FACTSnet Alberta/Japan Summer projects 2010

In 2010 the projects focus on developing relationships between St. Albert Alberta and Tokyo Japan as well as developing a structure to facilitate province wide participation. During May, June we are developing a blog and getting feedback from teachers, students and others on the usefulness of the blog in establishing longer term relationships between Alberta and Japan. Grade 8 students would learn about the history of Japan as it relates to the grade 8 curriculum and help Japanese students with their English. Either Japanese or Canadian students or both can participate in the pilot project as follows:

1. Sites to visit in Japan
1. Some of the members of our summer team will be visiting Japan in July. In preparation, for the visit, we are getting feedback on sites that would be of most interest to Alberta students see Instructions for providing feedback.
2. Introductions:
1. An Introduction to Japanese Student Life
2. An Introduction to Canadian Student Life
3. Places to Visit in Alberta: (Capital, Centralta) - This project is under development and is primarily for Alberta grade 7 students to share information about Canada.
4. Resources for Alberta Curriculum - This project would find and evaluate resources that could be used in the grade 8 Social Studies Curriculum and/or Japanese Language and Cultural studies.