going global

Available projects

• よこはまレオニアプロジェクト　Leonia and Yokohama Project

  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami

  To be filled in later

• Eclipse Observation Project

  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami

  In this project, students will view and discuss the eclipse.

• Japan-US Exchange

  • Teacher: Naomi Funahashi

  This project connects American high school students in Stanford University's Reischauer Scholars Program with Japanese high school students in Keio University's American Studies Program.

• Expression Learning Arts Academy and Matsunaga Elementary School Project

  • Teacher: Julia Jones

  In this project, students at Expressions Learning Arts Academy Elementary School in Florida and Matsunaga Elementary School in Fukushima get to know one another.

• Sharing My Cuisine

  • Teacher: Naomi Funahashi
  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami
  • Teacher: Karen Johnson
  • Teacher: Hiroaki Sankoda
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade
  • Teacher: Nobuhiro Wakita
  • Teacher: Harold Olejarz
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: George Davis
  • Teacher: Saubia Fatemi
  • Teacher: Cassandra Allen
  • Teacher: Safia Rasheed
  • Teacher: Jill Schimmel
  • Teacher: Tamara Acoba
  • Teacher: Sajida Parveen
  • Teacher: Nida Hazari
  • Teacher: Isao Watanabe
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Swara Saraiya
  • Teacher: Hideyuki Baba
  • Teacher: Pamela Valentine
  • Teacher: Ayelet Fogel
  • Teacher: Katsuo Sasaki
  • Teacher: Amy Repay
  • Teacher: Ann Flanagan
  • Teacher: Joseph Lepley
  • Teacher: Tomohiko Takasaki
  • Teacher: Tom DeLoughry
  • Teacher: Iram Sadiq
  • Teacher: Motoko Abe
  • Teacher: Shaista Imran
  • Teacher: Maya Bentz
  • Teacher: Tom Teacher
  • Teacher: Ambreen Asif
  • Teacher: Brian Neumeyer
  • Teacher: Kazuo Takagaki
  • Teacher: Siska Brutsaert
  • Teacher: Lori Hoagland
  • Teacher: Takumi Tanabe
  • Teacher: Dorothy Bauhoff

  Share your food culture with your peers at home and abroad.  What are your favorite foods?  What are typical meals in your home/neighborhood/country?  What do you typically eat at holidays?  Share recipes, and even try to make something new!

  

• Community Service

  • Teacher: Mary Grace GRISANTI
  • Teacher: Sara Yazdanfar
  • Teacher: Pamela Henry
  • Teacher: Sonoka Miyawaki
  • Teacher: Noriko Hino
  • Teacher: Tim Thornton
  • Teacher: Mitsuko Kimura
  • Teacher: Shaista Imran
  • Teacher: Zartaj Waseem
  • Teacher: Roy Malinis
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Temmy Acton
  • Teacher: Michelle Mi
  • Teacher: Ellie Azghandi
  • Teacher: Jane Palermo
  • Teacher: Marie-Claire Chaudoir
  • Teacher: Michael Roccos
  • Teacher: Andres Dominguez
  • Teacher: Pat Williams
  • Teacher: Elizabeth Halo
  • Teacher: Gimmel Young
  • Teacher: Pamela Singho
  • Teacher: Stephen Fitzpatrick
  • Teacher: David Hom
  • Teacher: Juniper DiGiovanni
  • Teacher: Francis Hogan
  • Teacher: Naomi Funahashi
  • Teacher: Saubia Fatemi
  • Teacher: Leon McAllister
  • Teacher: Kerry Aguilar
  • Teacher: Teresa Noverr Chin
  • Teacher: Rachel Bressler
  • Teacher: Angelique Rivera
  • Teacher: George Davis
  • Teacher: Savitree Williams

  Please share your community service projects here.

• Going Bilingual/バイリンガルになろう

  • Teacher: Ann Flanagan
  • Teacher: Kayoko Tazawa
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade
  • Teacher: Tom Teacher
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi

  Students will form a group with Japanese students (4-5) and create a promotional video clip together in English and Japanese. American students will create a clip to be used to promote their Japanese program, with the help of Japanese students.  Japanese students will create a clip to encourage their friends to study English.  American students will help Japanese students by giving ideas, editing and correcting the English of the clip created by Japanese students, and vise versa.

• Takayama-ISA Picture My Life

  • Teacher: Pamela Valentine
  • Teacher: Motoko Abe
  • Teacher: Miyabi Brailsford
  • Teacher: Cassandra Allen
  • Teacher: Nobuhiro Wakita

  This project is limited to students from Takayama and International School of the Americas.

