<<November 17, 2000>>
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Ms. Pureza IV. Veloso <reza_7454@yahoo.com>

Ninfa Saturnino Springer, PhD, RD, FADA <ninfa@umich.edu>

Mr. John H. Southworth <south@hawaii.edu>

Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D. <ralphrod@nsclub.net>

Kimberly K. Obbink, Ed.D. <kobbink@montana.edu>

G. Robert (Bob) Converse <bob.converse@mauicc.Hawaii.Edu>

Dear Pureza:
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(1) Many thanks for your msgs (ATTACHMENT I, II, III, IV, and V).

(2) It would be my great honor to accept to be a keynote speaker at the
first graduation ceremony of your school on April 18, 2001.

Pls let me know the details of the ceremony, the travel plan and
accommodations, etc. at your earliest convenience.

Dear Ninfa, John, Kim and Bob:
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(3) Many thanks for your sending the materials of your distance learning
programs to Ralph -- as the prelude to our planned workshop in Manila next May.

Filipino colleagues greatly appreciated them.

Dear Ninfa and John:
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Many thanks for your msgs (ATTACHMENT VI and VII).

Dear John and Bob:
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(4) Pureza told me that there are many Japanese firms in her Cebu City which
are in great need of high-tech capable youngsters.

Pls send her your materials at your earliest convenience so that her
school can grow and be developed in vocational training.

Dear Pureza:
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(5) Pls retrieve GUS/Philippines coalition formed in Manila, 10/25-31/00 -
November 15, 2000" at

http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/11-15-a.html

I strongly suggest that you (and other Cebu City people) attend this
workshop next May in Manila.

(6) Manila people told me during my stay there last month that there are
four universities in your Cebu.

During my visit to your Cebu, I would like to explore the possibility of
forming a coalition (by the university people, hospital, library and
local government, etc.) as similar to the one in Manila to have a
workshop in Cebu in the near future, which will lead to set up a
broadband Internet among them.

Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I

Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:22:39 -0800 (PST)
From: pureza veloso <reza_7454@yahoo.com>
Subject: Letter from CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER
To: utsumi@columbia.edu

Dear Dr. Takeshi,
Good day! I hope you are in your best of health.
Sir, I hope you remember me. I am Ms. Pureza Veloso a
school director of CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER in
Cebu City Philippines.Our school as a distance
education is for high school registered in the
Security Exchange Commission and was allowed by the
Department of Education Culture and Sports a permit to
operate from first year to fourth year.
Sir our school had just started its operation last
June 2000 and is now having 27 students enrolled from
first to fourth year.This school was been my dream for
a long time as a teacher for almost 30 years and now I
found it challenging specially in its growth and
development.
Sir I would like to invite you to be my partner in
this school for I strongly feel as you are also an
educator you also feel the needs of the young in their
education. Actually I really am looking for a partner
to this institutuion as this is a private educational
institution and in my country educational institution
is non taxable as it is a non stock non profit.
Sir I am also inviting to come over here in our
place Cebu City to see us actually and observe how we
come up with distance learning the process and the
methods .
Take good care, God bless you and hopinfg to hear
from you the soonest.

Respectfully,
Ms. Pureza Veloso
Director
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ATTACHMENT II

Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:22:58 -0800 (PST)
From: pureza veloso <reza_7454@yahoo.com>
Subject: CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER
To: utsumi@columbia.edu

Sir I am sending to you a detail about our school.
I need your help.

Respectfully,
Ms. Pureza Veloso
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CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER
424 Gorordo Ave. ,Lahug Cebu City Philippines 6000
Tel. No. (06332 ) 2339790 / 2338774

VISION:

Individuals who are intellectually ready, possessing a well-rounded
personality, morally upright and are ready to face the challenges of the new
millennium through boarder-less education.

MISSION:

To deliver quality secondary education services to individuals through
distance learning modes.

GOAL:

Provide alternative delivery system of quality education to those who
cannot attend the formal system due to varied reasons by using the multi-media
and modern trends in acquiring information, knowledge and skills.

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CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER
( OPEN HIGH SCHOOL )
424 Gorordo Ave. Lahug Cebu City
Tel: No: 2337874 / 2339790

WHAT IS CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER ?

CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER IS AN OPEN HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON THE
DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM (DLP) OF DECS.

WHAT IS THE DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM ?

IT IS A SYSTEM OF DELIVERING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH
THE USE OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES, RADIO AND TV PROGRAMS, AUDIO CASSETTES
AND OTHER MUTI-MEDIA.

WHAT IS ITS OBJECTIVE ?

THE PROGRAM AIMS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL FILIPINOS TO COMPLETE
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION REGARDLESS OF PHYSICAL CONDITION, POLITICAL AFFILIATION,
AGE, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIERS AND ECONOMIC STATUS.

WHAT CURRICULUM WILL IT USE ?

THE NEW SECONDARY EDUCATION CURRICULUM (NSEC) USING THE PHILIPPINE
SECONDARY SCHOOLS LEARNING COMPETENCIES (PSSLC)

WHO WILL QUALIFY ?

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES AND PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT TEST
QUALIFIERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES DUE TO VARIED REASONS.

WILL THE GRADUATES RECEIVE A DIPLOMA ?

