#77 Teleclass Video Conference


Amagasaki Minami HS(Hyogo)
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Lahti Adult Education Center (FI)


AMAGASAKI MINAMI HS Homepage
There are many pictures of this conference. Please visit there !!
http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~naya/ikiikikouryu.html

@JAPANESE@
(Outline, Program, Questionnares & Comments)
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TELECLASS THE WORLD
The 77th TELECLASS CONFERENCE
Amagasaki- Finland


[OUTLINE]

Name of the
project:
The 77th Teleclass Conference Amagasaki-Finland
       Iki-iki High School project The 4th International exchange
Date: March 4th Saturday,2000
Time: Japan: 6:30 pm -8:00 pm Finland: 11:30 am -1:00 pm
Place: Japan ;Amagasaki Minami Senior High School, Hyogo
Finland: Lahti Adult Education Center School
Schools for the conference : Japan: Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Minami Senior High School
Address: 18-1, Kitadaimotsu-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-0804Japan
tel:81-6-6482-2501, fax:81-6-6482-2502, Ms.Yoshie Naya

Finland: Lahti Adult Education Center School, Mr.Takahiro Masuda
Teinintie 4 15200 Lahti Finland Tel:358-3-828-3706、Fax:358-3-3710
Sponsored by: Teleclass International Japan
Foundation for Multi Media Communications
Usage of the ISDN Video conference system 128kbps
ISDN
equipment/numbers:
Japan: Kyocera KV6200/
Finland:358-3-733-0492
Room tel. Numbers for emergency: Japan: tel ; 81-6-6482-2501, fax:81-6-6482-2502
Finland: 358-3-828-3706
Date and time for testing: February 29th Tuesday 11: 00 (Finland time) 18:00 (JST)
Theme: "Touch the World, Touch the Future "
Sub theme: 'We are living in a global village'
Goal: To understand each other




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[PROGRAM]

Topic:Introduction, Teaching own languages each other, Talking about cultures each other 

Time schedule

00:00 Opening of Video Conference
  Greetings from both school
  Greetings from the Principal of Amagasaki Minami
00:05 Introduction of Each school
Self introduction of students
Introduction of Finnish
Introduction of Finland ,Hershinki
Introduction of Japan, Amagasaki
00:30 Introduction of Lahti, Music , Industry
Introduction of Amagasaki Minami SHS, Picture of our school
Winter sport in Finland, information of Finland
Winter sport in Japan and information of Japan
About Mooin and Doraemonn or Pokemon
01:00 free Q&A
00:55 Closing Farewell both in Fin and Japanese
01:00 END

Facilitator: Japan: Yoko Takagi, Yoshie Naya,   Finland: Takahiro Masuda
MC: Japan: Yoshie Naya, FI: Takahiro Masuda
System operation: Japan: Kurokouchi, FI:Takahiro Masuda

[TELECLASS QUESTIONNAIRE]      

Please select the appropriate answer and fill in the circle completely .
In places where parentheses are provided, please specify.

1. Lauti Adult Education Center - 5、    Male - 2, Female - 3

2. Year: 1st - 2 , 2nd - 2, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th / Standard course - 1

3. Have you ever lived or studied abroad? No-2, less than 1 year - 1, 1 - 3 years, 3 - 6 years - 1 , More than 6 years - 1
  If "yes" to above, what language was primarily used in course instruction? English-1, Japanese, Both, Other ( Swedish )

4.Including today, how many times have you participated in TV conferencing? Once - 5

5.What is your overall evaluation? Interesting - 5, Average - 0, Uninteresting - 0

6. What resources did you use in order to prepare for today?  (Mark all applicable answers)
Library - 1, Newspapers, Books - 2 , Interviews - 1, Videos, Internet (Web),
Email - 1, Visit location, Others (pamphlets, friends )

  
7. Which topics would you like to discuss via Teleclass Conferencing? (Mark all applicable answers)
Music - 2 , Sports - 1, Education - 2, Bullying, Human rights - 1, Volunteer activities - 1
Environment - 2 , Dietary habits - 1 , Health - 2 , Aging , Others ( Industry, hobbies )


8. After the conference, how do you feel about each of the following?

Feel
strongly
A

<---->

B

Does

C

not
apply
D
*Need to improve Japanese

4

0

0

0
*Would like to learn the other's language

2

2

1

0
*Would like to conduct joint research activity

1

1

3

0
*Would like to participate in art projects /games with other school

0

3

1

1
*Would like to continue friendship with other school

2

3

0

0
*Would like to develop more awareness of other school's culture and national events

1

4

0

0
*Would like to develop more awareness of world events and cultures

0

5

0

0
*Would like to develop more awareness of other school's daily lifestyle

0

1

4

0
*Would like to develop more awarness of books, newspapers, magazines, etc.

0

2

2

1
*Would like to develop more awareness of the Internet and other electronic information

0

1

4

0

9. What other countries would you like to have exchanges with?
Southeast Asia - 2 , West / Mid east Asia - 2 , Europe - 1 ,
North America -1, South America -1, Australia -2, Africa -1, Japan -2


10.In what areas of language study would you like to strengthen?
Listening - 4 , Writing - 1, Grammar - 2 , Speed reading - 1 , Extensive reading
Conversation - 5 , Speech - 5 , Debate - 1, Typing , Others ( )


11. How many hours of Japanese study do you have each week? / 3 hours - 4 , 8 hours -1

12. How important do you feel interacting with foreign high school students via Teleclass is to you personally?
a. For improving language ability / Very important - 2 , Not so important - 3
b. For increasing international understanding/ Very important - 2 , Not so important - 2


13. Would you like to participate in Teleclass again? Yes - 3 , sometimes - 1 , maybe - 1

14. Conference environment (change seat, desk, etc.) / OK - 1, No need to change - 1

15.What part of the conference left you with the strongest impression?
* free conversation and Q & A
*relaxed atmosphere
*the tecnics

16.How do you feel about your presentation today?
* not so good / can be better
* interesting ,to prepare, our own presentation was very useful
* could have been more organized way
*I should have prepared more -2

17.What topic would you like to discuss if provided with another opportunity?
* music, work, movies
* nature and people

Please answer frankly and honestly.      Thank you for your time

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