On-Line Meeting  Again (Japanese)

Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:30am - 8:30am Japan time
__________________________<---------------------------------------> Wednesday, December 14, 2005 4:30pm - 5:30pm USA Central time

Network /Software, Equipment: School Network, ADSL, MSN Messenger (Video), iVisit (Video), Talking Communities (Audio), Web cam, Microphone, Speaker, Projector, screen

GVC05-18 18 students, Japan
<------------------------> American Institute of Monterrey, S.C. (Mexico), Dawson Middle School (Tex, USA)
Teachers: Sugimoto, Japan (sugimoto@wakoku-h.spec.ed.jp) <----------> Ms. Quezada (Mexico), Ms. Presley (USA)

Purpose: To talk about work Progress on each topic  (Language: English and Japanese)
We tried to have a On-Line Meeting again today because we had no Meeting by bad weather in the USA last week.  We were glad to meet our classmates in USA and Mexico and we also had good time to had talked about each topic's progress, how to go a head, what to do soon and during the winter break. But at same time, unfortunately network trouble happened to us. That was what MSN Messenger did not work between Japan and USA, maybe it was caused by too busy traffic and not so broadband in each side. We have never seen USA classmates in screen and we wish to meet them in it.  The meeting was by English only in voice chat through Talking Communities and we were very nervous to speak and listen to English.  We were very happy that Ms. Quezada, teacher in Mexico talked in English very slow and clearly and there was a Japanese speaker in USA side. That made us have good communication. To my students, this meeting made them notice again that each one is a member of GVC-18 and it is very important to make up one Work in three different culture as collaboration.  I hope they grow up in getting a lot of experience. Written by Sugimoto, teacher