From kcleary at gol.com Sat Aug 1 23:35:59 2009 From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 12:35:59 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Video Workshop Event Report and Coming Attractions Message-ID: <20090802033559.404559207@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp> Dear Members, I hope your August has gotten off to a great start! First of all, there are several events coming up -- the Tokyo Chapter website has the full list with details. Just as a reminder: - 1 - 28 August (and 17 - 23 September) -- PRIVILEGE Photo Exhibition (Reception is Monday evening, 7 -8 p.m.) - 17 September (Thu) -- Pragmatics Workshop - 11 October (Sun) -- Tokyo Joint Conference (details should be up in the next week or so; this one-day conference is sponsored by West Tokyo Chapter, Tokyo Chapter, and several publishers. This year's theme: Successful Language Learners and What They Can Teach Us) Secondly, I'd like to share the official report, submitted by Jim McKinley, on the Video Workshop that Tokyo Chapter held in June.: "Video Materials Production for the Digitally Challenged", by Nicholas O. Jungheim, Waseda University. For many teachers, advances in technology are overwhelming, and even though they may possess video cameras and editing software, they may have never used them for the classroom. Jungheim's workshop was a practical "hands-on" experience for the great variety of teachers who attended. After prefacing the workshop with explanation and examples of how video materials can be used in language classes, attendees were separated into groups to first storyboard their language lesson, then film it, and finally to edit it. Within approximately 3 hours, the participants were able to overcome their fears and confusion with their video materials. And a note from the organizer, Prof. Nick Jungheim: It was amazing to see some of the creative results of participants' endeavors. We even had a clever movie for teaching Chinese! I really appreciated the enthusiasm that all of the participants put into their productions. Thanks!! Finally, if you have any inclination to make a presentation, please let us know. You can send me a message or use the contact form on the JALT website (it is also accessible via the Tokyo Chapter website). Thank you and best regards, Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair From kcleary at gol.com Fri Aug 21 19:54:55 2009 From: kcleary at gol.com (kevin cleary) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:54:55 +0900 Subject: [TokyoJALT-announce] Job Notice -- Kanto Gakuin University -- Wednesday afternoon Message-ID: <20090821235455.52132597@smtp.kamakuranet.ne.jp> Dear members, A Tokyo Chapter member has given us the following job notice -- a Wednesday afternoon class opportunity for a native speaker of English, at Kanto Gakuin University. I hope that you or someone you know will be interested in this opportunity. As the job notice mentions, please contact Prof. Lisa Bond if you are interested. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the rest of your summer! Kevin Cleary Tokyo Chapter Membership Chair ## JOB NOTICE ## The College of Engineering at Kanto Gakuin University has an urgent need for a native-English speaker to teach an advanced, elective conversation class on Wednesday during the 5th period (4:20-5:50), starting September 30th. If interested, please send your CV as soon as possible to Professor Lisa Bond at . KGU is located near the Kanazawa-Hakkei station on the Keikyu Line, about 30 minutes from Yokohama Station. There is a Keikyu bus available from the station to the campus. University Link: Access: ## END ##