International Symposium'98
Schools and the Internet

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Program

July 1 (Wedensday)
Day one

9:30

Registration
(Entrance of Eminence Hall)

10:00

Opening Remarks:
Representative of Center for Educational Computing

Greetings:*MOE and *MITI

10:20

Keynote Speech 1

Background of Internet in American Education
Keith Fox, Vice President, Corporate Marketing
Cisco Systmes, Inc.

11:20

Break

11:30

Keynote Speech 2

Methods of Using the Internet for Education
Yasutaka Shimizu, Dean
Graduate school of Decision Science and Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology

12:30

Lunch time

14:00

International Group Activity Presentations (Five (5) Groups/20 minutes each)

Speaker:

-Edwin H. Gragert, Ph D. , Director I*EARN-US

-Odd DePresno, Chairman KIDLINK

-Grant Beglarian, Ph.D., International Coordinator Think-Quest, Advanced Network & Services

-Connie Stout, Director Texas Education Network (TENET)

-Henk Sligte, Faculty of Education Sciences University of Amsterdam European Schools Project (ESP)

15:40

Break

16:00

Group activity workshops(Five (5) in parallel sessions/90 minutes)

Speakers will carry out discussions in workshop rooms

- I*EARN
- KIDLINK
- Think Quest
- TENET
- ESP

Participants are invited to join one of the workshops

17:30

Break

18:00

Welcome Reception

20:00

July 2 (Thursday)
Day two

9:00

Registration
(Entrance of Concord Hall)

9:20

Domestic and International Case Study Presentations
(Six (6) presentations in three (3) parallel sessions)

- (Elementary education (Hall One)

- (Junior high education (Hall Two)

- (Senior high education (Hall Three)












12:30

Lunch time

13:40

Presentations by Neighboring Countries and Regions

Speaker:

- Korea:Sung Pang Park, Principal Young Hoon Elementary School

- Taiwan:Nian-Shing Chen, Professor of Department of Information Management National Sun Yat-sen University

- Singapore:Yap Kwang Tan, Director of Educational Technology Ministry of Education

- Hawaii:Diana Oshiro, Advanced Technology Research Office of Information & Telecommunication Services Department of Education, State of Hawaii

15:00

Break

15:20

Panel Discussion

Theme : Initializing International Exchange on the Internet

Moderator: Hiroyuki Tanaka (Associate Profossor Osaka Kyouiku University)

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Diana Kaapana OshiroiDepartment of eDucation,Hawaiij
Shoji Inui (Fukui City, Enzan Elementary School)
Lawrence Williams (Holy Cross Convent School, UK)
Makoto Kageto (Seiryo Commercial High School)

17:20

Closing Remarks :
Representative of Center for Educational Computing

17:30

Closing

* MOE - Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture
* MITI - Ministry of International Trade and Industry

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