  GOAL:  The students will illustrate examples of a typical day and interpret images from their peers in other geographic areas and countries.  In addition to understanding similarities and differences across regions the students will improve language skills.  Students will gain greater understanding of their own and other cultures.

• Introduction Project(Japan,U.S.A, Pakistan)紹介プロジェクト（和歌山、ニューヨーク、パキスタン）

  • Teacher: Michael DeRienzo
  • Teacher: Jake Proscia
  • Teacher: Stephen Fitzpatrick
  • Teacher: Bob Karr
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Carter Hall
  • Teacher: Mayu Takade
  • Teacher: Tim Thornton
  • Teacher: Shaista Imran
  • Teacher: Ayelet Fogel

  ＳＮＳを通じて、日本、アメリカ、パキスタンの中学生がコミュニケーションを図り、その国の言語や文化・生活習慣・風習に興味・関心を持ち、その中で自分の考えや伝えたいことを互いに表現し合うコースです。

  The Introduction Project will provide the opportunity for students from Japan, Pakistan, and America to share their traditions, culture, and daily lives with each other.  Through this project, it will give students the chance to reflect on their own cultural practices as well.

• Urban Heat Island

  • Teacher: Kazuo Takagaki
  • Teacher: Jennifer Salmon
  • Teacher: Patrick Lee
  • Teacher: Tamara Acoba
  • Teacher: Miyabi Brailsford
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Karen Johnson
  • Teacher: Kyoko Sukagawa
  • Teacher: Eiko Takahashi
  • Teacher: Jessica Vogt
  • Teacher: Amy Holzapfel
  • Teacher: Hideyuki Baba
  • Teacher: Siska Brutsaert
  • Teacher: Misato Cho
  • Teacher: daisuke okabe

  Land development can affect local weather and climate. Is your community rural, suburban, or urban? Is your community affected by the urban heat island? Can new building technologies make development more sustainable? Are there natural solutions to the urban heat island effect? Share photos, weather data, surface heating experiment data, and observations. Suggest ideas to mitigate the effects of the urban heat island on weather and climate. What does the future city look like?

  地域の発達は地元の天気や気候に左右されています。あなたの住んでいる地域は都心の方ですか？それとも郊外の方ですか？あなたの住んでいる地域ではヒートアイランド現象の影響を受けていますか？新しく開発されている建築の技術は地球に優しいですか？都市部のヒートアイランド現象への普段の生活の中での解決法はあるでしょうか？写真や、気象情報、地表の温度の観測データを共有しよう。都市計画が天候や気候に与える影響を和らげるためのアイディアを考えてみよう。将来、あなたの街はどのような感じになるでしょうか？

• Debating Current Events

  • Teacher: Ryo Nakanishi
  • Teacher: Hiroaki Sankoda
  • Teacher: Pamela Valentine
  • Teacher: Kazuo Takagaki
  • Teacher: Isao Watanabe
  • Teacher: Hideyuki Baba
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Ryoichi Kurosaki
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Tamara Acoba
  • Teacher: Tim Needles
  • Teacher: Ariana Moir
  • Teacher: Amy Repay
  • Teacher: Katsuo Sasaki
  • Teacher: daisuke okabe
  • Teacher: Nobuhiro Wakita
  • Teacher: Zartaj Waseem
  • Teacher: Osamu Yagi
  • Teacher: Siska Brutsaert
  • Teacher: Karen Johnson
  • Teacher: Joseph Lepley
  • Teacher: Robert Fish
  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami
  • Teacher: Kazuko Minamoto
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade

  What’s going on in your community? What is happening in the world?  How do you feel about it?  You will present a current issue that you are interested in, share the news article and images relating to the topic, express your opinion on the subject and invite others to join a discussion/debate regarding the issue.

• Winona Misato International Friendship Contact Days

  • Teacher: Misato Cho
  • Teacher: Kazuko Minamoto
  • Teacher: Katsuo Sasaki
  • Teacher: Joseph Lepley

  This course lays out the time line for contact days between Misato and Winona students involved in the student exchange during 2011-2012.

  The main components are the video introductions, a town view produced by visiting Ambassadors and skype calls.

• Virtual Field Trip

  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Osamu Yagi
  • Teacher: Bill Holzapfel
  • Teacher: Adam Wirjosemito
  • Teacher: Isao Watanabe
  • Teacher: Tom DeLoughry
  • Teacher: Harold Olejarz

  Welcome to the Virtual Field Trip. Experience a journey to another community by traveling through cyberspace. Ready to start? Post a photo of your community. Other students will ask a question or post a comment. Keep the trip moving by posting new photos to the blog!