YES, GRADUATES WILL RECEIVE A DIPLOMA AFTER COMPLETING ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.

WHAT LEARNING ACTIVITIES ARE EXPECTED ?

STUDENTS WILL SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME INDEPENDENTLY. HOWEVER, THEY
CAN STUDY IN GROUPS AT THE LEARNING CENTER UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TEACHER.
FACE TO FACE SESSIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND A TEACHER WILL ALSO BE
CONDUCTED FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTION, REVIEW OF CONCEPTS LEARNED AND REMEDIATION.
THE SCHEDULE IS FLEXIBLE.
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY IS EXPECTED.

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER?

THE CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER WILL SERVE AS:

1. HEADQUARTERS OF THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
2. CENTER FOR ENROLLMENT, EVALUATION AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION.

WHAT ARE THE FACILITIES ?

CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES :

1. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
2. COMPUTERS
3. RADIO AND TV PROGRAMS
4. AUDIO CASSETTE
5. OTHER MULTI-MEDIA
6. COMMUNITY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

WHO ARE THE TEACHERS OF THE CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER?

THE TEACHERS OF THE CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTERS ARE THE SECONDARY
SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCED AND PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR LINE OF
ACADEMIC EXPERTISE. THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL LICENSE SECONDARY TEACHERS.

DECS PERMIT 03 SERIES 2000
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ATTACHMENT III

Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 20:37:35 -0800 (PST)
From: pureza veloso <reza_7454@yahoo.com>
Subject: invitation as speaker for our 1st graduation
To: utsumi@columbia.edu

Dr. Takeshi Utsumi,Ph.D.,P.E.
Chairman,GLOSAS/USA

Dear Dr.Takeshi Utsumi,
I would like to remind you of your promise to me
our keynote speaker on our first graduation excercise
which would be on April 18, 2001.
To refresh you I am Ms. Pureza Veloso a school
director Of CEBU DISTAMCE LEARNING CENTER. I really had
made this schedule for you had already warn me during
our conversation in Manila during the 14th Distance
Education conference held at EDSA Shangrila that this
is the time you are free.
I would appreciate it very much of your presence
and be our keynote speaker to boast our school and
allowing our student to feel the value and
credibility of Distance Education.
Hoping for your positive reply of this invitation.

Respectfully,
Ms. Pureza V. Veloso
Director
CEBU DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER
424 Gorordo Ave.,Lahug Cebu City
Philippines,6000
e-mail : reza_7454@yahoo.com
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ATTACHMENT IV

Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:02:25 -0800 (PST)
From: pureza veloso <reza_7454@yahoo.com>
Subject: speaker for our 1st graduation excercise
To: utsumi@columbia.edu

dear Mr. Takashi Utsumi,

I want to hear from you about my letter of
invitation which I have sent almost a month ago to be
our graduation guest speaker which will be on April
18, 2001 here in my country Cebu City.
I hope you will give me a positive
confirmation as I am hopeful that with your presence
it can help a lot to our school.
Thank you, and heasring from you the soonest.

Respectfully,
Ms. Pureza Veloso
Cebu Distance Learning Center
Cebu City
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ATTACHMENT V

Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 01:09:44 -0800 (PST)
From: pureza veloso <reza_7454@yahoo.com>
Subject: our picture during the conference in Manila
To: utsumi@columbia.edu

Dear mr. Takeshi Utsumi,

here I am sending to you our photo to remember your
friend from Cebu City.

Ms. Pureza V. veloso
Cebu Distance Learning center
Cebu City
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ATTACHMENT VI

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:24:41 -0500
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
From: "Ninfa S. Springer" <ninfa@umich.edu>
Subject: Manila Conference 2001

Dear Tak,

I hope you had a nice Open University Conference and met the key
players in Manila.

Do you have a tentative date for the 2001 conference? I am asking,
because my husband, Bob, and I would like to go to Dumaguete,
Philippines for a Habitat International build and to explore
continuing educational and research exchange with Silliman
University. It is scheduled February 15 to March 4. We have made
reservations to join the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor
mission group, but could withdraw or arrange to join part of the
mission plan if it conflicts with the GUS conference.

Were you able to access VCON? I proposed showing this at the 2001
conference as an inexpensive alternative to distance education. We
have donated to the Nutritionist/Dietitian's Association of the
Philippines a license to use VCON for professional continuing
education and have linked them with UPOU for its distribution.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Ninfa
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ATTACHMENT VII

Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:19:14 -1000
From: John Southworth <south@hawaii.edu>
Subject: Spring 2001 Manila Technology Workshop - Southworth Materials
To: ralphrod@nsclub.net
Cc: utsumi@columbia.edu

[COPY OF LETTER/MATERIALS EXPRESSED TO YOUR ADDRESS]

From:
Curriculum Research & Development Group
College of Education
University of Hawaii
1776 University Ave
Honolulu, HI, 96822
USA

24 October 2000

To:
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Former President of Trinity College of Quezon City
Trustee, St. Luke's Medical Center and St. Luke's College of
Medicine
Residence - # 7 Visayas Avenue, VASRA
Quezon City, 1128 PHILIPPINES

Dear Dr. Rodriguez:

The enclosed packets were requested to be sent to you by Dr. Takeshi Utsumi.

