HOMEInternational Symposium 1998 TOPVirtual Sensitivity
| Your Virtual Come True! | ||
| The Day an Elementary School was connected to the Internet | ||
| Mr.Shinichi Someoka | ||
| Yasuda Women's University, Literature Department, Children Education | ||
| Member of Chugoku/Shikoku Internet Utilization for Education Research Group | ||
| (1) Dawn of the educational use of the Internet | |
| 1994 | Suzuhari Elementary School UUCP Connection Project |
| 1995 | 100-Schools Project Launched homepage School@csi Thousand Cranes Project |
| 1996 | Nagatsuka Elementary School Thousand Cranes Project Yoshishima Higashi Elementary School Machinto Project |
| 1997 | Suzuhari Elementary School and Sansakachi Elementary School Organized Haiku Get Togegher |
| (2) Suzuhari Elementary School was connected to UUCP in 1994, | |
| - | The eve of Internet boom |
| - | Question raised; Can an ordinary elementary school be really connected to the internet? How? |
| - | First Japanese elementary school to be connected to the Internet Suzuhari-es.asakita.hiroshima.jp |
| - | Message exchange by electoric mail |
| - | Tentative homepage started within the site of Yasuda Women's University. |
| - | The homepage received much attention because of its elementary status |
| (3) Hundred Schools Project in 1995 | |
| - | Started homepage school@csi based on area network http://www.csi.ad.jp/school |
| - | Very active mailing list |
| - | Frequent meetings held in person |
| - | Various collaborative projects organized |
| - | Evaluation of past year activities, Development of CSI education division |
| (4) Thousand Cranes Project in 1995 | |
| - | Hiroshima, 50th year memorial after the atomic bombing |
| - | A teacher from Alianza Elementary School in California sent E-mail to Suzuhari Elementary School after she read Suzuhari's homepage. |
| - | Yasuda Women's University started its homepage http://www.csi.ad.jp/suzuhari-es/1000cranes |
| - | Supported communication visually and kept the record of exchanges |
| - | This homepage got highly evaluated as the basic source of peace education. Developed into a model page for peace education |
| (5) Peace Study Project in 1996 (Children's Thousand Crances Project) | |
| - | agatsuka Public Elementary School "Nation-wide Children's Thousand Cranes Project" |
| - | Nagatsuka Elementary School homepage started The principal, an atomic bomb survivor publishes his story in English Delivery of folded paper cranes in response to children's appeal |
| - | Yoshishima Higashi Elementary School "Machinto Project" Presented the detailed document of peace study in schools in Hiroshima A play, "Machinto", performed This project was extended to 1997 |
| (6) Internet Haiku Get-together in 1997 | |
| - | Beginning of NTT's "CoNETion" Plan There was no base linking the 100 schools and the CoNETion Plan |
| - | Plan was formulated by exchanging information through school@csi |
| - | Many trials for preparation |
| - | Plan for Multimedia Exchange System |
| - | Different approach from distance education? http://next1.yasuda-u.ac.jp/haiku97 |
| (7) Internet Haiku get-together |
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