SenseiOnline presents 22nd Benkyoukai (Study Forum)
Keiko Schneider "TAPPED IN and senseiOnline: Open House"
May 7- 8, 2002
Section 1: May 7th (Tuesday) 10am MDT, 9am PDT
6am Hawaii, 11am CDT, noon EDT, 4pm GMT, 5pm UK, 6pm France/Germany
Section 2: May 7th (Tuesday) 5pm MDT, 4pm PDT
1pm Hawaii, 6pm CDT, 7pm EDT, 11pm GMT; May 8th (Wednesday) 8am Japan, 9am Sydney
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Featured speaker
Keiko Schneider
Keiko Schneider teaches ESL and Technology at Albuquerque TVI, designs and maintains education-related web sites, provides professional training for language teachers and consults on technology integration in education. She uses YahooGroups to facilitate asynchronous communication among senseiOnline community members (those who are concerened about teaching Japanese). For synchronous communication of the community, she organizes monthly "benkyoukai" ("study forum" in Japanese) using TAPPED IN for the group. She is a volunteer HelpDesk at TAPPED IN .
Short description of the presentation
There are two sections of the session to accommodate maximum participation of those who are interested around the globe. Keiko Schneider is the manager of senseiOnline list that is for those who are concerened about teaching Japanese. She uses TAPPED IN to organize live presentation called "benkyoukai" ("study forum" in Japanese). This session will appeal to:
1) Educators who are interested in online professional development using TAPPED IN.
2) Education leaders who maintain or are interested in building online communities.
3) Those who have heard about "benkyoukai", but never had guts to participate, but are quite curious.
4) Those who like to find out about senseiOnline community.
What is going to happen?
Keiko's paper is at
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/openhouse.html
So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Keiko and
others from around the world. TAPPED IN is open to everybody and the presentation will be done in English.
Where to go
This event is open to anybody who is interested in the topic. It will be at After School Online Room at http://www.tappedin.org
Instructions to log in as a guest and get to the After School Online Room:
1. Go to http://www.tappedin.org
2. Click the "Guest Login" Button on the TAPPED IN home page
3. Be patient while loading
4. When prompted in the bottom window, erase the text next to the word SAY, and type your name and hit return.
5. When loading is done, you will be in the Reception area.
6. To talk, type in the message in the window next to the word SAY. Then press the SEND button or the ENTER key
7. In order to get to After School Online room, you can click on After School Online in the map.
Download and print this document. It will explain the interface really well. http://www.tappedin.sri.com/info/docs/TAPestry3.pdf
System Requirements
TAPPED IN uses Java applet called TAPestry. It requires Java, frames and JavaScript which some older browsers do not support well. If you have problems, please read TAPPED IN's Frequently Asked Questions page.
If you have problems connecting from a school computer, you may be behind firewall. Please read Firewall explanation in FAQ..
If you still need help, please mail TAPPED IN staff at contactus@tappedin.org
About TAPPED IN
TAPPED IN (http://www.tappedin.org) is an online conference center hosting an international community of education professionals. Teachers, librarians, professional development staff, researchers and students engage in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues and attend online dicussions and classes.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Manager of SenseiOnline, Keiko Schneider at kschnei@sabotenweb.com
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