For the sake of time, I have attempted to e-mail you copies of the
electronic text; I will send hardcopies of it along with associated materials.

My work with the University of Hawaii since 1980 has involved development
of distance learning and educational technology models called Electronic
Field Trips. The draft of a paper for the Pacific Telecommunications
Council conference gives the full history and recent examples of the
various alternatives modes and mixtures of technologies that can be
utilized in Distance Learning. In addition, there is an annotated resume
of my career experiences related to the development of educational technology.

The Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) has for over a quarter
of a century been extensively involved in the creation, evaluation,
dissemination, and support of quality educational programs for all students
and teachers, preschool through grade 12. For more details, visit our
website at: http://www.hawaii.edu/crdg and see the materials included with
the posted information.

Best wishes to you, Dr. Utsumi and the others presently gathered in Manila.

John Southworth, Director, Distance Education
University of Hawaii Laboratory School
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Title: From Cambodia to Slovakia A Telecommunications-Based Model for Global
Awareness Education at the Secondary School Level

Principal author: John H. Southworth
Laboratory School
Curriculum Research & Development Group
University of Hawaii

Abstract:

The University of Hawaii Laboratory School Computer/Technology class has made
distance irrelevant through telecommunication interaction that ranges from
communicating across campus to around the world. This presentation will focus
on the past three years of an elective class with students ranging from grades
9 to 12. The course was managed by an Internet on-line resource called
Nicenet Internet Classroom Assistant. Even teachers with very limited prior
knowledge or use of the Internet are able to set up a virtual classroom with
this software. Options of Conferencing, Documents, Link Sharing,
internal/external Nicenet messaging, and other features provide the class
members a total asynchronous communications environment. Invited guest
experts coordinate Conferencing topics. These may involve students within the
class, staff members of the University of Hawaii, or persons spread literally
around the world.

In the past three years students have investigated topics about countries and
cultures from Asia to Europe, careers such as ecotourism, medical technology
and optometry, and international service or travel opportunities presented by
Peace Corps. The model includes posting of questions, discussion items, and
plans. Some series have involved synchronous communication experiences
through audio, video or computer chat telecommunications techniques.

Students gain appreciation for the diversity within their own classroom
through an introductory topic called "We Are The World" in which each
identifies themselves and their ethnic/cultural heritage. During the year
they learn additional text and publishing techniques through development of a
PRN: Personal Resume Newsletter. This yearlong project develops first as a
simple text-processing document describing its author and the experiences
associated with the Computer/Technology class. Second quarter it continues
with formatting into columns and incorporation of photos and graphics. By the
end of the year each PRN is posted as a personal web page being available for
electronic portfolio inclusion, copy for job applications, or added to college
admission applications.

Students generally find themselves very surprised at how many international
and cross-cultural experiences they have gained by the end of the school year
as well as considering increase in personal communication and
telecommunication skills.

UH Lab School and CRDG

The Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), including the University
Laboratory School, conducts systemic research, design, development,
publication, staff development, and related services for elementary and
secondary schools. The CRDG has curriculum development projects in science,
mathematics, English, Pacific and Asian studies, marine studies, environmental
studies, Hawaiian and Polynesian studies, Japanese language and culture,
music, nutrition, art, drama, technology, health, and computer education.
Research and school service projects focus on educational evaluation, teacher
development, reduction of in-school segregation of students, and programs for
students educationally at risk. CRDG-developed programs are being used
experimentally in other countries as well as in international/American schools
overseas. The CRDG provides professional development institutes and support
services for all its projects. CRDG publishes and distributes its materials
nationally and internationally.

CRDG has a permanent, seasoned staff of over 90 curriculum scholars,
developers, evaluators, teachers, publication specialists, and administrators,
plus a number of associated, part-time scholars. Most staff members serve in
several roles. The staff share a common site and commitment to the
improvement of education through developing theory and materials and doing
research on curriculum and instruction, designing and developing curriculum
materials for elementary and secondary schools, designing and providing
related staff development services to teachers and schools, providing
specialized, small-market publishing on instructional and support materials,
and conducting evaluation. Teams of full-time and part-time university staff,
teachers, scholars, and support personnel assist in the development of
curricula.

Electronic Field Trips at the UH Lab School in the 1980s

The UH Lab School became a pioneer in the development of the Electronic Field
Trip (EFT) model in the early 1980s. Being isolated in the middle of an ocean
provides a motivation for finding ways for students to gain opportunities to
learn about and interact with those in other parts of the world. A key
element for our students in the early days (about 1980-85) was having the use
of PEACESAT (the Pan-Pacific Education And Communications Experiments by
Satellite). The former weather satellite leased to the University of Hawaii
for educational and community service telecommunications allowed for free
communication with groups around the Pacific basin. In early days, that meant
entirely audio exchanges; in recent times PEACESAT's videoconferencing network
has allowed for exciting cultural exchanges between young people in Hawaii and
those in American Samoa. A new link to Guam has gone in with others stations
planned. In 1981, Project MENTOR (Marine Educators Network To Organize
Resources) made use of PEACESAT and computer networking to allow for students
to exchange water quality measurements and discuss them via Multi-Mode Node
(MMN) communication linking PEACESAT with computer e-mail and chats. On the
computer end the use of the Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES) and
the Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations (PLATO) computer
networks permitted convenient written communication exchanges for the
students. As one of few secondary public schools in Hawaii to have PLATO the
Lab School students were able to not only interact with other PLATO network
users but they had e-mail with anyone on the Internet.

