Online Community for Teachers of Japanese: Multimedia Materials Development, Sharing Information/Resources and Professional Development

ACTFL 2001, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC
Friday, November 15, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m., Renaissance Five
Keiko Schneider, Saboten Web Design
kschnei@sabotenweb.com

This handout is also available at http://www.sabotenweb.com/conference/ACTFL2001/

senseiOnline

1. What is senseiOnline?

It is an online community for those who are concerned about Japanese language and culture education. It will help networking, sharing ideas and supporting each other. Members include Japanese teachers of various levels from all over the world as well as English teachers in Japan, CALL specialists, Language Lab Technicians, Engineers, Web Designers, Graduate Students and eager learners of Japanese from various parts of the globe.

2. Communicating asynchronously: YahooGroups

senseiOnline uses YahooGroups. The communication is based on listserv, where a member posts a message, it will be read by all members. Members have options to read only at web site, receive daily digests instead of individual messages. Membership is free.

3. How to join

1) If the email account is NOT from school
Write to Keiko Schneider, the Manager, at kschnei@sabotenweb.com to show the intent to subscribe and brief description of where you teach or why you are interested.

I do this to make sure whoever is joining is not interested just because somebody wants to send spam/unwanted advertisement messages. So it can be very brief. Understanding and cooperation on this matter is deeply appreciated.

They can take venue 2) as well, but they are going to get a message from the Manager anyway.

2) If the email account IS from school
Fairly automatic. But there are a couple of ways

2-1 Send a blank message to senseionline-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
2-2 Go to http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/senseiOnline.html and put your email and push purple "Yahoo Groups Join Now" button
2-3 Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/senseionline/ and click on ñJoin This Groupî link towards right

4. Searching from senseiOnline archives

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/senseionline/

Members can access to previous messages (3770 as of 11/7). You need to register with YahooGroups if you want to access the group site.

Pattern One: If you use Yahoo account for senseiOnline.
You shouldn't need to register.

Pattern Two: If you are new with non-Yahoo account
1.Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/senseionline/
2. Go click on conversion wizard in "Join Now" to the right.
3. Go to "Don't have a password?/Forget your password?
4. Enter your email address and click continue
5. Keep the Enter authorization code page and check your email account

More info on senseiOnline, including sign up is at
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/senseiOnline.html

5. Communicating synchronously: Benkyoukai

Also we have a monthly online forum called Benkyoukai. We invite list members to contribute a short paper and have an online, live interaction with the author/presenter at TAPPED IN. (http://www.tappedin.org) The event is announced through senseiOnline listserv.

Future events for 2001:
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/senseiOnline.html

17th Benkyoukai Miyuki Fukai "Possibility of the Internet to Integrate the National Standards into the Classroom: Evidence from A Pilot Study with Advanced-Level Learners of Japanese "

November 23rd (Friday), 2001 at 4pm EST, 1pm PST 3pm CST, 10am Hawaii, 9pm GMT, 24th 6am Japan)

18th Benkyoukai Deb Blaz " Using Performance Assessments"

December 11th (Tuesday), 2001 at 7pm EST, 4pm PST, 6pm CST, 2pm Hawaii, midnight GMT, 12nd 9am Japan)

Previous events:
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/benkyoukai.html

- "Making CALL Count (Improving CALL and On-line Activities)" by Greg Dablestein, Brisbane Grammar School, Australia
-"Web-based Japanese Language Assessment" by Carly Born and Joanna Hollis, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- "Internet Videoconferencing and Japanese Learning" by Suzuko Anai of University of Essex, UK
- "Global Virtual University Project" by Yoko Kano of University of North Carolina, Wilmington
-"Interinstitutional Collaborative Learning on the Web. Projects and Ideas" by David Ashworth of University of Hawaii
- "Teaching Reading in Japanese in the Internet Era" by Yoshiko Kawamura of Tokyo International University
- "Learning about Language Learning B-Board Project Elementary Japanese II" by Eiko Ushida of Carnegie Mellon University
- "Virtual Schooling - Online High School Japanese" by Jennifer Johnson and Louise Smith of The Virtual Schooling, Queensland, Australia.
- "On-line Japanese Course: Would you want to teach one?" by Satoru Shinagawa of Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii

Events for the year 2001 will be announced through senseiOnline list. http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/senseiOnline.html
If you have any questions, please contact senseiOnline Manager, Keiko Schneider at kschnei@sabotenweb.com

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