電気通信大学 ASE II: 1/21 board notes・1月21日のボードノート

Hello! 

How are you? Above are the board notes for our class on 1/21. This is what you should have in your summaries. 

I'll look forward to seeing all of you next week for your final presentations. 

Take care and good luck!

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電気通信大学 AE2Y II: Final notes for final paper & final presentation・期末作文・プレゼンテーションの付記

Hello!

How are you? Here are some final notes for all of you for next week's final paper hand-in and final presentation.  

Please remember the following:

1. Final papers will be due at the beginning of class

2. After the papers are handed in, then we will do the final presentations

* Please also remember that there is no 16th week - so next week (1/28) is our last class!

For the presentations:

1. You cannot use your abstracts or final papers as notes for your presentation - outlines only! 

2. Everyone must be here on time!

* If your pair partner or one of your group members is late for the presentation - the whole pair or whole group will have points taken off from the presentation - so pairs and groups should come together! 

I'll see all of you on time next week. Take care - and good luck!

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電気通信大学 AE2Y II: Academic citation slide link・引用のスライドリンク

Happy New Year to you all! 

How are you? This is a short post with the link where you can access my slide show about citation (引用) in academic writing and presentation. 

The picture at the top is a screenshot of a Word document reference list page. It is the Word version of the same reference list I showed at the end of my slide show. 

Click here for the slideshow. It will take you to a website called SlideShare. Take a look at it. 

You may find that it is easier to see this on a computer or tablet rather than a smartphone. If you do not have a computer, then use a smartphone. But if you cannot access the link on a smartphone, then please go to a computer or tablet to access it - or team up with your partner(s) and review it together on a computer. It is important! 

While the rules for citation may seem difficult, they are important to follow in showing the sources of information and content that support your final writing and presentation topics. 

I will require that you show where you get the information that supports the content within your topic for your final writing and presentation assignment, and that you follow these rules exactly in your citation and reference lists in both your written paper and your presentation.  


Watch the slide show where you can access it. Watch it as many times as you need. 


NEW - now here are the board notes for our class on 1/7:



Happy New Year to all of you once again! 

See you next week! 

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電気通信大学 ASE II: Fall semester final presentations ・後期末プレゼンテーション

Hello!



Our fall final presentation topic will be your choice! 

Semester themes review

Here is a review of the themes of this semester:

• Comparison & contrasting educational systems in different countries
• Japan and the future

Deadline (締め切り)

We will do these on January 28th (1/28), so you have the next 4-5 weeks to prepare these. That will seem like a long time, but we will go through topic selection and review, plus presentation practice that I will coach you on. 

This process is very important, because as always, I would like to see you make the best presentations you can, so I would like to continue to guide and coach you  - that is why we will take time to prepare and practice! 

Here is our remaining schedule after the holiday, and what we will do in it:

1/7 - open class time for idea/topic generation, developing topic summaries
1/14 - topic summary review, open class for preparation
1/21 - open class for preparation, final presentation practice
1/28 - final presentations 

Guidelines

You can choose one (1) of these themes, but with these guidelines:

1. Developing a topic comparing & contrasting quality of science education in different countries

You can focus on the quality of science education in different countries, in any area of science, with Japan as one of the countries you can focus on. 

Like our two presentations we have done this semester, you must present a two-sided argument about the merits or demerits of the area of science you focus on. 

Special note: If you have focused on science in your presentation on educational systems before, you must present on something different than what you did before, such as a different country for comparison or a different area of science – do not present the same thing about the same country(s) that you already did!

2. Developing a topic about the merits and demerits of the social impact, in the past or present, of key inventions or discoveries in science & technology

You must present on something different than what you did before – do not present the same thing on the same topic that you did also!

In this topic, you can take a historical view - focus on an invention or discovery in science or technology in any area of science you are interested in (chemistry, physics, math, or an applied science like engineering or technology like IT). What has been – or is becoming –  the social impact of the invention or discovery? 

Like our other presentations we have done this semester, you must present a two-sided argument about the topic, and what you would do.

Special note: Once again, you must present on something different than what you did 
before – do not present the same thing about the same invention or discovery that you already did!

3. A topic of your choice
For this, see me on what you have in mind for a topic. It should be science or technology-oriented, and something that you have not done before. 

You should work towards a two-sided argument within your topic choice.

Supporting links
1. Here are some video links to things that relate to the first two theme ideas above. Each one will take you directly to the TED website. With each one you can download the written transcript of the talk in either English or Japanese. (Note - the first link is a longer video than the second.)

  

The Japanese subtitling on the videos that have them may still not be exact for the topic, 
but it generally is better than on most YouTube videos. In the same way, the Japanese transcripts may not be exact, but generally give you good guides that you can follow for a topic if you need them. 