Teleclass International

In 1985 CRDG provided leadership and worked cooperatively with the Hawaii
Department of Education's (HDOE) East Asian and Pacific Languages division to
explore use of audio/video teleconferencing and computer communication
systems. As an immediate consequence the HDOE's Distance Learning
Technology program provided the momentum to seek Hawaii legislative support
for computers and phone lines in all public schools. That effort later grew
into the statewide communications networking that exists for all public
schools and was developed and guided by the HDOE Office of Telecom Services.
Since then the UH Lab School has periodically collaborated with Teleclass and
other technology projects to explore significant ways educational technology
can support and enrich classroom learning. This past year Lab School students
have been taking courses offered by the HDOE E-School program featuring new,
on-line educational tools.

Recent Experiences with the Computer/Technology classes

The remainder of this publication deals with the specific Computer/Technology
class activities at the UH Lab School. For the past three years this has
been an electives class with students ranging from grades 9 to 12. The
experience is highly collaborative with participant mentors from around the
world adding to the content and activities.

The class involves a partnership with the Nicenet program and its educational
support software called Interactive Classroom Assistant Version 2
(http://www.nicenet.org). Nicenet provides a free space for teachers to
organize their classes by providing convenient messaging, links, conferencing,
schedules, and documents features.
Additional partnerships were established with others who were given the "class
key" and joined in the class discussions and planning on Nicenet.

There is a "guest account" to allow anyone the opportunity to review the class
activities for this past year. The Username and Password are "ct9900" for
each. (Note: this is available for public uses on an indefinite basis
depending on the extent Nicenet classes are left on-line and accessible.)

Concepts and Modes of Operation

Synchronous (speakerphone, videophone, Net Meeting, TAPPED IN)

The Electronic Field Trip (EFT) model employs real-time (synchronous)
communication as well as stored-message (asynchronous) communication. Early
phone-based synchronous experiences used ordinary speakerphones later upgraded
to allow for still and eventually moving pictures of the participants at each
location. More advanced phone-based systems now being used are ISDN
videoconferencing systems that approach speeds of broadcast television. Use
of the Internet is providing more opportunities for free teleconferencing.
Similar to the videophone are CU-See Me and NetMeeting systems that provide
audio and video interactive discussion. Various IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
systems allow for real-time data exchanges. More sophisticated forms of
synchronous communication is provided by systems like TAPPED IN (see below for
details). Synchronous teleconferencing is dynamic in real-time but is
impractical for widely dispersed groups many time zones apart. Thus
asynchronous techniques including e-mail and computer conferencing, forums, or
electronic bulletin boards are more convenient allowing for "any time" stored
messages. Nicenet is one example of an asynchronous system permitting a
variety of modes and functions such as personal messages, documents, class
schedule, rosters, link sharing, and conferencing.

A typical EFT experience would begin with asynchronous conferencing (or
e-mailed) introductions, questions, and discussion followed by some form of
synchronous teleconferencing for real-time discussion. Follow-up experiences
include further exchange of messages, expressions of thanks and appreciation
to the presenters, and sometimes opportunities for on-site visits and field trips.

Summary of the Computer/Technology (C/T) Class Activities

We Are The World...Class Introductions

This provided the introductory experience for the students to post personal
introductions that could be read by various collaborators during the year to
get acquainted with the class. The title alludes to the great diversity of
the students' ethnic backgrounds that was of great interest to many
collaborators outside Hawaii. The following list of experiences gives a brief
summary of the Resource Personnel involved, Project Overview of the events and
modes employed, and the subsequent Results.

What's Med Tech?

Resource Personnel: Ms. Patricia Taylor and Mr. Dick Teshima, University of
Hawaii Manoa, Division of Medical Technology.

Project Overview: This EFT was the first in a "Career Awareness Series" that
provided students views of different careers as presented by persons in those
occupations. This project with the University of Hawaii Medical Technology
Program began as part of the chemistry classes and later Computer/Technology
classes. A live videophone teleconference and accompanying videotape about
the medical technology profession followed a preliminary asynchronous exchange
of messages between the students and the Medical Technology staff. The final
elements were thank you messages and further questions sent by e-mail to the
presenters. The Med Tech staff offered students the opportunity to visit their
program or even to set up visits to actual Med Tech labs in the community.

Results: A highlight of this experience was the personal nature all felt to
the subject. Since nearly everyone has had at least indirect contact with
medical technologists, this was an appropriate topic of interest to all
students. Some students actually were interested in the profession as a
career option. However, even those who were personally disinterested in
anything to do with blood or other body fluids appreciated the importance of
having educated and well-trained med techs present whenever their own health
required use of their services.

