Japan

Well, I'm packed up and ready to check out of the New Otani Hotel to head back to the USA. Incidentally, Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, arrived at the hotel last night. As the nuclear arms situation with North Korea continues to become more unstable, it's definitely time to head home.

At any rate, I want to thank one of the high school teachers, Kate, who teaches Mass Communications at her high school in Virginia, for graciously sharing this video podcast with the students of Mabry. The video is a 6 minute overview of our visit in Japan. Enjoy!

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I had the wonderful experience of visiting 荒尾第三中学校, Arao City Daisan Middle School. You can see the pictures from the Arao City Daisan Middle School photo album by clicking on the picture at the bottom of this post.

I had lunch with Masa's 7th grade homeroom class. His students will be posting to our Japan project here on the Mabry Global Learning Collaborative. After lunch we recorded this podcast greeting from Masa, who speaks fluent English.

Click the picture above to view the Arao City Daisan Middle School Photo Album

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The 7th grade students at Arao City Daisan Middle School all study English with their English teacher, Masa. In this podcast, which we made right after lunch, several students were brave enough to practice their English greetings by trying them out for this podcast. They did a great job. They can certainly speak English better than we can speak Japanese!

Enjoy meeting our new 7th grade Japanese friends!

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Kyogen is a 600 year old Japanese art form that takes the form of a highly stylized comedic stage performance of typical everyday life experiences. Don Kenny, a respected artist in Japan, performed a Kyogen in English, which is presented here as a podcast. He then spoke of the history and development of this ancient art form. For pictures of his stage presentation and discussion, click on the picture at the bottom of this post. To listen to his Kyogen performance, recorded live, play the podcast below.

Click the picture above to view the Kyogen Picture Album

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Well, I'm almost all packed and ready to fly to San Francisco tomorrow. From San Francisco I'll head off to Tokyo on October 2nd. In the mean time, I'm publishing this podcast that introduces this collaborative project, explaining what it's purpose is, and welcoming other to participate.

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