Information Technology for Japanese Teachers: Survival Guide

Information Technology for Japanese Teachers: Survival Guide
ACTFL 2002, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Saturday, November 23, 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Convention Center:251A

Presenters

Keiko Schneider, Saboten Web Design kschnei@sabotenweb.com
Yasuhiro Omoto, University of California, Berkley, California yomoto@nihongoweb.com
Miyuki Fukai, Indiana University, Bloomington mfukai@indiana.edu

Description of the presentation

The presentation pinpoints issues in Information Technology, illustrates current use of computer and the Internet from a survey, demonstrates information from NihongoWeb and encourages online collaboration through senseiOnline. The presenters hope to help overcome the difficulty to make the best use of Information Technology. Questions are encouraged throughout the session.

Schneider part of this presentation is available at http://www.sabotenweb.com/conference/ACTFL2002

I. What is IT (Information Technology)? What is in it for us?

Technology is one of "weave" of curricular elements in the National Standards. "Introduction chapter of the ﾒStandards for Japanese language Learningﾓ states that in order to implement the guidelines, instructors should remain aware of advances in the technology that is potentially beneficial to us and our students. Information Technology, in particular, is advancing at a very rapid pace and it is hard even to "keep abreast of changes in technology".

Introduction Flash presentation (1.4MB) (5 minutes)

II. Survey on the use of computer and the Internet

In spring of 2002, thanks to the cooperation of Association of Teachers of Japanese members, the survey was (will be) expanded to the national level. After a brief biographical information about the institution being taught, the survey questions address in three areas.

1) Teacher's environment for computing and Japanese capability, including technical support,
2) Availability of computers at school for class use, and
3) Recommended sites and technology-related projects completed in class.

The survey results will tell us the current status of the use of computer/internet technology for teachers and students in the United States and serve as a guide for developers.

References:

Standards
National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project. (1996). Standards for foreign language learning: Preparing the 21st century. Lawrence, KS: Allen Press.

Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century Learning [online] Available: http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/urawa/world/kunibetsu/syllabus/pdf/sy_honyaku_9-1usa.pdf

Standards for Japanese Language Learning [online] Available: http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/Standards/stand1.html

Technology Literacy
Technology Literacy for Foreign Language Educators [online] Available: http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/literacy/

Japanese capability issues
Microsoft Global IME (Windows 95, 98, Me, NT) [online] Available: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/ime/default.asp

How to Configure Regional and Language Support for User Accounts (Windows 2000, XP) [online] Available: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/managing/regionalsup.asp

Mac OS X 10.1の完全日本語化 [online] Available: http://www.nihongo-ok.com/macosx/011222_perfect_jpn.htm

Step-by-step graphical instruction on how to install Language kit, by Yasuhiro Omoto sensei from UC Berkeley. http://www.nihongoweb.com/Computing/JLK.html

Japanese capability issues in Hands-on Technology Workshop for Teachers of Japanese: Teaching Japanese with Online Technologies [online] Available: http://www.sabotenweb.com/conference/hawaii2002/handouts.html#capability

Computing and Japanese [online] Available: http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/computing.html

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