Teleclass Conference #43
ASAHIKAWA / VICTORIA
TELECASS DAY
( Outline, Questionnaire, Summary)
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TELECLASS THE WORLD
The 43th Teleclass Video Conference
Date: Saturday May 23rd 1998
TIME:
11:20 - 12:00 Japan
12:20 - 13:00 Aust.
SCHOOLS: Broadford Secondary College : Ms Catherine Speechly
Asahikawa Junior HS :
Mr.Takumi Takano Mr.Hiroyuki Kanbayashi
PLACE: Asahikawa Girl's Commercial High School
Broadford Secondary College
ISDN 61 35734 6820 room : 61 35784 1558 fax: 61 35784 2189
TOPIC: Something Famous in Our Town
Funded by:
The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation - Japan
Sponsored 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.
[PROGRAM]
[topics]
"Something Famous in Our Town"
[program procedure]
A refers Asahikawa Junior HS students
B refers Broadford Secondly College students
00:00 (JAT) greetings A- 1 min. B- 1 min.
00:02 Famous Buildings
A: Bridges for 5 min.
B: famous buildings for 5 min.
Q&A for 3 min.
00:15 Attractive People
A: artists, writers... for 5 min.
B: famous people for 5 min.
Q&A for 3 min.
00:28 Attractive Food/festival
A: some for 5min.
B: festivals/foods for 5min.
Q&A for 3min
00:41 Good bye
A: for 1min.
B: for 1min.
ALL: for 2min.
00:45 end
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~Outline of Broadford's Presentations~
Famous Places
Broadford Secondary Collage
Co-educational school of 500students situaed in the town of Broadford. Students are bussed from Kilmore, Wallan, Reedy Creek, Heathcote Junction, Wandong, Willomavin and Darraweit-Gium.
The area is predominantly rural but the majority of the parents are not farmers. Many of them commute to Melbourne (Victoria's Capital City) for work which is 70km to the South.
Students from years 7-12 are offered a wide range of subjects
TOWNS IN THE MITCHELL AREA
Broadford
Broadford ~ valley among many hills
Mt Piper (Broadford)
Old gold mines
Rare butterflies (blue-ant butterfly ~ only colony)
Unique wildflowers
Strays ~ Blacksmith shop since 1850's and still operating
MILL since 1890
NESTLE FACTORY
Kilmore
Oldest inland town in Australia
Settled in 1841
Gold rush caused growth
OLD KILMORE JAIL
Horse Racing
Post office and Courthouse built early 1860's
WHITBURGH COTTAGE
Built in 1857 in Blue stone
Now museum
Packapunyal
Large Army training base
Army tank museum
Military and AKS from WW I, WW II and Vietnam
Wandong / Heathcote Junction
Comet Mill
The comet mill was located in the Mount Disappointment State Forest, located behind the township of Wandong.
The comet Mill settlement had 40 houses and a population of up to 420 people. This included the workers and their families. At times there were also up to 120 horses to cart the logs.
During its peak the mill settlement employed people such as, bakers, butchers, blacksmiths, and veterinarians, as well as the millers and wood transporters.
All wood was transported by tramlines (running horse driven carts) to the main train line at Wandong. This tramline was, in total, 11 miles long. This was extended by a further 9 miles in 1895, when the first of two steam locomotives were purchased.
During It's peak the mill was one of the largest in Victoria.
OTHER INTERESTING LANDMARKS
MT DISAPPOINTMENT
State Forrest
14km SE of Broadford
796 metres above sea level
Strath Creek
Murchisons falls
Victoria's tramway museum
Collection of cable & electric trams from Melbourne
1km electric tramway
Famous wineries
Nagambie and Mitchellton wine
Nagambie lake rowing (2nd Olympic venue)
Famous People
Broadford and its surrounding areas are famous mainly for their sporting stars. Assumption College in Kilmore is particularly famous for producing many famous football and cricket players.
Troy Goodman
Is 22 years old, went to Broadford High School (Secondary College)Recently moved to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Studying Business Accounting at Australian National University, also in Canberra.