A Closer Look at Optometry

Resource Personnel: Honolulu optometrist Dr. Kensey Inouye

Project Overview: This further example from the Career Awareness Series
involved interaction with a professional optometrist. After joining Nicenet,
Dr. Inouye set up the topic and provided interesting and helpful links to the
National Optometry Assn. and other professional groups. After an exchange of
questions and comments via Nicenet, the students took an "Eye Q" test that
helped introduce them to basics of vision and eye problems. Videophone
teleconferences was followed by e-mailed thank you notes and further questions.

Results: Students raised good questions about various elements of related to
personal experiences with vision problems and other theoretic ones.

What is Teleclass?

Resource Personnel: Ms. Edith Kuttner, a foreign language teacher for many
years in Hawaii and the mainland, is President of Teleclass International.
Project Overview: Teleclass International, Inc. is an organization dedicated
to the practical use of telecommunications technology as a means of broadening
educational opportunities for students of elementary and secondary schools.
The students participated in a NetMeeting exchange with officials at Oceanic
Cablevision and interacted with Ms. Edith Kuttner, head of Teleclass
International, and Mr. Hongly Khuy, instructor of the Cambodian Language
Maintenance Class sponsored by Teleclass (see "What's Cambodia?"). Dr. John
Wollstein, formerly head of the Hawaii Department of Education Asian, European
and Pacific Languages section founded Teleclass International. The first
Teleclass activity was the Itami Project sponsored by Teleclass Japan. A
related project planned is "What's Cambodia?" that was coordinated by C/T
class member Sam Fox and Mr. Hongly Khuy, teacher of the Teleclass Cambodian
Language Maintenance Program that has been taking place at the UH Lab School
the past three years.

Results: One year the C/T students had an ISDN teleconference with Teleclass
Japan personnel. This past year they joined the Teleclass Japan's Itami
Project that involved exchange of questionnaires with youth in various
countries around the world.

Cambodia - What is it? Where is it?

Resource Personnel: Mr. Hongly G. Khuy. Electrical Engineer for the University
of Hawaii at Manoa. He was born and raised in Cambodia till the end of 1979.
C/T class member Sam Fox, who was born in Cambodia and immigrated to Hawaii
for his education, assisted him.
Project Overview: Mr. Khuy, who escaped the terrors of life in Cambodia in the
70s, provided a poignant EFT experience. He shared links to web sites that
gave the students a sense of the grandeur of ancient Cambodian history and the
grisly nature of more recent times in that country. Exchanges by Nicenet
topic were complemented with a live videophone teleconference with him and
another with a younger Cambodian student living in California.
Results: Comments by the students indicated they did become thankful for the
peace most of them have enjoyed, compared to the tragedy faced by nearly all
Cambodian families.

What's Korea?

Resource Personnel: Mr. Teahoon Kim, high school teacher of Integrated Science
in South Korea along with two Korean-American students in the class itself.
He had visited the Lab School and CRDG in the fall of 1999 and wanted to
interact with the class upon his return to Korea.
Project Overview: The students set up the "What's Korea?" topic and researched
and posted web sites about Korea.
Results: Mr. Kim fielded questions in the conference. A planned Net Meeting
synchronous teleconference turned out to be technically and logistically impossible.

What's TAPPED IN?
Resource Personnel: Dr. Erik Wilson, biochemist at the University of
California, San Francisco. He holds an Ask-a-Scientist session on TAPPED IN every week.
Project Overview: TAPPED IN is web site featuring a "Virtual Campus" where the
class experimented with student use of the system. TAPPED IN is a growing
community of over 7,500 K-16 teachers, staff, and researchers engaged in
professional development programs. Members hold real-time discussions and
classes, browse Websites together, explore professional development options
and interact via mailing lists and discussion boards all in a single venue.
(see http://www.tappedin.org) A special arrangement was made to allow the
students use of temporary student TAPPED IN usernames and accounts. They were
allowed to visit certain areas of the TAPPED IN virtual campus aided with a
"treasure hunt orientation" guide that gave them a group of tasks to
accomplish and places to visit. After a practice "chat" session with their
instructor, they posted introductions in the "What's TAPPED IN?" topic. The
final activity was joining on-line with Dr. Wilson for a live Ask-a-Scientist
discussion on topics related to biochemistry.
Results: The students seemed to do well and enjoyed the treasure hunt
activities after they got acquainted with the system. One observed, "Hey man,
this was pretty cool... I got to try this thing first with Mr.Southworth and
it was pretty nuts. I thought it was really confusing at first, but once you
start moving around and start doing all of the stuff, it's a cool place to
hold study sessions or meet on-line instead of over the phone. If there is
something that you wanted to show, there's a chalkboard that you can draw on"
However, the initial practice chat session was very unorganized with students
interrupting each other. As one commented, "I thought wrong about this whole
program. Okay, tell me if I'm wrong, do you wait for others to respond before
you type anything else? No! Do you keep typing because it is just a habit of
doing? Yes! What's the difference between talking in class and in a chat room?
Well, in class, you're actually there with one another and you don't want to
talk out of turn, you need to listen to other's thoughts. In a chat room,
everybody is talking to one another but you tend to talk to everyone in the
whole room. There is no specific person that's talking and there's no
specific person whom wants people to see/listen to what he has to say, that is
important . But after all this experience, it was interesting to me. It's the
just the fact that I'm not used to not "keep typing" and wait for another to
say what they want to say." Once the students realized the session was
designed for questions and answers with Dr. Wilson it became less confusing
with less distracting cross talk.

