Special Issue: Virtual Roundup
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Dear <<First Name (Required)>>,
All of us at USJETAA hope you and your families are staying safe and healthy during this different time. With dramatic changes to our daily lives, many people are looking for new ways to stay connected to each other and to their communities. To help you stay connected during this period of adjustment, we have prepared a special round up of virtual events and activities.
Over the past few years, USJETAA has been committed to providing virtual content through our webinar series and other online video programs. In light of the current crisis, we are offering more frequent webinars over the next few months. Our special webinar on Monday will deal with working during COVID, and will have information for both those adapting to working from home and others who are laid off or furloughed. We have also compiled a list of our other upcoming webinars, virtual events hosted by the JETAA chapters, and Japan related activities and classes you can access from the comfort of you own home. In our regular monthly emails we will begin including these types of virtual events and activities so that you can continue to stay connected.
Warmly,
Bahia Simons-Lane
Executive Director
Gunma, 2005-2007
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Call for Submissions: Japan Matters for America
Submissions should focus on people-to-people connections between the United States and Japan at the state and local levels. Topics should feature an issue, event, project, or business that is important to promoting better relations and understanding between the U.S. and Japan. It should highlight the positive impacts of U.S.-Japan relations on both U.S. and Japanese communities. Articles are selected based on content, writing quality and style, and how well they fit with current issues being prioritized by the East-West Center in Washington. We are not looking for articles about the JET Program.
Eligibility:
- You must be an alumnus/ae of the JET Program or Mombusho English Fellows to apply.
- You must register as a member of USJETAA (free!)
- Submitted articles must be original content and not previously published elsewhere.
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Special Webinar: The New Normal - Working During COVID
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Date: April 13, 2020
Time: 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
REGISTER
Are you suddenly working from home and struggling to find balance and be focused? Have you been laid off or furloughed and you’re not sure what’s next? Join us for a free USJETAA webinar, The New Normal: Working during COVID, for tips on how to be productive in this time of upheaval and uncertainty.
Speaker: Emily Frank (Hokkaido, 1993-1996)
Emily Frank graduated from Smith College and was an AET in southern Hokkaido from 1993-1996. After spending a lot of time afterwards feeling lost, she eventually got a master's degree in counseling and now helps others who are similarly lost regarding careers. She spent over 12 years working at a large public university, and has been in private practice since January, 2018. Emily is based in Denver, but does distance work with clients from all over the globe. She has been able to offer free career counseling to over 50 JET alumni in the past through grants like this, and has enjoyed reconnecting with fellow JETs that way.
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SAVE THE DATE - Webinar: Personal Branding
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SAVE THE DATE - Webinar: Marketing your JET Experience
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GETTING INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL
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If you’re considering heading back to graduate school, and have questions about deciding when to attend, where to go, why to go and how to pay for it all, this session is for you! You’ll learn how to market your JET experience both on your resume/C.V. and the applications, how to handle the issues related to letters of recommendation, and what to say on your personal statement to best articulate why you should be accepted and get that great scholarship, too!
MORE GRAD SCHOOL INFORMATION HERE.
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Past Webinars
Looking for something else? Check out our past webinars.
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JETAA USA: RADIO TAISO, FRIDAY MORNINGS, WEEKLY UNTIL MAY 1ST
Start every Friday morning with a Radio Taiso exercise with your fellow JET alumni. Begin with the workout (3-6 min) and if you have time, stick around for a 30 min morning coffee chat before you start your day.
JETAA USA is offering and East and West coast option since #JETsAreEveryWhere
Different links for each session:
8:30am EDT https://us04web.zoom.us/j/920613111
8:30am PDT https://us04web.zoom.us/j/542378243
Follow JETAA USA on Facebook for more events like this.
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GREAT LAKES: JETAA HAPPY HOUR, 4/10, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM MT
Great Lakes JETAA (Michigan and Ohio) will be hosting a virtual happy hour. JETAA Rocky Mountain also plans to join and say hi to the Great Lakes JET Alums. They will share the link to the meeting room right before the event. Check here for the link.
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JETAASC: APRIL NATSUKASHII KAI 4/10, 7 PM - 9 PM PT
This month JETAASC will be doing a virtual meetup for their monthly Natsukashii kai! Be ready to share a fun story or show your favorite picture from Japan! As a special treat, the JETAA Toronto alumni will also be joining our meetup! Access the happy hour here.
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JETAA MINNESOTA: APRIL VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR, 4/16, 5 PM - 7 PM CT
Social Distancing doesn’t mean social isolation! Grab your drinks, some snacks and a webcam, and join us (online) for their monthly Happy Hour! This time the event will be held virtually due to COVID-19.
Link for the video conference room to come later. Visit the event page for more information.
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JETAA CHICAGO: VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR, 4/17, 7:00 PM - 9 PM CT
Last month, following up on the efforts of our neighbors in Great Lakes JETAA, Chicago held their first virtual happy hour. 18 JETAA chapters and four countries were represented by 50+ alumni that joined in on the fun! As the global community adjusts to the ever-changing "new normal", JETAA Chicago is committed to helping keep this new Friday tradition alive. RSVP and more information here.