Member of the Australian Volleyball Team � has played in such countries as America, France, Japan, Italy, and England to name a few.
Played Volleyball for Peperdine University in America after finishing school.
Barry Hall
Is 21 years old, went to Broadford Secondary College.
Plays A.F.L football in our National Competition for St.Kilda (A Victorian team) Played in the 1997 A.F.L Grand Final. Was member of the runner-up team for the 1997 season. Still lives in Broadford.
Darren Milburn
21 years old, went to Broadford Secondary College.
Plays A.F.L football in out National Competition for Geelong. (Also A Victorian Team).
Has only been playing in our National League for 1 season. Played for Kilmore in our District competition after leaving School.
Lives in Kilmore
Matthew Inness
20 years old, went to Broadford Secondary
College Member of the Victorian Cricket Team.
Has played cricket for Victoria for 1 year.
Member of the Australian Under 21 Cricket Team, has played cricket in countries such as India and Pakistan.
Simon O' Donnell
Former Assumption College Student.
Played cricket for Australia In the late 1980's, early 1990's. Played cricket in countries such as India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand, and the West Indies.
Played V.F.L football in our National competition for St.Kilda in the 1980's.
Ned Kelly
Was born in Beveridge.
Famous robber, who frequently robbed trains, coaches, and hotels.
Was caught by police in a famous shoot-out about 100 kilometres north of Broadford (in Glenrowan).
Sentenced to death, and hung in the Old Melbourne Gaol at the age of 25.
Zwar Family
Local residents, living in the Broadford Area.
3rd generation doctors.
School oval named "A. M. Zwar Oval"� after one of the family members.
Pat McNamara
Lives in area.
Deputy Premier of Victoria, member of the National Party.
Ryan Rodriguez
Former Broadford Secondary College Student who completed Year 12 in 1997.
18 years old.
3rd in the 1997 state school athletics titles, in the 10,000 metres.
Member of the Australian Cross Country Team
Bob Tompkins
Former local resident.
Now an Antarctic researcher
Margaret Perrot
Kilmore resident.
Physiotherapist at Kilmore Physiotherapy centre.
Has represented Australia at the World Masters Games (Mature age Olympics)
Leaves Australia to live in Antarctica later this year.
(Adrian McMahon)
FAMOUS ACTIVITIES
FESTIVALS
Broadford Scottish festival (October)
Clans, dancing, stalls and music
Broadford country music festival
country music, picnic, entertainment)
Seymour Alternative Farming Expo
500 sites
Emus, ostriches, deers, alpacas
Celtic Festival
RURAL LIFE
Farming
Sheep (Shearing)
Cattle
Livestock
Alternative farming
Emu
Ostrich
Deer
Alpaca
Wild Kangaroo
Koala
Wombat
Possums
Farms are anything from 1 hectare to 500 hectares
Golf courses
Swimming pool
Elementary and High schools
Football grounds
Tennis courts
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[From the Questionnaire
of Asahikawa Junior High School]
The most impressive scene for you ?
・When the partner laughed
・When we ate ' ra-men'
・Everything!!
・When we were asked about Kimutaku
How was your today's presentation ?
・Tried to speak clearly
・Got a quite tense and no good at all
・Regret not to speak loudly
・Want to take care of the pronunciation
What topics do you want next time ?
・ Free talking
・ Life style
・ Myself
・ Various things
Write freely please:
・ Very interesting
・ Very glad to communicate with foreigners
・ Want to participate again
・ Want to study English harder
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[TIJ Summary]
A variety of preparation - photos, pictures, music ,'ra-men' etc on famous bridge, people, food in Asahikawa - was wonderful.
Very sorry that the sound and images of the partner school were not clear and we couldn't catch them well. In addition, their English was too fast to understand for us.
Finally we asked to send their presentation paper by e-mail and send back the opinion or questions to Victoria.
It may be more comfortable for both participants if they exchange presentation paper or outlines before the conference, so that they enjoy the advantage of face-to-face communication more on the day.
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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>