What is Peace Gaming?

Resource Personnel: Dr. Parker Rossman is an author who received his Ph.D. in
Higher Education from Yale University. He was writing a trilogy of books on
the future of higher education in light of new technology which, in the next
decade, is going to bring radical change into all human institutions, and
especially in education at all levels.
Project Overview: A complete first draft of the second volume of Rossman's
trilogy can be found online at the University of Maryland for discussion and
criticism: (Go to http://users.trib.net/prossman). It is about the future or
research, proposing that new technology will now make possible much larger
research designs to help humanity cope with major human problems like hunger,
health care, etc. for all. The students called up Chapter 7 Peace Gaming to
read and review it in their reactions posted. A follow-up ISDN
videoconference at PEACESAT provided the students a chance for two-way,
synchronous dialogue.
Results: The students were interested in the opportunity to use the ISDN to
link themselves in Hawaii with Dr. Rossman in Missouri. For part of the
session the UH Lab School Principal joined via phone link to the session.

"What's Bioremediation?"

Resource Personnel: Dr. Traci Sylva, Department of Biosystems Engineering,
University of Hawaii at Manoa. Agriculture Based Remediation Program (ABRP).
The main objective of this program is to develop our bioremediation industry
here in Hawaii.
Project Overview: Dr. Sylva established a separate "Bioremediation" Nicenet
class. The students signed up for that class and interacted with professional
engineers working in bioremediation. The students also did web searches to
answer questions about the topic and post pictures or logos they could find.
Results: This, like the career awareness series topics of medical technology
and optometry seemed to develop interest and awareness of students in an
important topic that can improve the environmental quality of Hawaii.

What's Ecotourism/What's SeaCanoe?

Resource Personnel: John "Caveman" Gray, Founder of SeaCanoe and Visiting
Professor of Ecotourism, Srinakarinvirot University, Bangkok
Project Overview: Gray stated, "We started in Hawai'i in 1983, but moved our
home base to Phuket, Thailand, in 1989, and we have operations in several
different countries. Our goal is to create employee-owned companies that
enfranchise local people in hopes that they will learn to protect their own
environments, and to upgrade their business and natural sciences skills.
Students took virtual field trips of the "hongs" of southern Thailand via the
SeaCanoe Web Site (http://www.seacanoe.com).
Results: Students researched ecotourism sites on the web and posted these (in
LINK SHARING) and described them in the discussion topics. As one stated, "We
had a lot of fun doing this activity and we also learned a bundle. I never
even heard about ecotourism until a couple weeks ago. Well, hopefully, some
time in the near future, I can actually experience ecotourism for myself."

What's Egypt?

Resource Personnel: This was another project coordinated by one of the
students in the class: Jennifer Ohara. She introduced herself "I am a
fifteen-year-old junior at UH Lab School. I decided to do my computer
technology project on Egypt because my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Donald moved there
a couple years ago, and my mother recently visited them for a second time. I
have been to Egypt once in my life. I went the summer before my freshman year
when I was thirteen years old. My uncle got transferred there from Memphis,
Tenn. He was working for a major hotel in Egypt.
Project Overview: Jennifer, her mother and aunt all contributed descriptions
and photos of life in Egypt in the "What's Egypt?" Nicenet topic.
Results: Students gained a wealth of cross-cultural information from the very
personal experiences of their classmate and her mother and relatives.

What's Slovakia?

Resource Personnel: Paul Kim, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Slovakia.
He was still living in Slovakia, where he taught English composition at a
university in Bratislava, and during the summers coordinated the Peace Corps
TEFL Pre-service Training for new Peace Corps Volunteers
Project Overview: As part of the FAST implementation program in Slovakia
members of the U.S. Peace Corps ESL teachers worked as mentors for the Slovak
science teachers as they introduced FAST. Students were able to interact with
Kim via Nicenet as well as to interact with him via videophone.
Results: As summarized by Jennifer after the event, "Hi, this is Jennifer
Ohara. I wanted to send a little thank you for introducing us to Slovakia. I
did the "What's Egypt?" topic and I know that it takes a lot of work and time
to put these things together. One thing that I found particularly interesting
about Slovakia was the fact that Hungarian is the first language spoken by
many of the residents."

What is Starfestival?

Resource Personnel: Dr. Shigeru Miyagawa, Professor at MIT and developer of a
computer/CD multimedia resource known as StarFestival.
Project Overview: Students had the chance to experience the creative CD
Rom-based, interactive cultural orientation system. They provided feedback
to Dr. Miyagawa and CRDG staff evaluating the program.
Results: Dr. Miyagawa stated after the experience, "I read again all of your
postings. Very impressive. As a class, you covered the CD more extensively
than any other class that I know, and is comparable to the coverage I do for a
course I teach at MIT based on the SF CD, titled Japan in Real Time."

"What's Peace Corps?

