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This marks the second week that Ms. Sonya Wild’s class Grade 3S have been running the 1:1 Laptop Pilot Program with Ms. Christine Usyak (Elementary ICT Facilitator) in collaboration with Apple Japan Education Sales Team. Apple Japan chose Yokohama International School to pilot and evaluate a 1:1 program and Ms. Wild volunteered her and her [...]

During my 1:1 sessions with a Japanese classroom teacher, we created a WebQuest to support her motivation to use technology in the classroom and to help students be self-directed in honing their research skills in Japanese. The unit below asks students to find one Japanese folklore story and ‘translate’ the story using a Japanese dialect [...]

Here are some notes I prepared for the PYP Coordinator for a meeting the Grade 5 teachers from YIS and Tokyo International School will have this afternoon about the PYP Exhibition 2010. This is my very first time I will be involved with the PYP Exhibition. I’ve been told to brace myself but also that [...]

Almost 2 years ago I had the opportunity and honor to meet Alan November. The YIS BTG Committee is currently negotiating with November Learning to bring him as a speaker to BTG 2010. This year’s BTG 2009 (Bridging The Gap) was a great success with BarCamp Yokohama as a finale to the 2-day conference. I [...]

Elementary ICT PD Session 1 has been scheduled with the help of the Elementary Principal and planned with the Elementary Curriculum Coordinator in response to the request for ICT PD in the elementary and to address concerns with ICT support in the elementary.
Assistant, homeroom, single-subject teachers are invited to attend this workshop on Thursday, [...]

Hi, my name is Christine I am the Elementary ICT Facilitator and Professional Learning Coach at Yokohama International School. I support and train elementary teachers in information and internet literacies. I also advise the Student Tech Team, a group of 20 students from the middle and high school who assist teachers and their peers with [...]

I’m part of the European Council of International Schools Skoodle ICT forum and just responded to John @ISP on his following post:
“I am curious to hear from folks on what you tend to use for Blogging in your school, and how you manage the privacy aspects and other issues related to sharing in a open [...]

I love zoos but I thought twice about telling the Grade 2 students that I went to the zoo after I heard their reflections on the Animoto + Podcast below. I felt a little guilty ‘enjoying’ the zoo since natural habitats are much better for animals but there I was having a great time at [...]

This will be a live stream on Thursday, March 12 from 13:00-16:00 (Japan time). Please check out the Music page on the YIS website.

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Accompanied Grade 2 on their trip to Miraikan in Odaiba.  I tried to answer their PYP Unit of Inquiry: How does technology connect people with my photos.
 
So…How does the technology you use connect the people in your life?

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