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Matthew Hall began his love affair with Japan 18 years ago when he read James Clavell's Shogun. As his high school had no Japanese lessons, he was forced to wait until entering the University of Notre Dame (Go Irish!) before he could scratch that particular itch. As a sophomore he spent a year at Sophia University in Tokyo. After graduating with a double major in Philosophy and Japanese, he did a year of volunteer work at a teen psychiatric unit in Colorado before embarking upon a three-year stint as an ALT in Fukuoka on the JET Program. It is this experience that he most credits with his becoming a teacher. His post-JET experience includes two highlights: working at the Japanese Consulate in Chicago for two years and meeting Rushton Hurley, who recruited Matthew to go to Stanford University's STEP program. After graduating with his Master's in one year, Matt took his place at Rushton senpai's side learning the ropes of running a top-notch, accelerated Japanese high school program.
How one teacher used technology to bamboozle his students into studying Japanese over the summer.
Matt sensei's paper is at
http://scweb.esuhsd.org/programs/jp/natsu_no_shukudai.html
So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Matt sensei and others from around the world. TAPPED IN is open to everybody and the presentation will be done in English.
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
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
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Manager of SenseiOnline, Keiko Schneider at kschnei@sabotenweb.com
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