World Youth Meeting in
Nagoya 2001
-International Exchange
and English Education Enhanced by Internet-
May 2001
The World Youth Meeting Committee
1 Main Features
Purposes
On July 28, 2001, World Youth Meeting will be held in
Nagoya for the following purposes.
1. The participating students show the results of their international and interschool exchanges through English and Internet.
| Participating Nations | Taiwan South Korea Singapore Zimbabwe Australia Japan |
|---|---|
| Participating Schools | Taiwan 2 Senior High Schools 1 Junior High Schools South Korea 2 S.H.S. Singapore 1 Elementary School Zimbabwe 1 S.H.S. Australia 1 S.H.S. Japan 11 S.H.S. 2 J.H.S. 4 Universities |
2. They give joint-presentations to show how different English education and IT use from country to country.
3. They give a joint-presentation to show how junior high school children and university students can collaborate through English and Internet.
4. The two keynote speeches will encourage you to use English and IT for international and interschool exchanges.
5. The whole program invites everyone to exchange information, ideas and opinions about international and interschool exchanges.
History
/ Since 1994 we have been promoting Internet uses for educational
purposes, especially for international exchanges. / The Internet
Exchanges Among Asian High School Students started in 1996. / The
first World Youth Meeting was held in 1999 and the second one in
2000.
2 Title
World Youth Meeting in Nagoya 2001
3 Time
July 28 (Sat) 2001
4 Place
Nagoya International Center
450-0001 1-47-1, Nakono, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi
http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/
| 5 Time Schedule (tentative) | |
| 9:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Opening Ceremony _____Master of ceremony Fukui Commercial High School _____Opening speech Fukui Commercial High School _____Guest speaker _______Mr. Kaneda __________Prof. Emeritus of Nagoya Gakuin Univ _______Mutenda Laurence from Zimbabwe _______Takashi Ikuta __________Prof. of Niigata University _______Mr. Noboru Okubo __________Executive Committee of Education Expo _____Executive committee of WYM _______ Mr. Makoto Kageto __________" The History of WYM and My Wish" |
| 10:30 | Keynote
Speech by Ms. Jenny Yeo _____" Children love IT - IT in Elementary schools in Singapore" |
| 11:10 | Brief Introduction of
students' presentations _____Presentations
Part 1 |
| 12:00 | Lunch Time |
| 13:00 | Keynote
Speech _____" My suggestions for International Exchanges" __________By Toshiyuki Mizukoshi _______________Prof. of Kansai University _______________Prof. Emeritus of Osaka University |
| 13:40 | On-line
Presentation Australian Capital Territory _____" Internet Use in Education and Japanese lessons in Australia" __________By Ms. Ballantyne Di _______________http://www.act.gov.au |
| 14:10 | Presentations Part 2 _____Like presentations in the morning, we have three presentations. _____Choose two of them and join them . _______4.Midori HS & German HS __________( Japan ) ( Germany ) _______5.Matusaka Chubu JHS & Kaoshung JHS, Komono JHS __________( Japan ) ( Taiwan ) _______________[With the support of Tokyo Kokusai University] _______6.Chukyo University "Our support for high school students" __________( Japan ) |
| 14:50 | Tea Break with Live Music |
| 15:30 | Reflection
Video _____Edited by Prof. Miyata and his students, Chukyo University |
| 15:50 | Comments
on This Meeting _____Prof . Toshiyuki Mizukoshi _____Prof. Katsuaki Suzuki _____Prof. Hiroyuki Watanabe |
| 16:30 | Closing Ceremony |
Students presentation will be done as a kind of poster session.
HOST & SPONSORS
| Host Organization | World Youth Meeting Committee (WYMC) Information & Communication Technology in Education (ICTE) |
|---|---|
| Cosponsored by | Nagoya International Center Child Research Network |
| Supported by | Uchida, Inc. Nihon-Bunkyo Publishing Co. Tomen Cyber Business, Inc. Prof. Miyata's Office at Chyukyo Univ. Araido-Terashis, Inc. Epson Marketing, Inc. Sun Heights Hotel Nagoya. Kinjo Lions Club. Kizuna Assist. Nichiryo Chubu Enterprise. Internet and Education Council. Matsushita Audio Visual Educational Foundation. Japan Educational Resource Information Center. Asian Pacific Networking Group. Nagoya City, Nagoya City Educational Committee, Expo Council (to be confirmed). |
| Related URLs | |
| World Youth Meeting 1999 | http://www.japannet.gr.jp/nic/ |
| World Youth Meeting 2000 | http://www.japannet.gr.jp/w2000/ |
| Students' Presentation Files in 2001 | http://www.japannet.gr.jp/w2000/ppt/index.htm |
| Internet Exchange Project of Asian High School Students | http://www.japannet.gr.jp/w2000/tw/pro/ |
| Information & Communication Technology in Communication | http://www.icte.net |
| Uchida, Inc. | http://school.uchida.co.jp/ |
| Nichibun Net | http://www.nichibun.net/ |
| Child Research Network | http://www.crn.or.jp/ |
| Chukyoiyakuhin | http://www.chukyoiyakuhin.co.jp |
| Nagoya International Center | http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/ |
| Asian Pacific Networking Group | http://www.apng.org/ |