Resource Personnel: May Ng, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer to Honduras and
then a member of the Peace Corps staff, visited the class during her
University of Hawaii Peace Corps recruitment trip.
Project Overview: A separate "What's Peace Corps?" Nicenet class was set up
for Ms. Ng and other Peace Corps returnees, staff and others to use to
exchange information about their experiences in the U.S. Peace Corps.
Following introductions and questions in the Nicenet conference, the students
met Ms. Ng during her videotaped presentation of her visit and service in Nicaragua.
Results: Students gained a glimpse of life in the third-world country. They
learned how Peace Corps provides Americans the chance to not only provide
service abroad but to gain a better appreciation for the contrasts of living
in other countries.

"What's E-School?"

Resource Personnel: Mr. Alan Cole, E-School Registrar and manager of the
web-accessible database
Project Overview: E-School, as a project and educational program, was started
by Diana Oshiro, Vicki Kajioka and others in the Hawaii Department of
Education. Cole stated "In same way you are assessed in your class...so too
are the students in an E-School class assessed. Tests, papers, projects,
journals, Internet relay chat participation in course discussion, etc. are the
types of assignments given and examined. IRC is used by the course instructors
for "office hours" though sometimes the teachers even call the students, there
are various "help" sites online...sometimes students are mentors...but we are
still working on the "support" challenges of E-School."
Results: The project provided an opportunity for the students to see Cole,
Oshiro, and Kajioka face-to-face as a Power Point video overview was given.
They subsequently used Nicenet to post questions about the program and
E-School courses. A direct result was development of interest and plans to
allow Lab School students the opportunity to register for E-School courses
during the 2000-2001 school year.

Personal Resume Newsletter

Resource Personnel: All the students in the class

Project Overview: The Personal Resume Newsletter (PRN) project involved
quarterly reports by each student in the class. First quarter they used
simple word processing to initiate a document that would describe themselves,
their technology background and experiences in this class. Second quarter
they had to convert this to multiple-column format. Third quarter they had to
insert appropriate graphics and photos of themselves and others related to the
topics. The PRN-4 was the final step in which they moved their PRN to their
own web page, then posted a final note and course evaluation on this Nicenet
topic with an HTML link to their respective web page. The career/college
guidance counselor urged them to include hardcopies in their college/job
application submissions.
Results: The desired goal was for the students to provide a final course
evaluation in the topic "PRN-Web and Final Report."

Concluding Remarks

These are just some of the many and various models of the Electronic Field
Trip. They all are based on mixing asynchronous and synchronous communication
systems. Educators are faced with a multitude of challenges and opportunities
that make for exciting (and sometimes frustrating) experiences trying to make
their students educational experiences more dynamic and interesting as they
continue into the 21st Century.
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Biodata
Principal Author:
Mr. John H. Southworth
Director, Distance Education
Curriculum Research & Development Group/UH Laboratory School
1717 University Avenue
Honolulu
HI
USA
96822
808-956-6871
808-956-4933
south@hawaii.edu

John H. Southworth is Educational Associate with the Curriculum Research &
Development Group (http://www.hawaii.edu/crdg), University of Hawaii College
of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He has been active for over three decades
in educational telecommunications program research and development. He was
born and raised in (Pomona) California and attended Pomona College (Chemistry
undergraduate major and degree), the University of Bristol, England
(Biochemistry studies), and the University of Hawaii (Oceanography major and
graduate degree). He taught science and mathematics in the United States Peace
Corps in Malaysia for 18 months and continued as a member of the Peace Corps
Training Center, University of Hawaii, Hilo, before his graduate work. He
served as Senior Investigator of the Hawaii Global TELE-class Project of the
Hawaii State Department of Education. He was an invited participant in the
East/West Seminars in New Technologies in Education that took place in the
USSR and Czechoslovakia in 1988, 1990 and 1991. From 1995-1998 he served as
Coordinator for the Technology Collaborative for the Pacific as part of ARC
Associates, Pacific Region. This project involved implementation of the
Regional Technology in Education Consortia program of the United States
Department of Education. He has taught chemistry and Computer/Technology
classes and is currently Director of Distance Education at the University of
Hawaii Laboratory School. He is currently technical service coordinator for
the HI-NEST Project and is serving as a teacher-researcher on a collaborative
science and technology project with Kamehameha Schools.
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John Southworth Resume
Professional Development in Technology/Telecommunications Experience

Name/Position
Mr. John H. Southworth
University of Hawaii
Research Associate, Curriculum Research & Development Group
Director, Distance Education, UH Laboratory School

Address: Work: 1776 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96822
Address: Home: 1543 Kaminaka Drive, Honolulu, HI, 96816
Phones: 808-956-6871(w), 808-732-1647(h)
Fax: 808-956-4933
Email: south@hawaii.edu
Social Security Number: 545-54-8826

Born: Pomona, California, April 20, 1939

Education: Pomona College (Chemistry, B.A., 1961)
University of Bristol, England (Biochemistry, 1961-1962)
University of Hawaii (Oceanography, M.Sc.1971)

Career Summary: Involved in educational technology the past three decades.

1960s
Following graduation from Pomona College spent a year as a Rotary
Foundation Fellow in Bristol, England.

Worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer science and math teacher in Malaysia.

Came to Hawaii to first work as a member of the University of Hawaii
Peace Corps Training Center staff in Hilo, Hawaii.

Moved to Honolulu to begin graduate work at the University of Hawaii.

1970s
Completed MSc. (Oceanography) and worked to develop database programs
for research on ocean sediments.