  サイバー遠足へようこそ

  このプロジェクトの中でほかの地域へ旅に出よう。あなたの住んでいる地域の写真を撮ったら、ほかの地域に住んでいる生徒からコメントがもらえます。そして、ほかの地域に住んでいる人たちの写真を見て、いろいろなことを聞いてみよう。きっと遠足でそこを訪れたようにいろいろなことを知ることが出来ます。ブログにどんどん写真を載せて、いろいろなところに行ってみよう。

  

• Picture My Life

  • Teacher: Bob Karr
  • Teacher: Iram Sadiq
  • Teacher: Sajida Parveen
  • Teacher: Tomohiko Takasaki
  • Teacher: Tom Teacher
  • Teacher: George Davis
  • Teacher: Jill Schimmel
  • Teacher: Tim Thornton
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Ambreen Asif
  • Teacher: Alma Jennings
  • Teacher: Tim Needles
  • Teacher: Dorothy Bauhoff
  • Teacher: Akiko Uchiyama
  • Teacher: Elizabeth Halo

  GOAL:  The students will illustrate examples of a typical day and interpret images from their peers in other geographic areas and countries.  In addition to understanding similarities and differences across regions the students will improve language skills.  Students will gain greater understanding of their own and other cultures.

• Facetime フェイスタイム

  • Teacher: Kayoko Tazawa
  • Teacher: Osamu Yagi
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Bill Holzapfel
  • Teacher: Adam Wirjosemito
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: daisuke okabe
  • Teacher: Isao Watanabe
  • Teacher: Tom DeLoughry
  • Teacher: Harold Olejarz

  Bridge the the distance between Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan, and Wyckoff, New Jersey. United States of America, using Facetime. Who are you? What are your hobbies? Do you play sports? What is your school day like? Make a video in a small group. Upload your video to Facetime. Post a comment or ask a question when a new video is posted. Ready, set, chat.

  アメリカ、ニュージャージー州にあるワイコフの中学生と、日本の東京都小平市の中学生がフェイスタイムで友達に！名前はなんていうの？趣味は？部活は？普段の学校ってどんな感じ？お互いに興味のあることはたくさんあります。何人かのグループでお互いのことを紹介するビデオを作り、フェイスタイムにアップしよう。それを見て、もっと知りたいことをお互いに質問し合えます。フェイスタイムの始まりです。

  

• BHSEC - MFSS Science Education Exchange Program

  Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) in New York, USA and Meidai Fuzoku Secondary School (MFSS) in Nagoya, Japan are developing a science education exchange program that allows students in New York and Nagoya to collaborate on a joint science research project while at the same time learning about the education system and culture of their exchange partners.

• Trans-National Beauty Project

  • Teacher: Jill Schimmel
  • Teacher: Kayoko Tazawa
  • Teacher: Juniper DiGiovanni
  • Teacher: Naomi Funahashi
  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami
  • Teacher: Tim Needles
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade
  • Teacher: Iram Sadiq
  • Teacher: Alma Jennings
  • Teacher: Elizabeth Halo
  • Teacher: Tim Thornton
  • Teacher: Bob Karr
  • Teacher: Ayelet Fogel
  • Teacher: Kazuko Minamoto
  • Teacher: Kyoko Sukagawa
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Safia Rasheed

  Students exchange the images and texts that represent who they are and what their dreams are, and exchange comments individually and also as a group. Then they will exchange images of what they regard as “beauty” and explain why. After exchanging comments and comparing each other’s perception of beauty, they will write a composition on differences and similarities of beauty as perceived in Japan and America.

  まず個人的，次にグループで、自己紹介、自分の将来などを表すイメージと簡単な説明をアップロードし、お互いのイメージにコメントをする。次に、自分で作成したもの、例えば写真、絵、画像、詩など、自分の美意識を表すものと、その理由を音声でアップロードする。イメージを見ながらお互いの美意識の共通点、相違点について考えた上、スカイプにより発表し合って、お互いの意識における共通点や相違点を話し合う。

• Kyoto Conference Project

  • Teacher: Joseph Lepley
  • Teacher: Ryo Nakanishi
  • Teacher: Ariana Moir
  • Teacher: Julia Jones
  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami
  • Teacher: Satoshi Maeda
  • Teacher: daisuke okabe
  • Teacher: Takumi Tanabe
  • Teacher: Pamela Valentine
  • Teacher: Amy Repay
  • Teacher: Yumiko Murai
  • Teacher: Kyoko Sukagawa
  • Teacher: Huanwen Wang
  • Teacher: Siska Brutsaert
  • Teacher: Eiko Takahashi
  • Teacher: Hideyuki Baba
  • Teacher: Robert Fish
  • Teacher: Isao Watanabe
  • Teacher: Ryoichi Kurosaki
  • Teacher: Katsuo Sasaki
  • Teacher: Kazuko Minamoto
  • Teacher: Daniel Rosenblum
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Mayu Takade
  • Teacher: Tim Needles
  • Teacher: Tom Teacher
  • Teacher: Misato Cho
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade
  • Teacher: Zartaj Waseem
  • Teacher: Hiroaki Sankoda
  • Teacher: Mary Ross
  • Teacher: Miyabi Brailsford
  • Teacher: Kazuo Takagaki
  • Teacher: Tamara Acoba
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Nobuhiro Wakita
  • Teacher: Karen Johnson
  • Teacher: Osamu Yagi