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Non-JETAA Online Activities
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WASHINGTON, DC NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM VIRTUAL FESTIVAL, THROUGH 4/12
Even though the opening ceremony was canceled, you can still check out the Cherry Blossoms 24/7 with live "Blossom Cam" and panoramic views through April 12th!
https://nationalcherryblossomfestivallive.org/
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AATJ WEBINAR: PIVOTING TO REMOTE ASSESSMENT, 4/11, 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET
The focus of the April 11 webinar will be tools and strategies for assessment in online teaching. The presenters will discuss both K-12 (high school) and college situations. Presentations will be bilingual in Japanese and English, and Q&A will use both languages. JOIN THE WEBINAR
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AATJ RECORDING: VIRTUAL BROWN BAG
The theme was “Flying by the Seat of Your Pants: Crisis Teaching Without Sacrificing Proficiency.” The facilitators were LAUREN ROSEN (Director of the University of Wisconsin System Collaborative Language Program) and MAGARA MAEDA (Senior Lecturer of Japanese at University of Wisconsin-River Falls). Topics covered included synchronous versus asynchronous modes of instruction, equity/accessibility, and ways of achieving essential goals with relatively “low-tech” approaches. Sample tasks and assessments using asynchronous tools were discussed. RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE.
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AATJ RECORDING: TEACHING JAPANESE ONLINE 101
Facilitators were Ayako Anderson-Sensei of Global Academy, Noble and Greengough School, and Phillips academy Andover. RECORDING HERE.
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JAPAN SOCIETY BOSTON GOOGLE SCAVENGER HUNT, COMPLETE BY 4/15
Japan Society Boston set up some trivia to encourage participants to get to know popular and unique locations scattered across Japan. Take some time to explore the streets around these locations using the street view function of Google Maps and have fun "getting lost"! 5 lucky participants will be selected randomly on April 15th to receive a Shoyeido incense. We will be sending the incense out once we are able to get back into the office. More information here.
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JAPAN FOUNDATION LA VIRTUAL BILINGUAL YOGA, 4/15, 12:30 PM PT
Bilingual Yoga will be offered via JFLA Facebook LIVE! No need to change clothes or use a yoga mat; you will be seated in a chair at home and receive an instruction from our instructor in bilingual (English and Japanese). Easy and relaxed! There will be one session starting at 12:30pm. MORE INFORMATION HERE.
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JAPAN REARMED: THE POLITICS OF MILITARY POWER, 4/17, 11 AM - 12 PM CT
Can Japan be expected to continue to honor its post-World War II constitutional commitment to pacifism in the face of increased pressure from China and North Korea? The Council on Foreign Relations’ Sheila Smith, author of “Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power,” argues that the country is reevaluating its reliance on the U.S. for national security and “confronting the possibility that they may need to prepare the nation’s military for war.” MORE INFORMATION HERE.
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TABLE FOR TWO FREE ONLINE WA-SHOKUIKU COURSE, AVAILABLE UNTIL 4/30
Looking for a unique educational program for children during school closures? Or do you want to learn how to eat healthy and prepare Japanese food? Table for Two is now offering free access to their online food education course "Wa-Shokuiku - Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese!" Through this course, you will learn the principles of Japanese cuisine and food culture, and gain the skills to prepare healthy, nutritious foods to strengthen our bodies and minds! It's appropriate for elementary through senior high school students.
Learn more about the free course at www.wa-shokuiku.org/online-course. Or register here.
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SEASON BY SEASON PODCAST WITH ALEXIS OF NOURISHING JAPAN
Alexis Agliano Sanborn (Shimane, 2009-2011) and her lifelong friend Kit serve as hosts to the "Season by Season" podcast that celebrates and re-forges our connection to the natural world through prose, poetry, and sound. Based on the 24 divisions of the year of the traditional Japanese calendar they reflect on small changes occurring every day in the natural world. Each session is 30 minutes long.
LISTEN HERE
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TRAVEL TO JAPAN WITH NHK WORLD
For those of you missing Japan, experience a virtual tour across Japan brought to you by NHK World.
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PAINTING EDO: JAPANESE ART FROM THE FEINBERG COLLECTION
Painting Edo — one of the largest exhibitions ever presented at the Harvard Art Museums — offers a window onto the supremely rich visual culture of Japan’s early modern era. Selected from the unparalleled collection of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg. Learn more about the exhibition in a series of videos, including an introduction by Rachel Saunders, as well as a recording of the opening night lecture “Into the Kaleidoscope: Painting in Edo Japan” by Timon Screech (SOAS University of London).
WATCH HERE
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JAPAN FOUNDATION SPRING 2020 ONLINE JAPANESE COURSES
In light of the new guidelines from authorities, Japan Foundation decided to move spring term to ONLINE. It is still interactive, informative and fun! In this special term, the tuition is ALWAYS discounted 20% off our regular tuition. Please save your spot soon because seats are limited to ONLY 10 people per class at this time.
All sessions will be offered ONLINE, here are the requirements:
- Must have a computer/digital device with internet connection
- Must be available to access to both video and audio (so that we can interact face-to-face virtually as we do a lot of role-plays)
- We prefer that students use headsets/headphones/earphones for less chances of sound problems
- Permission to record the class
For more information, please visit our website here for more information.
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VISUALIZING JAPAN (1850S-1930s): WESTERNIZATION, PROTEST, MODERNITY
This MITx course was developed in collaboration with HarvardX and is co-taught by MIT, Harvard, and Duke historians. You will examine Japanese history in a new way—through the images created by those who were there—and the skills and questions involved in reading history through images in the digital format. The introductory module considers methodologies historians use to “visualize” the past, followed by three modules that explore the themes of Westernization, in Commodore Perry’s 1853-54 expedition to Japan; social protest, in Tokyo’s 1905 Hibiya Riot; and modernity, as seen in the archives of the major Japanese cosmetics company, Shiseido. MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION.
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