The first 14 minutes of a presentation at the National University of Singapore CLaSIC 2008 conference. See also the Web page for this presentation. Tags: singapore · nus · motivation · social media · sns · mixi · mccarty

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40-minute presentation at the JALTCALL 2008 conference. Or see online presentations combining .ppt slides with podcasts of the speeches at the author's Japanese-English blog here. Tags: call jaltcall nagoya nucb mccarty online performances motivation efl

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First 25 minutes (presentation part) of a 90-minute workshop at the JALTCALL 2008 conference. Or see online presentations combining .ppt slides with podcasts of the speeches at the author's Japanese-English blog here. Tags: mobile japan mccarty jaltcall nagoya nucb

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29-minute presentation at the Wireless Ready 2008 conference at the graduate school of Nagoya University of Commerce and Business. Social Networking opens up a supplementary online dimension to motivate students after the class or semester, even to keep in touch after graduation. How the SNS technology worked with students is explained by Professor Steve McCarty in terms of Japanese socioculture. Tags: mixi sns wirelessready nagoya nucb japan mccarty

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Osaka Jogakuin College Fall 2007 Presentation Contest 1st place presentation by students of Professor Steve McCarty Students discuss why bullying is common in Japan. They give examples of YouTube, sumo wrestling, and mobile phone harrassment. They examine causes of bullying in Japan and propose solutions. Students of English as a Foreign Language can read the script while listening to the podcast. First click this link to download the script in MSWord format. Return to this page just to start the podcast below, then go back to read the script while listening. Tags: bullying Japan sumo mobile YouTube

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Osaka Jogakuin College Spring 2007 Peace Dialogue Contest 1st place presentation by students of Professor Steve McCarty A dialogue discussing whether to build another atomic power plant in a city in Japan or to conserve energy. Students created this dialogue before there was actually a big earthquake later in the summer that disabled a major atomic power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company in Niigata Prefecture. Students of English as a Foreign Language can read the script while listening to the podcast. First click this link to open the script in MSWord format. Return to this page just to start the podcast below, then go back to read the script while listening. Tags: conservation · energy · atomic · power · earthquake · OJC · peace

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Japan Association for Language Teaching JALT 2006 International Conference presentation on "Podcasting for the College EFL Curriculum" at the Kitakyushu International Conference Centre, Kokura, Japan (3 November 2006). Download the .ppt presentation if you like and watch the slides while listening to the podcast of the presentation as it was recorded live. Tags: podcasting iPods learning technology Japan efl chinese bilingualism

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"Interfaces of Bilingual Education, Japanese Socioculture and Podcasting Technologies," a presentation at the International Conference on Diversity and Community in Applied Linguistics: Interface, Interpretation, Interdisciplinarity, at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, on 21 September 2006. View the presentation in another browser window as a slide show (only works with MS IE, but even if PowerPoint is not installed), or download the presentation to listen while viewing the slides. Live Internet was used during the presentation, so the listener may refer to the following sites besides Japancasting in other browser windows: Podcasting, Coursecasting, and Web 2.0 Technologies for Research at the Podcasting in EFL Wiki - TESOL Electronic Village Online (EVO) and the online library Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection. Tags: bilingualism · bilingual · education · Japan · Japanese · society · coursecasting · podcasting · technology

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This is a welcoming address of about 25 minutes to the 2006 World Association for Online Education (WAOE) Annual Members' Meeting. After hearing this you can talk back just by plugging a microphone into your computer and using Odeo's voice message function Send me a Message. This talk mainly introduces some of the new generation of free and collaborative sites called Web 2.0. It would be helpful to open the following Podcasting for EFL wiki of the TESOL Electronic Village Online (EVO) site in a new browser window, then return to this page to play the podcast WAOE_Meeting.MP3: Podcasting, Coursecasting and Web 2.0 Technologies for Research. At my online library you can also see an example of using Flickr to make a moving collage of colorful photos and screen shots of Japan, Australia, and virtual learning environments. Collegially, Steve McCarty, President (1998-2007), World Association for Online Education; Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College (in the map below which you can operate, it's just south of Osaka Castle) Tags: waoe · education · technology

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A 13-minute speech on July 6, 2006 to school observers visiting here in Osaka under the auspices of North Central College in Illinois. Starts with assumptions underlying democracy that differ from the U.S., resulting in some surprising manifestations in education. Philosophies of multiculturalism vs. assimilation are discussed. My sons have been going through Japanese public schools, and I try to show the system from their viewpoint and that of my Japanese wife. Doing homework, for example, is a struggle against human nature. My wife tells them what they need to do to reach their goals, but, with so many gadgets to enjoy, they have to get into what anthropologists call a mood of willing. Tags: Japan · education · democracy · multiculturalism

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