• Cesar Harada - How I teach my kids to love science (2015.10) - click on this link  for this talk. 

• Margaret Gould Stewart – How the hyperlink changed everything (2018.03) -  click on this link for this talk.

2. Here is a link about outlining on a separate blogpage about outline (あらすじ) writing. Go to this link to see it if you wish to try writing an outline. 

I hope these links can help get you going on ideas. 

Good luck! See you in 2020!

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電気通信大学 AE2Y II: 12/10 board notes・12月10日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Above are the board notes for our class on 12/10. 

Here are the other notes: 

See you next week!

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電気通信大学 ASE II: 12/10 board notes・12月10日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here is a short post of the board notes for our class for 12/10. 

Here are the other notes: 

See you next week!

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電気通信大学 AE2Y II: 12/3 board notes・12月3日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here is a very short post for today - the board notes for our class on 12/3. 

See you next week!

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電気通信大学 ASE II: Presentation topic 4・プレゼンテーション 4

Hello!

How are you? Today I will introduce our 4th presentation topic - on Japan and the future. 

Topic

Here you can present about scientific, technological, social, or cultural trends and issues that you see could happen in Japan in the future. 

This is a little different kind of topic as this will be more of an imagined sense of what you feel or see for Japan in the future – though any data you can find and show will strengthen your content, and you should work to make a basis in fact.

You must work towards a two-sided argument about what you see or believe for Japan in the future – things such as technological or scientific breakthroughs, but also some social and economic difficulties and dangers that you believe Japan should take care for, and work to avoid.

Deadline (締め切り) 

We will do these on December 17th (12/17), so you have two (2) weeks to prepare these. Aim to make a presentation of around 5 minutes, including a Q&A from others you will present to. 

Guidelines

1. Prepare a summary (要約) about what you want to present on. The summary will be due next week for check on December 10th (12/10). 

On 12/10, bring a computer or tablet with you and I can give you time in class to work on your presentation and practice it. 

2. Finalize your presentation outside of class and be ready to present on 12/17!

Now here are the board notes for our class on 12/3:

Good luck! See you next class!

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電気通信大学 ASE & AE2Y II: 11/26 board notes・11月26日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here are the board notes for both the ASE and AE2Y II classes for 11/26. At the top are the board notes for the ASE II class.

Now here are the board notes for the AE2Y II class:

See you next week!

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電気通信大学 ASE II: Timelines of things from past to present & future・過去、現在、未来のタイムライン

Hello!

How are you? Today let's look at more ideas about the future, but from a different viewpoint - from timelines of things from the past to the present, and what we could imagine about the future. 

Look at the picture above. It comes from a magazine in the U.S. called Popular Science. It has been published for a long time, and this picture is from 1947. In one of their magazines from 1947, Popular Science had a report about the future. It imagined many things about it. From the picture, what do you see that it imagined about the future? Talk about it!

例えば：In the picture at the top, maybe they thought all our electricity (電気) would come from nuclear power plants (原子力発電所) in the future. 

Now look at this short video. It's the opening and closing credits to an animated cartoon from the early 1960s that was popular in the U.S. It was called The Jetsons and it was about an American family living in the future. What sorts of things do you notice in the video? 

What do you think of that? Every culture has its own ideas about what the future looks like. The Jetsons video clip plus the picture at the top are very some American ideas, especially after World War II and into the 1950s and 1960s, about what the future would look like. Would any of these ideas be the same as some Japanese ideas at that time about the future?  

Activity
Now how have some things developed and changed over time? Here are two (2) other short videos for all of you - one is about money, and the other, about cars. 

In a pair or group, choose one (1) video. Watch it and note how things have changed with the topic - either money or cars - over time. 

Then - get together with another pair or group who has watched a different video. With the other pair or group, compare and contrast (比較対照して) what you have seen in your video - and give each other some ideas about the future with the thing you watched about (either money, or cars). 

About money

About cars

Have fun! See you next time!

Image: Screenshot of illustration uploaded to Popular Science website. 

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Videos uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the animation or other content within. All rights reserved to the copyright holders. Uploaded for educational purposes only.

電気通信大学 AE2Y II: 11/19 board notes・11月19日のボードノート

Hello! 

How are you? Here are the board notes for our class on 11/19. Above are the main notes. 

Now below are the extra notes about abstract rough draft writing:

See you next week!

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電気通信大学 ASE II: Japan & the future・日本の未来

Hello! 

How are you? A big otsukaresamadeshita on the presentations last week. Good job on those! 

Now here is a post on the future - this time, Japan and the future. 

Look at the picture above. It shows an average Japanese family having dinner, and it comes from a Japanese magazine article from 1954 about home life. Is there anything different about family dinner time now than from then? 

