#66 Teleclass Conference

AMAGASAKI MINAMI HS

- WASHINGTON IRVING HS

TELECLASS THE WORLD
The 66th TELECLASS CONFERENCE

Amagasaki- NY
'Iki-iki high school project'

Name of the project:The 66th Teleclass Conference

Amagasaki-NY

'Iki-iki high school project'

Date: Jun.8 Tuesday, 1999

Time: 21:00 - 22:00 (Japan), 8:00am - 9:00 (NY)

Place: Japan :Amagasaki Minami Senior High School, Hyogo

NY :Washington Irving High School

Schools for the conference :
Japan: Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Minami Senior High School

tel:81-6-6482-2501, fax:81-6-6482-2502,
Ms.Yoshie Naya

NY:Washington Irving High School tel:1-212 674-5000

40 Irving Place New York, NY 10003
Mr.Edward Susse, Mr.Steve Gilhooley, Japanese teacher

Sponsored by:Teleclass International Japan

Foundation for Multi Media Communications

Endorsed by :
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Kokusai Denshin Dennwa Co.,Ltd.

Cooperated with: BBCC Education System MINE

(Broadband-network Business chance & Culture Creation
Education System
Multimedia Interactive Network for Education )

Usage of the ISDN Videoconference system 128kbps

ISDN equipment/numbers:

Japan - Kyocera KV6200 /81-6-6483-3007 2B
NY -1-212 253-0751 and 212 979-7427

Room tel numbers: NY:tel;1-212 674-5000,

Japan: tel;81-6-6482-2501, fax:81-6-6482-2502

Date and time for testing:

1.TIJ office - NY May 28th 20:45(JST),7:45(NY)
2. Amagasaki- NY Jun.4, 20:45(JST),7:45(NY)

Theme: Touch the World, Touch the Future

Subtheme:Break the stereo type image

and Deepen the mutual understanding.

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PROGRAM

Topic: School information, Self introduction Life in Japan now , Life in New York (USA) now

Time schedule: 21:00-22:00(JST) / 8:00-9:00 (NY)

00:00 opening

Greetings to each other (MC)

Greetings from principals of both schools

00:05 * Brief school introduction of Amagasaki Minami (Self introduction of the student)

* Brief school introduction of New York School
(Self introduction of the student)

* Breaking the ice time

MC of Japan asks some questions based on Japanese students' image of America Such as

Q1 Do you think American National Flag is cool?

Q2 Do you think Japanese National Flag is cool?

Q3 Do you think America is a dangerous country?

Q4 Do you think American people have guns?

Q5 Do you think all American people love baseball games?

Q6 Do you think all American people look alike ?

Q7 Do you think all American people are tall and big?

Q8 New York is a main city of McDonald's hamburger shop,

isn't it?

* NY students ask some questions based on stereo type image of Japan

(All students answer by holding A3 size Yes/No cards. These questions will be answered by both students of Japan and US. We count the answer of Yes and No, then compare the difference between US and Japan.)

* Brief discussion about each other's stereo type image.

00:30 * Life in Japan

(We will tell you what is popular in Japan now)

Prepare the popular music,

Japan side may play a Japanese pop music by students' band.

Short Q & A

* Life in New York

(Prepare the popular music, or something)

Short Q & A (Japan side will ask you about life in New York)

00:55 Closing ceremony

* Students feeling about the meeting

* Take pictures gathering at the monitor so that all of us can be in one picture.

* Say farewell in both language

01:00 end

MC: Japan: Ms. Yoshie Naya,

System operation: Japan: Nishimura,

Participants: Japan: About 30 Students

Preparation of NY side :

1.Brief introduction of your school

2.Brief self introduction of participating students

(Names and hobbies etc.)

3.Question about Japan and our daily life

4.Yes/No answer board(A3 size)

for every participating student

Preparation of Japan side:

1. Brief introduction of our school

2. Brief self introduction (Names, hobbies etc.)

3. Question about USA and daily life in USA

4. Yes/No answer board(A3 size)

for every participating student

Post project: Introducing the project on the homepage of Amagasaki Minami Senior High School.

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[Mail from Yoko,TIJ]

Dear All,

It was an exciting Teleclass, wasn't it !

I am wondering how Steve's Japanese class students enjoyed Amagasaki Minami Band performance and Ms Naya's questions. Band too loud or just good? We would like to get their comments back.

As Steve requested, there will be another Teleclass "the Second Link on June 17th Thursday". The time is 7:30 am NY and 8:30 pm Japan as you agreed.

My question is how long. For 30 min., 40 min., or one hour?

And the program to fill.

I heard that some Amagasaki Minami students would show you traditional Japanese instruments and perform them to Washington Irving High School (WIHS) students.

I enjoyed them the other day and should say it was just terrific. I hope students show each instrument close to the camera and explain it to WIHS students so that they learn some of Japanese music. Can Japanese students expect something about NY or from NY from WIHS students? WIHS students ask the stereotype of Japanese in turn?

Why don't you hold one thick paper to each question? The front is a circle in red and the back is a cross in black or blue.

Steve sensei and Naya sensei,

please make Teleclass program for the second link. Yoko

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