Misa Gratton has worked in the IT field all her life. She has used a variety of computers in different countries including Japan. From 1986 to 1989, she was Chief of Computer Services Unit, the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, where she gained significant experience in computers localized for the Japanese language and ones based on the English language, with their connectivity to international networks. Upon her return to Canada and working as a public servant, she undertook large IT planning projects including IT strategic planning. This led to an assignment to Carleton University to develop an IT strategic plan for the entire university community. In the process, she found an extremely interesting problem to describe IT infrastructure to support multilingual needs. She wishes to share her information with sensei gata involved in the Japanese language education.
Since technical support resources are difficult and expensive to obtain, it is extremely effective to exchange technical information in eGroups, such as SenseiOnline. In such exchanges, it would be helpful if participants can use basic common terms which are well defined and used among a majority of computer and Internet users. This will introduce certain preciseness in describing problems and finding answers. The paper tries to explain "how things work" by using a basic set of technical terms. Its goal is to contribute to SenseiOnline by enhancing the information exchange on the use of computers and the Internet.
Misa sensei's paper is at http://www.gratmis77.freeservers.com/SOL/
So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN with the new interface. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Misa 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://ti2.sri.com
Instructions to log in as a guest and get to the After School Online Room:
1. Go to http://ti2.sri.com
2. Click the "Guest Login" Button on the TAPPED IN home page
3. Fill in your name (up to 6 letters) and click on "Log in as a Guest"
4. When loading is done, you will be in the Reception area.
5. To talk, type in the message in the window next to the word SAY. Then press the SEND button or the ENTER key
6. In order to get to After School Online room, you can click on After School Online in the Featured Passageways.
You can view Introduction to the TI2 User Interface at http://ti2.sri.com/tappedin/web/help/ui.jsp
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 ti2contactus@tappedin.org.
TAPPED IN™ is the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engaged in professional development programs and informal collaboration with colleagues.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Manager of SenseiOnline at senseionline-owner@yahoogroups.com
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