Taught in the U.H. General Science Department and developed educational
technology resources for science classes including grading and
statistical analysis of quiz and test data.

Developed the Educational Uses of Computers Unit (EduComp) in Dean Hall
(while a member of the General Science Department) and (later) in
Sinclair Library, the first educational technology resource for training
teachers and students on the UH Manoa Campus.

1980s
Began teaching (science, math and technology) in the UH Lab School/CRDG
Science Department.

Incorporated the computer-based education PLATO system use for
hands-on, collaborative involvement by students in the UH Lab School
Chemistry class.

Developed (and later taught) the first Computer Based Education class in
the College of Education Department of Educational Communications &
Technology. Later developed the first graduate/undergraduate distance
learning course that involved multiple islands and multiple Oahu sites.

Worked at CRDG on early computer literacy and later DOE TELEClass and
Distance Learning-Technology projects which became the foundation for
the DOE's current distance learning programs.

1990s
Travelled to Russia and Slovakia in making contacts for the basic work
on the Russia and Slovakia projects which adapted the CRDG Foundational
Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) middle school science program.

Became the Coordinator of the Technology Collaborative for the Pacific
working in the Hawaii-Pacific region for the Pacific Southwest Regional
Technology in Education Consortium (PSR*TEC) project through ARC
Associates (1995 - 1998). As such, developed basic contacts for the
project with DOE, PREL, PEACESAT, etc. This provided both experiences
with communications technology and contacts with educators in the Hawaii
and the other Pacific entities. Specific duties included:
* Assist in collaborative efforts between ARC and the Hawaii-Pacific
partners (e.g. PEACESAT, PREL, DOE, Hawaii Tech Corps, Hawaii
Science Teachers Assn, Teleclass Hawaii, Hawaii Association of
Language Teachers, Pacific Telecommunications Council, Phi Delta
Kappa)
* Assist in R*TEC workshops, publicity, reports, newsletter, etc.
* Helping with production of EdTech News
* Organizing, scheduling, and coordinating PEACESAT EdTech Exchanges
* Meeting with partner organizations
* Helping train Kalihi Project youth participants
* Providing information requested by R*TEC project clients by phone,
fax,, e-mail
* Submission of reports and documentation work done

Developed at the UH Lab School a model Computer/Technology class that
has supported a effective and appropriate use of the web for a variety
of educational and community purposes.

Helped in the development of strategic partnerships and collaborative
ventures (e.g. Oceanic Cablevision UH Lab School partnership).

Developed a model for effective use of UH Lab School students with
technology skills to help with instructional and administrative
computing tasks.

Other Professional Development and Community Service Activities

Extended educational technology programs through work with Phi Delta
Kappa (PDK), Hawaii Science Teachers Assn. (HaSTA), Pacific Telecommunications
Council, the Hawaii Library Foundation/Friends of the Library of Hawaii and
the Hawaii TeleCommunications Assn.

Served as HaSTA President for 1999-2000.After 20 years working to
develop HaSTA's technology/communication projects .

Negotiated PREL and NSTA support for the HaSTA spring conference that
reached from Hilo to Pago Pago via HITS and PEACESAT telecommunications systems.

Participated in PREL Pacific Education Conferences in Pohnpei, Majuro,
Kauai, and Saipan including presentations as well as working with PSR*TEC
and PEACESAT workshops.

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Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:10:08 -1000
From: John Southworth <south@hawaii.edu>
Subject: RE: Express Shipment Info
To: Ralph Rodriguez <ralphrod@nsclub.net>
Cc: "Utsumi, Tak -- Tak Utsumi" <utsumi@fpwww.esper.com>,
Tak Utsumi <utsumi@www.friends-partners.org>

Ralph,
Thanks for the confirmation.....hope you will find the
info useful and informative. Let me know if you need anything
further.

We read of your typhoon tragedy and are very sympathetic with
your situation. Our Big Island of Hawaii has had freak storms last
week with one location with over 36 inches of rain in a day. The main
city of Hilo had some really devastating damage....but they did
miraculously avoid any casualties. Was tragic to learn of the
loss of life there.

Here's hoping recovery comes about as quickly as possible.

Aloha,

John Southworth
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Ralph Rodriguez wrote:

> Dear John -
> Thanks for your concern - I was going to write you about it - but yes, it
> came - and thank you so much for it. We had a terrible typhoon that just
> went through Luzon and what a mess - besides the 41 dead, about 300
> missing, the 34,000 families rendered homeless and the billions in
> destruction it wrought. I will be sharing this with the president of the
> Polytechnic University of the Philippiines where we are now planning to
> hold the conference that Tak has requested us to prepare. I will read it
> too, so I can discuss it with others. Thanks again for your efforts.
>
> Very sincerely yours,
>
> Ralph B. Rodriguez
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: John Southworth [SMTP:south@hawaii.edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:47 PM
> To: Ralph Rodriguez
> Cc: John Southworth
> Subject: Express Shipment Info
>
> Ralph,
> Did you get the FedExpress package? I was given
> a Tracker Number of 8030-8489-1787 with confirmation that
> it was about to be delivered.
>
> Please let me know if it didn't and/or contact local
> Federal Express delivery office.
>
> JHS
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