• Responding to Art

  • Teacher: Tim Needles
  • Teacher: Kazuo Takagaki
  • Teacher: Amy Repay
  • Teacher: Nobuhiro Wakita
  • Teacher: Zartaj Waseem
  • Teacher: Osamu Yagi
  • Teacher: Tom Teacher
  • Teacher: Kazuko Minamoto
  • Teacher: Robert Fish
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Tamara Acoba
  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Hiroaki Sankoda
  • Teacher: Joseph Lepley
  • Teacher: Kyoko Sukagawa
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade
  • Teacher: Eiko Takahashi
  • Teacher: Pamela Valentine
  • Teacher: Isao Watanabe
  • Teacher: Julia Jones
  • Teacher: Hideyuki Baba
  • Teacher: Ariana Moir
  • Teacher: Vidya Kadiyam
  • Teacher: Yumiko Murai
  • Teacher: Siska Brutsaert
  • Teacher: daisuke okabe
  • Teacher: Karen Johnson
  • Teacher: Katsuo Sasaki

  What are your hopes and dreams?  Using art, video, photo or any other medium, creatively represent your hopes and dreams.  After viewing art submitted by your peers abroad, choose one and respond to it artistically, in writing or orally.

  

• Self-Introduction

  • Teacher: Pamela Valentine
  • Teacher: Julia Jones
  • Teacher: Robert Fish
  • Teacher: Ryo Nakanishi
  • Teacher: Ariana Moir
  • Teacher: Kazuo Takagaki
  • Teacher: Hideyuki Baba
  • Teacher: Siska Brutsaert
  • Teacher: Karen Johnson
  • Teacher: Tim Needles
  • Teacher: Amy Repay
  • Teacher: Zartaj Waseem
  • Teacher: Ryoichi Kurosaki
  • Teacher: Mary Ross
  • Teacher: Katsuo Sasaki
  • Teacher: Kazuko Minamoto
  • Teacher: Tom Teacher
  • Teacher: Tamara Acoba
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Joseph Lepley
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade

  Here’s your chance to meet tweens and teens who live in other countries!  Introduce yourself either in writing or with a 3-minute maximum voice or video clip, remembering to please speak clearly for those who are learning your language.  Read or listen to introductions by other students and ask at least three questions to learn more about them.  Don’t forget to answer questions about yourself!

• A Day in the Life

  • Teacher: Kazuo Takagaki
  • Teacher: Admin User
  • Teacher: Tom Teacher
  • Teacher: Robert Fish
  • Teacher: Hiroaki Sankoda
  • Teacher: Ariana Moir
  • Teacher: Hideho Motosugi
  • Teacher: Vidya Kadiyam
  • Teacher: Keiichi Nachigami
  • Teacher: Tamara Acoba
  • Teacher: Kyoko Sukagawa
  • Teacher: Loris Chen
  • Teacher: Osamu Yagi
  • Teacher: Joseph Lepley
  • Teacher: Ryoichi Kurosaki
  • Teacher: Masumi Reade
  • Teacher: Katsuo Sasaki
  • Teacher: Pamela Valentine
  • Teacher: admin user
  • Teacher: Huanwen Wang
  • Teacher: sample sam
  • Teacher: Mary Ross
  • Teacher: Nobuhiro Wakita
  • Teacher: Kazuko Minamoto
  • Teacher: Miyabi Brailsford
  • Teacher: Zartaj Waseem
  • Teacher: Isao Watanabe
  • Teacher: Siska Brutsaert
  • Teacher: Eiko Takahashi
  • Teacher: Karen Johnson
  • Teacher: Julia Jones
  • Teacher: Tim Needles
  • Teacher: Ryo Nakanishi
  • Teacher: Amy Repay

  Digitally document a day in the life of your school or town, and then create an online exhibition about teen life in another country.  First, work with your classmates to choose the photos, videos and electronic resources that best represent your school or town.  Share them with the other classes, but leave all resources unlabeled and without written or oral descriptions!  Next, use the resources provided by another class to make an online exhibition about a day in the life of their school or town.  Be sure to communicate with them to make your exhibition as accurate as possible and to request further resources!