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On-line presentation (research report on practice and activities) (30 minutes)
Developing a program for international online interactions connecting high school students for during and post-COVID
For almost a decade at Sagano High School, a public school in Kyoto, we have developed a course called Global Interaction (GI), which has a robust curriculum based off of the international connections we maintain. First, every year for 5 days, all 320 first year students travel to Singapore and attend 4 different schools. Also more than 150 international students travel to our school for interaction events from Singapore, Indonesia, the United States, and other countries every year. However, when 2020 began, it became apparent that our curriculum would have to change unless we came up with a way to continue our connections with our international partners. International connections and experiences are critically important during the high school years. After much work, over the course of the past year we have developed an online interaction program utilizing Google Classroom, Google Meet, pre-recorded videos, and many different scheduled events. We have developed two types of programs. First, a synchronous program. Students meet in live online interaction events where they spend 30-50 minutes doing show and tell, presentations, and other conversation-based activities over Google Meet. Over time they develop deeper connections with the students as they meet online over and over. The second program is an asynchronous one, involving the students recording videos for each other and then posting them within a closed Google Classroom. This presentation will go over the design and planning of this program, examples of the interactions, and how the international connections were made. We will go over the data collected from the students, on their impressions before and after the interactions in class and their perception on international interaction and friendships afterwards. Finally we will review how the program was reviewed, evaluated, and then changed for the 2021-22 school year, and how it has worked since.
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I've got a Dr. on my name, I'm a Google Certified Innovator, and I teach at Sagano High School in Kyoto. Let's see... I've taught communicative English, life science, integrated science, CLIL science, global studies, and Tech and Media skills during 18+ years of teaching in public schools in the US and Japan. I love doing EdTech professional development (PD) and I am researching EdTech PD, blended learning, and public school EdTech environments. Find me @tesolgeek on Twitter.