanese high school students
00:15 Our special ways to learn English
00:25 Our school roles
00:35 Our school events
00:40 closing
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[From the Questionnaire
of Asahikawa Kita High School]
The most impressive scene for you ?
ŠE Our skit caused a great laugh.
ŠE Australian students introduced themselves in Japanese.
ŠE Everything !!
How was your today's presentation ?
ŠE Got a little tense but the best memory in my life
ŠE Great !! wonderful !!
ŠE Want more time, want to speak more longer
ŠE Want to be more humorous next time
Write freely please:
ŠEIt became a great memory to share the real time with foreigners. I want as many chances like this as possible hereafter to improve the international goodwill( friendship ). Thank you very much.
ŠEI was very tensed because of the first experience for me. I want to study daily conversation harder.
ŠE Time wasn't long enough, I wanted more time to communicate longer.
ŠE Honestly speaking, I was a little worried before the conference but now after the conference my heart was filled with the satisfaction.
ŠE I feel happy to live in such high technological society.
ŠE We didn't know well what video conference was about this time, but we aimed the skit filled with visual movement. And our idea was quite successful. We want to try longer skit next time.
ŠE It was a very exciting time to communicate with Australian students through this kind of video conference.
ŠE My knowledge about Australia changed a lot.
ŠE We wish to have such conference time sometime again.
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[TIJ Summary]
Thank you very much for all of your positive reflections. It was worthwhile for TIJ flying from Osaka to Hokkaido all the way. All the students spoke English so confidently, and Australian partners also looked so friendly and both of them enjoyed their communication very much, which showed us the advantage of video conference enough.
Skit about school uniform was very interesting and was found a lot of way of humor and movement.
Handling video camera and key pat of the system done by the students was good.
We hope they will find the ways of collaboration and cooperation
by using e-mail fully before and after the video conference. We are expecting
both of you very much.
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[Letter from Mr. Kawabata]
>How are you? Thank you for an interesting presentation.
>Our students enjoyed a lot and they are looking forward to the next conference. They will send e-mail next week. I hope that your students have got any useful information.
Hi, How'ya doing, everyone. We also had a wonderful, interesting time. Thank you so much, and I think we'll have an opportunity to communicate with you again as early as possible. This valuable experience makes my students study English harder and harder, I believe. Then, my students also would like to send the e-mail to you.
>I would like to know your school's postal address. Could you tell me by e-mail? I look forward to hearing from you.
O.K ! I'd like to introduce my school's postal address as follows:070-0901 3 cyome, Hanasaki, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, JapanAsahikawa Kita High School
Yours sincerely Kazu...
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[TIJ Total Summary]
May 23rd, Asahikawa/Victoria Teleclass Day, was Teleclass Memorable Day since TIJ landed on Hokkaido for the first time.
We are sure it was very significant event that children of elementary school and students of junior & senior high schools in Asahikawa gathered together at the conference room and had a chance to communicate with Australian children & students.
Despite of short time notice from planning to practice, each school prepared a lot and finished in very pleasant atmosphere.
Our suggestions for next conference are:
Exchange outlines or text of each presentation beforehand and prepare some questions based on the texts. This is particularly helpful for Japanese students to understand partners and their presentation well.
Use more colors, sounds, and movement.
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[Letter From Yoko]
Dear all,
It has been a week since Victoria and Asahikawa four sessions were over last Saturday. First of all, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of you who participated this Teleclass conferences and collaborated each other. It was our first time to make four sessions a day, and they were successful with your hard works even in a short notice. I hope they were not the end of the programs, but the beginning of Victoria/Asahikawa Teleclass Day.
TIJ wants to have it again sometime next year when four schools agree.
There have been started mail exchanges, digital images exchanges, between partner schools. Please keep contact each other. Our suggestions for next conference are:
* exchange outlines or texts of each presentation beforehand and prepare some questions based on the texts. This is particularly helpful for Japanese students to understand partners and their presentations well.
* Use more colors, sounds, and movements.
Special thanks to Bob who coordinated Victoria schools and teachers. Without your efforts, there would not have been this big day.
Also to Atsuko and her computer club students who warmly hosted all Asahikawa participants. Some of them even handled the video camera and the key pat of the system.
When TIJ is ready, we are going to send you some pictures by mail and video tape by postal mail. Please report sometimes what you are doing with your partner school.
<TIJ Yoko>