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Hi Folks,
I've attached the library grants guidelines. I hope you'll be able to submit your requests within a few days of the end of the seminar. It's important for us to try to get these processed by the end of the month.

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You have this guide in your reader. It is a step by step guide to using the discussion forum.

** More tips:
It includes a section on why forums work better than email discussion lists for some tasks, plus information on how to post your ideas and how to respond to others.

A couple of quick notes:
1. Put seminar specific comments/questions in this forum. These include discussions of presentations and your projects.

2. Put more general comments/questions that other teachers would be interested in in the Asia in My Classroom forum or one of the other forums.

3. Rather than starting a new thread (topic) with your post, please try to put your post into an existing thread. This is much easier for readers. So to post something to the film festival thread, go inside that thread and click on the "reply" button. If your subject is different, change the subject line. This will make it easy for readers to scan.

The guide is in "pdf" format. You'll need a copy of the free Acrobat reader (you probably already have it on your computer) to read it. Try clicking on the icon and see what happens. If the file opens, or you are asked if you want to open it using Acrobat, you're all set. If not, you'll need to download and install Acrobat. It's pretty easy to do. Just go to:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Acrobat is handy and works on Windows, Linux, and Mac computers. Because it preserves formatting and is a standard, the US government (e.g., the IRS) uses it to distribute documents.[Edit by="Clay Dube on Aug 3, 10:57:22 AM"][/Edit]

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The attached guide was prepared by a University of Texas Info Tech specialist. You may find it useful as you construct your website.

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Here I've attached a copy of the seminar assignment. In addition to attendance at and active participation in every session, you are expected to complete three tasks.

1. Exchanging ideas via the discussion forum. Substantative posts are the norm. In evaluating websites (minimum of 5, about 50 words each), provide details on who created the resource, what are its particular strengths and weaknesses, and how might it be used by teachers. In reviewing films (minimum of 1, about 150 words), summarize the story and focus on how teachers could use it to teach about Asia. What issues does it explore? Is it an accurate representation of a particular time and place? In discussing seminar readings or presentations, feel free to raise questions, offer interpretations, and brainstorm on classroom applications for the materials or concepts. For example, how can these primary sources be used to develop student skills?

Remember to post website evaluations and film reviews to the Asia in My Classroom forum. Put seminar-specific posts in this forum. Please put AsiaMedia (www.asiamedia.ucla.edu) and Asia Pacific Arts (www.asiaarts.ucla.edu) posts in the appropriate public forum. General discussion of Asia Institute articles or things you see in the newspaper should go in the Asia On My Mind forum.

2. Create a website for use either with your students or your fellow teachers. You may combine this assignment with the curriculum development task. Your website should have a minimum of three different pages. Be sure to check your spelling and grammar and to properly credit your sources of information and images. You may post your website to our web server (your URL will be http://www.asia.ucla.edu/lessons/yourfirstinitialyourlastname -- be sure to name your homepage "index.html") or elsewhere (your school site, your ISP, or on a free website host such as Teacher Web or GeoCities). Please include your email address on the website so that interested colleagues may contact you. You can see what others have done by visiting the lesson plan section of our site (http://www.asia.ucla.edu/asiak12.asp) or by looking at the lists of earlier participants and clicking on their sites (http://www.asia.ucla.edu/ncta/utla).

3. Develop a set of lesson plans covering two - five days. These lessons should be appropriate for the students you have in class everyday. These plans should be fully developed with discussion questions, handouts, vocabulary lists, and so forth. Alternatively, you may write an essay discussing how you will bring ideas and resources from the seminar into your classes and to your colleagues.

Download and print out a copy of the assignment. Try to meet the discussion forum requirement by the end of the year. Start working on your webpages right away (while the techniques are fresh in your mind). And begin thinking about your curriculum project right now. Everything must be satisfactorily completed and submitted by August 30, 2006.

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Here are just a few of the crew. We've all managed to do something special in visiting the Great Wall.

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hi alice,

yours might be the last pre-trip post! see you soon.

smiling,
clay

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Hi Folks,
This is still in some flux, note the addition of a talk at the Beijing Institute of Education and modifications of the Japan itinerary. Some additional changes in Japan should be expected.

Darlene asks about ANA's meal plan. I'm confident we'll be fed a couple of times during our long flight to Tokyo. With luck we'll have a choice of meals. I'm hoping for Japanese options. Nari, our travel consultant ranks ANA food above JAL's. Since we'll be at LAX for an eternity, it might be wise to bring or plan to purchase some food. Be sure to drink a lot of water on the plane.

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Prof. Huters has a new cell phone. His phone number in China is:

139-1750-4451

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Hi Folks,

We're still fine tuning the itinerary to seize opportunities and work around closed museums and dark theaters. We've reduced the number of Japanese cities we'll stay in so as to spend a bit more time in each and to afford you some time to explore on your own. That said, you'll find this a very full schedule requiring a lot of walking and flexibility. We'll need everyone to cooperate and to pull together, making sure that we stay on schedule.

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Hi Folks,

Most of the information on the attached sheet is solid, the only question marks are on our hotels in Japan. Please print this out and share it with your friends and family. In an emergency, the most effective thing for them is to
a) figure out the time and date in China or Japan
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
(Beijing is 15 hours ahead, Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of California.)

b) if it's daytime, call the tour guide on her cell phone; if it's nightime, call the hotel or send a fax

To just stay in touch with relatives, please call them (using phone cards) or use email. They can also call you via the hotel switchboard.

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I've attached the curriculum assignment guidelines. Please remember to post your pre-trip plans here in the forum asap.

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I'm sorry that Lara, Vimal, and two others didn't know of the schedule change. On Saturday, June 3 and on Thursday, June 8, we reiterated the change.

I apologize for the confusion and regret not posting the change to the forum. Perhaps I should have also sent a reminder not to come.

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Hi Folks,

Just a couple quick notes on the roommate assignments. Whereever possible I tried to adhere to your preferences. This was not always possible, but I hope that everyone will work hard at being a cooperative roommate and tour member.

Why mix things up? One of our aims is for everyone to get to know everyone else during the course of the journey. Rather than just sitting beside your pal on the bus, at meals, and then going off to your room together, please make an effort to talk with others. Find out what they hope to do with this remarkable opportunity. Learn about their teaching style and discover what they think about what we're seeing and doing. One of the trip's most important purposes is to forge bonds that will last beyond the immediate experience, so that we can continue to come up with ways to better teach about Asia.

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For Japan:

4 Lee, Alice
4 Rivera, Portia
5 Lerch, Marisa
5 Farr, Sharon
6 Ockerman, Darlene
6 Lockwood, Courtney
7 Zarou, Linda
7 Gasparik, Nicole
8 Garcia-Mitchell, Ana
8 Shepherd, Julia
9 Ruelas, Claudia
9 Ash, Dana
10 Moody, M. Kyle
10 Perez, Steve
11 Sprague, Tracy
11 Driscoll, LaRue

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Here's the list for Xi'an and Shanghai:

4 Zarou, Linda
4 Ruelas, Claudia
5 Shepherd, Julia
5 Farr, Sharon
6 Sprague, Tracy
6 Ockerman, Darlene
7 Rivera, Portia
7 Ash, Dana
8 Perez, Steve
8 Moody, M. Kyle
9 Lockwood, Courtney
9 Lee, Alice
10 Gasparik, Nicole
10 Driscoll, LaRue
11 Garcia-Mitchell, Ana
11 Lerch, Marisa

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