Block Meetings 2010
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The 2010 Block Meetings were held on January 7th and 12th at various locations around the prefecture. They were the first of their kind in Akita Prefecture; held in the inaugural year of the Akita JET Block system.
They were held by the now-defunct Local Internationalization Section of the Prefectural Educational and International Planning Division.
North Block
- Date and time: 9:00~16:30 January 12th, 2010
- Venues: Takanosu Chuo Community Center, Shuhoku Hotel (both in Takanosu, Kitaakita)
- Block Leaders: Jesse Kerstetter, Michael Nakashima
- Presentations:
- Recontracting - by Rob Evans
- Elementary School Activities - by Alicia Miller
- Conversation Warm-Ups - by Dan Doyen
- Reading and Speaking Activities - by Liyen Tang
- Activities Outside the classroom - by Jesse Kerstetter
- Life in Kenpoku - by Nami Nitta
- Tech Support in Tech-free Akita - by Jae Grobler
- Motivation: Ins and Outs - by James Jones
- Life on an Island: Expanding minds beyond Akita and Japan - by Michael Nakashima
- Cultural Activity: making Magewappa bento boxes
North Chuo Block
- Date and time: 9:00~15:30 January 12th, 2010
- Venue: Tenno Community Center, Katagami
- Block Leaders: Maureen McCarthy, Mark Dawson
- Presentationts:
- English Note - by Joshua McGee
- Self study of Japanese - by Casey Kuester
- Origami - by Jonathan Kirschman
- Lunch: Cooking tonjiro nabe - by Mari Christmas
- Japanese current events and politics - by Ryan Lidster
- Recontracting - by Dan Dooher
- Cultural Activity: Calligraphy
South Chuo Block
- Date and time: 9:00~16:05 January 12th, 2010
- Block Leader: Jonathan Hui
- Venues: Takashiro Center, Kameda Castle (both in Yurihonjo)
- Presentations:
- Cultural Activity: Visiting Kameda Castle
- Interesting Teaching Ideas - by Lyndal Haas and Joylene Medom
- Speech Contest Cultural Exchange - by Owen Cunningham
- Language Learning and Dinosaurs - by Abby Trott
- Recontracting - Tapojoy Mandal
- Room to Read's Spring Carnival - Jimmy Ramsey
- Communicating at the Office - by Jonathan Hui and David
- Understanding your students - by Natalie Hadjiloukas and Christopher Collins
- Cultural Activity: Japan Show and Tell
South Block
- Date and time: 9:00~16:00 January 7th, 2010
- Block Leaders: Melissa Dawe, Tina Schoolman
- Venues: Kamakura-kan, Furusato Mura (both in Yokote)
- Presentations:
- 9:10~9:30 Warm up activities - by Melissa Ong
- 9:30~10:00 School and work life - James Messner
- 10:15~10:45 Student Motivation - by Patricia Aleman
- 10:45~11:15 High School Activities - by Renaud Davies
- 11:15~11:45 Cultural Activities - by Kaydene Carty
- 11:45~12:00 Recontracting Decision - by Dan Dooher
- 12:00~ Lunch: Yokote Yakisoba
- 13:30~ Cultural Activity: Making miso kiritampo
See also
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