Activity
What kinds of social or cultural changes can you see happening in Japan in the future? Japanese society and culture has already been through many changes since World War II. 

Take a look at these next group of pictures. They show some changes that have happened in around the last 50 years or so, up to now. What do you notice about the buildings, or the cars, or the way people dress? How do you feel that things have changed? 

Chuo-dori, Ginza, Tokyo, late 1960s

Chuo-dori, Ginza, Tokyo, today

Japanese young people, early 1960s

Japanese young people, today

Some contemporary fashions in Japan, late 1960s

Some contemporary fashions in Japan, today

Now let's take a look at this video about the Tsukuba Expo in 1985. This was almost 20 years later, but already things had changed since the 1960s: 

I have just two questions: 

What was the theme of the Tsukuba Expo? 

What kinds of achievements did the Tsukuba Expo want to show?

Other questions to think about:

So what kinds of changes can you imagine happening in society or culture in the future from now? What sorts of fashions might people be wearing? For example, would long hair come back into fashion among men? Would women wear mini-skirts again? Or - would men wear skirts and women wear suits? How about music? What would it sound like in the future? 

What designs in cars could you see in the future? Would we see a return to some older designs in cars? How about buildings? How might they be different? Perhaps would we see something in the future that people 50 years ago would never have imagined! 

Now here are the board notes for our class from 11/19:

See you next week!

Images: Top - by Unknown - Japanese magazine "Photograph Gazette, May 1954 issue" published by Government of Japan., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17850644/Ginza in 1967 - by Roger W from Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A. - Tokyo - Chuo-Dori, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60804070/Ginza in 2017 - by Gary - DSC08269 - Chuo-dori Ginza, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40961932/Japanese young people in 1964 - screenshot taken from Japanese+youth,+Tokyo,+1964+(11).jpg/Japanese young people today - screenshot taken from https://www.google.co.jp/search?biw=1199&bih=746&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=w2dXWpWxAcr08QXcjLHAAg&q=japanese+young+people&oq=japanese+young+people&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0.0.37755.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.ZsHKi1iiTEI#imgrc=VXhxXXgo1PeJ-M:/Fashions in the 1960s - screenshot taken from https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSgihLQJ00A84oVxNXdnaTdsbeTOGyngG-Cw7QCFjOczG3LECPdEbMZn_H9xcCV5UGrB9aZYdZqsodtUNL0InEGB4x1qi37sgsipFgP8_t3ThGqxbukg0V5zUJZvTYyx5ZwU6YWul76k/s1600/Street fashion today – screenshot taken from images on Instagram.
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電気通信大学 AE2Y II: 11/12 board notes・11月12日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here are the board notes for our class on 11/12. Above are the main notes.

Now below are the extra notes:

Remember to be ready with your final decisions about group or pair partners, or for any of you who are choosing to work individually.  

See you then!

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電気通信大学: AE2Y II: 11/5 board notes & changes for Topic 1 assignment

Hello!

How are you? Here are two (2) things: First, the board notes for our classes

on 11/5, and second, some changes to our first assignment I will propose to you.

Above are the main board notes for our classes on 11/5. Now here are some additional board notes about organizing your speaking without notes for your first mini-presentation:

Changes with our first topic assignment
Now here are some changes I will propose to our first assignment. I talked a little about these in our classes, but here I will say more.

1. We will do the mini-presentations on your topics on November 19th (11/19). This will give you a little more time to put your ideas together.

2. I have decided that for your projects for the topic you can work on throughout the rest of this semester - the mini-presentation, the first draft of the abstract, the progress presentation on the same topic when you have gathered more research information, plus the final draft of the abstract on the same topic, then the final written paper on the same topic with a final, full presentation, all on the same topic at the end of the semester - you can team up with a pair partner, or in a group of no more than three (3) classmates - and you can make everything a pair or group project.

3. I will make a separate deadline for your first draft abstract on your mini-presentation topic on November 26th (11/26). As I know abstract writing is something you have not done before, you will need some more time to work on it - and if you have teamed up with a class partner, or made a three-person group, it will go easier.

Think about this, and if you would like to work in pairs or teams, let me know. It might make things easier for all of you and make the work go more smoothly.

So note down these new important deadlines: 
11/19 - first mini-presentations on own topics for semester (can be done in pairs/groups)
11/26 - first drafts of abstracts of same topics (can be written in pairs/groups)

If you want more review of the list of topic choices on the assignment blogpost from last week on 10/29, go to this link. I have changed the deadlines, and made notes about changing the assignment to pair or group projects, on that 10/29 blogpost. 

I will say more on some things in next week's class. So see you then!

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