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Collaborative Project Home Page
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A. TYIS-SS106 Geographic Locations (8,230 km. equidistant)
B. Kyiv Specialized School No. 106 St. Nekrasovska 4, Kyiv, Ukraine
C. Ukranian People and Culture: Twelve Reasons to Be Proud to be Ukranian
D. Some Historical Information About the Ukranian People
E. Tokyo YMCA Building / Tokyo YMCA International School
F. Japanese People and Culture
     1. Kids’s Web Japan website
     2. Canon Creative Park (downloadable papercraft printables from Canon, Japan)
     3. Some Applications of Japanese Robotic Technology in Daily Living (experimental)
           -Japanese School Tests Robot Teacher
           -Robot Exchange Student to Teach Kids Humility at Kyoto Elementary School
           -Robovie II - The Personal Robotic Shopper
           -Honda Humanoid Robot
     4. Funny Japanese Commercial
     5. Top 50 J-Pop
     6. Disney's "Frozen" song "Let it Go" in 25 languages!
     7. Japan Cultural Exchange Student Experiences
           -School exchange with Japan! Part 1/3
           -School exchange with Japan! Part 2/3
           -School exchange with Japan! Part 3/3
G.  Tokyo, Japan & Kyiv, Ukrain, Weather
H.  Japan Country Information
I.    Ukraine Country Information
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Collaborative Page #1
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A.) Taras Shevchenko Biographical Information
B.) "The Mighty Dnieper" song
C.) Students from the Secondary School #106, Kyiv, Ukraine recite Taras Shevchengko's "My Thoughts" and  play Bandura music
D.)  Ostromogilskaya Katya Reads "My Thoughts" by Taras Shevchengko
E.) TYIS Students Oral Reading Practice #1 (in English & Ukrainian)
F.) Informational Web Pages and Links about Japanese Poet Misuzu Kaneko
      -"A Bell, A Bird, and Me" song (lyrics by Kaneko Misuzu)
G.) "A Bell, A Bird, and Me" and other  poems of Kaneko Misuzu, read by Mitsuyo Wada;        Piano by Isao Yu
H.) Other links to sites about Kaneko Misuzu
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Collaborative Page #2
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A.) TYIS Grade 6 Whole Class Introduction
B.) TYIS Student Practice #2 and Online Webcam Recorders
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Collaborative Page #3
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  • English Online News Services/Posts About the Events in Ukraine
    (    each with a Ukranian translation link)
      -LIVEJOURNAL
      -KYIVPOST
      -SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL
      -BBC NEWS
      -CNN
      -REUTERS
      -ABC NEWS
      -NHK NEWS (Japan)
  • Japan Pop Artist Ai Uemura's song "After the Storm" (whose lyrics/message may help ease the pain of what is happening in Ukraine)
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Collaborative Page #4
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A.) 6th Grade TYIS Students Recite Taras Shevchenkos'"My Thoughts" Poem in 
          English and Ukranian
B.) Kyiv Specialized School No. 106 Kaneko Misuzu Presentation
          1. Original PPT slide presentation
          2. 2.) For Collaboration Project #2
C.) 6th Grade TYIS "A Bell, A Bird, and Me" Japanese tutorial videos / webcam  
          recorders / wordprocessor
D.) Live Chatroom Link (for live chatting)
E.) Collaborative Word Processor (for leaving messages; archiving;  reading archived messages)
F.) DropMeFiles File Transfer
Collaborative Page #5 (Video Conferencing)
+ Ukranian and Russian Virtual Keyboards

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      -Video Conference Auto-Connection Link
      -Kiev-Tokyo Time
      -MeetingWords Collaborative Online Wordprocessor
      -Kiev-Tokyo Weather
      -Ukrainian and Russian Virtual Keyboards
      -DropMeFiles File Transfer
Microsoft OneDrive File Sharing Page
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A.) TYIS-SS106 Geographic Locations (8,230 km. equidistant)

B.) Kyiv Specialized School No. 106
      St. Nekrasovska 4, Kyiv, Ukraine


C.) Ukranian People and Culture: Twelve Reasons to
Be Proud to be Ukranian
D.) Some Historical Information About the Ukranian People


