CLOSED SYMPOSIUM [DAY 1] (Thursday, January 22, 1998) 9:30-17:00
TIME SCHEDULE |
SPEAKERS AND THEIR TOPICS |
Opening Ceremony |
Dr. Noboru Kobayashi (Child Research Net) |
9:30am-9:40am |
Country Reports |
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A. Regional (20 mins.)
9:40am-10:00am
10:00am-10:20am
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1. International Perspective
- Dr. Per Miljeteig and Ms. Marie Louise Bistrup
- (Childwatch International, Norway)
2. Asian Perspective
- Dr. Anura Goonasekera
- (Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Singapore)
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B. By Country (15 mins.)
10:20am-10:35am
10:35am-10:50am
10:50am-11:05am
11:05am-11:20am
11:20am-11:35am
11:35am-11:50am
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1. U.S.A.
- Dr. Brett V. Brown
- (Child Trends, Inc.)
- 2. Australia
- Ms. Jenny Aland
- (South Australian Department of Education)
- 3. Singapore
- Dr. Denise Goh
- (National University Hospital)
- 4. Taiwan
- Dr. Hong-Fa Ho
- (National Taiwan Normal University)
- 5. Turkey
- Dr. A. Murat Tuncer
- (Institute of Child Health and Children's Hospital)
- 6. Japan
- Mr. Yukio Shimauchi
- (Benesse Corporation)
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11:50am-12:00am |
Brief Administrative Announcements |
12:00am-12:50pm |
Light Lunch will be served |
- Learning to Learn
Chair: |
Dr. Hiroshi Azuma (Shirayuri College, Japan) |
Dr. Brett V. Brown (Child Trends, Inc., U.S.A.) |
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(30 mins.)
1:00pm-1:30pm
1:30pm-2:00pm
2:00pm-2:30pm
2:30pm-3:00pm
3:00pm-3:20pm
3:20pm-4:50pm
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- 1. Learning to Learn
- Ms. Dee Dickinson, New Horizons for Learning
- (U.S.A.)
- 2. Applying Multimedia for Edutainment for Children in Asia
- Dr. Anura Goonasekera, AMIC
- (Singapore)
- 3. Designing, Constructing and Utilizing New Learning Spaces
- Mr. Hillel Weintraub, Doshisya International High School
- (Japan)
- 4. The Kids of the '90s: Learning to Learn with Multimedia Internet Technologies
- Dr. Idit Harel, MaMaMedia
- (U.S.A.)
******Break******
Panel Discussion
- Chair:
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- (Shirayuri College, Japan)
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- (Child Trends, Inc., U.S.A.)
- Panelists:
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- (South Australian Department of Education, Australia)
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- (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
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- (Konan Women's University, Japan)
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4:50pm-5:00pm |
Brief Administrative Announcements |
5:30pm-7:00pm |
Hors d' oeuvre and drinks will be served |
CLOSED SYMPOSIUM [DAY 2] (Friday, January 23, 1998) 9:30-17:45
TIME SCEDULE |
SPEAKERS AND THEIR TOPICS |
- Virtual Sensitivity of Children
- Chair: Dr. Takemochi Ishii (Keio University, Japan)
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(30 mins.)
9:30am-10:00am
10:00am-10:30am
10:30am-11:00am
11:00am-11:45am
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- 1. The Toyonaka Bunka Kindergarten Story
- Mr. Souhei Matsuda
- (Toyonaka Bunka Kindergarten, Japan)
- 2. The Elementary School Story: The 100 Schools Project
- Mr. Shinichi Someoka
- (Yasuda Women's University, Japan)
- 3. The Junior High School Story The "Shinken 84 Net" Project
- Ms. Maki Nakagaki (Benesse Corporation, Japan)
- 4. The Children's Media Committee Story
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- (CMC, Japan)
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- (National Children's Hospital, Japan)
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11:45am-12:00noon |
Breif Administrative Announcements |
12:00noon-12:50pm |
Light Lunch will be served |
Behind the Scenes |
- 1. Virtual Reality
- Dr. Michitaka Hirose
- (University of Tokyo, Japan)
- 2. Awareness of the Earth and Possibilities for New Science Education in the Internet Age
- Dr. Shinichi Takemura
- (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Japan)
Panel Discussion
- Panelists:
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- (Doshisya International High School)
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- (AMIC, Singapore)
******Break******
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(30 mins.)
1:00pm-1:30pm
1:30pm-2:00pm
2:00pm-3:30pm
3:30pm-3:50pm
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Wrap-Up Discussion |
- Chairs:
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- Commentator:
- Dr. Seymour Papert (MIT Media Laboratory)
- ---Implications for the Future---
- Topics:
- Children growing up in a multimedia environment
- The future of cyber-child research
- Panelists:
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- (Childwatch International, Norway)
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- (Children's Hospital, Turkey)
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- (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Japan)
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- Seinan Gakuin Univ. Japan)
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3:50pm-5:20pm
5:20pm-5:35pm
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5:35pm-5:45pm |
Breif Administrative Announcements |
6:00pm-7:30pm |
Buffet dinner will be set up |