This Humanities learning journey...

is organized by Victoria School's Humanities Department to promote a deeper understanding of Social Studies, Geography and History and greater appreciation of the people and culture of Japan.


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...is a JICE-JENESYS programme...

partly sponsored by the Japan International Cooperation Center's (JICE) Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS).

EZ COE ICT - finalization

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JOBSCOPES

  • Kasidet: purchase Japanese merchandise for display
  • Mr Ron Tan: purchase "sample" products
  • Kenwin: print approx. 20 photos
  • Jordan & Angus: come up with a script for the presentation


EVENT SCHEDULE

  • 2pm - registration at Ngee Ann Sec's porch
  • 2.30pm - address by LucasFilms
  • 3.30pm - break
  • 4pm - people will be visiting the display booths
  • The whole event should end at around 6pm.
  • Ngee Ann Sec's school hall will be open from 2.30pm-6pm the day before the event, to allow for setting up of equipment and decorations

The day before the event, we will be leaving for Ngee Ann Sec to set up our booth. We will leave all decorations and items at the booth. We will only be bringing back the projector and laptops.

Note: please bring all electric/electronic equipment on Tuesday, to make sure they work in Ngee Ann Sec.

We are provided with 2 whiteboard panels (in a "T-shape"), 1 power socket, 2 tables and possibly some desks.

We need to bring our own extension cords, speakers, laptops, projector, VGA cable and decorations. We will also be bringing the banner for the Kyushu trip.

Note: Everybody should bring their own personal souvenirs (e.g. keychains, soft toys, etc.) as well! Please pass them to Mr Daryl Tan by Monday, 6 April!

PRESENTATION

  • "Decentralized". Instead of us addressing a large group of people at once, there will be numerous "stations" around the booth. At each station, 1 or 2 people will be explaining an individual aspect of the project and trip.
  • The Mt Aso project by Jordan and Angus will be displayed on a laptop.
  • Jordan's, Ashley's, Kasidet's, Sidney's and Sahil's projects will be printed out by Mr Ron Tan, and will be used as "samples" for visitors to flip through.
  • Jordan and Angus will be explaining their Mt Aso project.
  • The remaining people will explain their individual projects, as well as memorabilia such as photographs and souvenirs.

An important part of the presentation is the description of how we went about doing the project:

  • Google Docs (collaborative file-sharing site) for sketching of ideas
  • our areas of research
  • how we compiled our research data in Google Docs
  • we consulted teachers on how we could improve our projects - teachers could monitor our progress through Google Docs
  • the trip was used to collect information, such as photos and maps. This allowed us to think of new ideas and improve our lesson plans further.
  • the post-trip period was used to add on to the existing projects and refine our ideas and focus.
  • we then consulted the teachers again and finalized our project.
  • the completed lesson plans were then used to teach Lower Sec students History and Geography (e.g. the Minamata Disease presentation).

This shows that the entire Kyushu trip and creation of lesson plans was a student-led initiative from start to finish. Everything was done by students, with minimal intervention from teachers.

Remember: the key purpose of this EZ COE ICT event is to show how Victoria School has managed to integrate ICT into its lessons!

- Jordan

3rd meeting for IFD '09

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Agenda: refine proposals and finalize logistics.

The actual proposal documents (with logistics requirements included) are with Sidney. This meeting focused on the roles of different people in the project.

Ming Jun and Jordan are in charge of Sec 2s and 3s, as well as any "extra" items/events during the week.

Kasidet and Angus are in charge of Sec 1s.

Sidney and Ashley are in charge of Sec 4s.

MAIN PROPOSAL CONTENT

  • Logistics (equipment needed)
  • Manpower
  • DVD/download for "My Friend Totoro" movie
  • Schedule for the day


- Jordan

EZ COE ICT event - briefing

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Victoria School is the East Zone's Centre of Excellence for Information & Communications Technology (EZ COE ICT), and the Humanities Learning Journey to Kyushu, Japan has been selected as one of the items to be showcased during an event on Wednesday, 8 April, 2-5pm, at Ngee Ann Secondary School.

WHAT WILL WE BE SHARING?

  •  What was the Kyushu trip?
  •  Where did we go?
  •  Who sponsored the trip?
  •  Explanation of the trip being an "interdisciplinary study" of Geography, History and Social Studies
  •  Explanation of the service learning aspect of the trip - the products (worksheets, lesson plans) benefit others!

WHAT WAS OUR TASK FOR THE TRIP?

  •  The main objective of the trip was to create a lesson package for future students to use in their studies of the Humanities
  •  Before the actual trip, we created a draft of our lesson packages. This would allow us to know what our final project would be like, and thus what we would be focusing on during the trip (e.g. soil samples, interviews, etc.)
  •  After the trip, we revised our projects and created the final worksheets and lesson plans.
  •  The project was ongoing! Thus, we always had something on our hands and could fully utilize the experiences gained during the trip.

WHAT WILL BE IN OUR PRESENTATION?

  •  Worksheets and lesson plans
  •  Explanation of how we were given personal freedom to do our projects, according to what we wanted to accomplish (e.g. what questions we wanted to include, how we would go about accomplishing lesson objectives)
  •  Explanation of the Kyushu trip being a STUDENT-LED INITIATIVE (instead of teachers designing worksheets for students, this time it was students designing for fellow students!)
  •  How we used Google Docs to collate information, Google Sites to showcase our projects to others, and the blog to combine all aspects of the project and trip into one place.


LOGISTICS/RESOURCES REQUIRED:

  •  "Specimens", such as journals and scrapbooks
  •  soil samples and rocks from Mt Aso
  •  posters and maps
  •  photos to showcase the different parts of the trip, such as the school visit and the Minamata Disease Centre (Kenwin to print out $50 worth of 4R photos).
  •  sample lesson plans (print out)
  •  videos (Ming Jun to collate)
  •  borrow a projector from Ngee Ann Sec
  •  Japanese memorabilia (e.g. clothes, biscuits, etc.).

The overall objective of our presentation at Ngee Ann Sec next Wednesday is to express the freedom we (the students) had in our various projects, and how we got to stretch our minds and be creative in our lesson packages; to make it known that the trip was subsidized by the Japanese government, and thus such a fieldtrip is feasible for many other schools; and to IMPRESS OTHERS and "sell" VS. :P

Remember, MOE officials, teachers, principals and students from different schools will all be there! Our projects represent VS!

More details will be up soon.

- Jordan
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