E.) Tokyo YMCA Building / Tokyo YMCA International School (3rd floor)
2-2-20 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0016
Phone 03-3615-5632. Fax 03-5635-1023

-Click on picture  below for explanation of Tokyo YMCA programs in Ukranian (Google Translated)

F.) Japanese People and Culture
        1. Kids’s Web Japan website (control-click here for Ukranian Translation)
        2. Canon Creative Park (below; downloadable papercraft printables
                                                 for assembly; control-click here for Ukranian Translation)


3. Some Applications of Japanese Robotic Technology
in Daily Living (experimental)


-Japanese School Tests Robot Teacher
Published March 11, 2009 Newscorp Australian Papers

In what could be a harbinger of the future, elementary-school students in Tokyo are being
taught by a robot. Saya is the result of 15 years of research and is being tested as a teacher
after working as a receptionist. She — or it — is multilingual, can organize set tasks for pupils,
call the roll and get angry when the kids misbehave. Saya is just one example of Japan's
determination to put a robot in every home by 2015. The robot was originally developed for
companies who want to cut costs by replacing office workers such as secretaries and
receptionists with an android that had a range of human expressions.

-Robot Exchange Student to Teach Kids Humility at Kyoto Elementary School

by Mike Oakland
This entry was posted on February 11, 2013 by , in News 

A Japanese research institute has enrolled a robotic exchange student at the Higashihikari Elementary School so that it might better learn to interact with humans, and so the school’s kids can learn the important lesson that no matter what happens in life, someone will always be better than you at everything.

The robot, Robovie, has a five year old’s speech patterns, and, we can only hope, the ability to solve complex math problems with machine-like efficiency, raise its hand within nanoseconds, and dominate gym class with 90 mph dodgeball throws.

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Robovie demonstrated its smarts on the first day of the school year when a teacher asked it what a “wound up copper wire” is. Robovie responded with, “A copper coil. It’s part of the motors that move my body,” which prompted one child to proclaim, “It’s smarter than me!”
-Robovie II - The Personal Robotic Shopper

By Mick Webb
December 23, 2009

Robovie II aims to assist elderly shoppers by helping them gather their groceries from a pre-loaded
shopping list. For some elderly citizens the simple act of shopping can prove daunting and an assistant
or carer may be required to help out. Aiming to help increasingly (if sometimes reluctantly) tech-savvy
seniors, is Robovie II - a robotic assistant that takes a pre-transmitted shopping list and follows the
customer around the store, carrying their goods while communicating and even offering suggestions.

The advanced version of the Robovie II android is being developed by the Advanced Telecommunications
Research Institute (ATR) has been designed with the aim of making shopping an easier and more
entertaining experience for seniors. The android is part of a bigger network of sensors and wireless devices,
with the customer’s experience beginning before they even enter the store.

A user inputs their shopping list on a mobile device from home, telling the robot’s on-screen avatar what they
require. This information is wirelessly transmitted to a waiting robot, which greets the customer by name as
they enter the supermarket. The robot then proceeds to carry the user’s shopping, verbally read out the next
item to be collected while also making suggestions for suitable additional items. Robovie II is currently being
tested in the Apita Seikadai supermarket in Kyoto until March 2010.

-Honda Humanoid Robot (Click here to go to Asimo's website!)

4.) Funny Japanese Commercial


5.) Top 50 J-Pop Music 2013
6.) Disney's "Frozen" song "Let it Go" in 25 Languages!
7.) Japan Cultural Exchange Student Experiences

(not affiliated with TYIS/Tokyo YMCA; placed here to show Japan
from the point of view of Wellant College visiting students)

             7a.) School exchange with Japan! Part 1/3

         7b.) School exchange with Japan! Part 2/3

         7c.) School exchange with Japan! Part 3/3



G.) Tokyo, Japan & Kyiv, Ukraine
    Daily Weather and Temperature
        (Please scroll downwards for Tokyo, and to the right for Ukraine)
H.) Japan Country Information