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THE SILK ROAD - A living history of int… [CURRENT ISSUE Education]
The Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum is offering the exhibition of “Silk Road”, you will meet over 100 very rare and historical ass...Read More
Friends Abroad is looking for foreign me… [Community Education Family]
Are you interested in an International Culture Exchange in Okinawa!? Now Friends Abroad is looking for foreign members for the Culture Teach...Read More
Learn and Improve your Japanese in Okina… [Education Japanese Lesson]
Since 2010, Touyou Gengo Bunka Gakuin (Asian Language & Culture College) in Midorimachi, Uruma City has been providing quality Japanese ...Read More
2015.04.15
AmerAsian School Okinawa wins Japan Foundation award [Education]
The AmerAsian School in Okinawa is the winner of the Japan Foundation Prizes for Global Citizenship. The award, which honors individuals and organizations who engage in internation...
2015.04.05
Teaching kids in developing countries without teachers [Education]
By Jovan Rebolledo-Mendez, PhD Imagine if you wish, in the near future, a child near Kabare, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is able to learn to read, write and understa...
2015.03.30
Time to get ready for World Education Games [Education]
By E. Heinrich-Sanchez The World Education Games (WEG) are returning for October 2015, and the pre-registration is now OPEN! http://www.3plearning.com/worldeducationgames/ Wildly p...
2015.03.21
GODAC to take kids beneath the sea [Education]
The International Oceanographic Data Center is set to give youngsters a new perspective of the world from beneath the sea. There are two kinds of events, which are driving experien...
Okinawa Shogaku High School obtains IB accreditation [Education]
The Okinawa Shogaku High School, a local private school consisting of both junior and senior high schools, has been officially accredited as an International Baccalaureate (IB) acc...
2015.03.15
We need confidence and hope [Education]
By E. Heinrich-Sanchez Well, its graduation time again in Okinawa. The Japanese fiscal and school years run from April 1st to March 31st. The eternal cycle of watching our children...
2015.03.15
GODAC’s spring break workshop set for children [Education]
Spring break is just around the corner, and GODAC, the Global Oceanographic Data Center, is preparing a workshop for children related to ocean creatures. The spring break workshop ...
Okinawa elementary student test scores decline [Education]
The Okinawa Prefecture Board of Education announced at its regular meeting on Mar. 11th the results of achievement tests for elementary school students in Okinawa that took place i...
2015.03.01
Access to innovation and democratization of high achievements [Education]
By Jovan Rebolledo-Mendez, PhD It might be natural to think that in order to achieve amazing things, one has to spend years researching, or belonging to a very prestigious institut...
2015.02.26
‘Eat, Play, Collide’ gives new look at foods on plate [Education]
A physicist is all pumped up to share interesting thoughts from the spooky quantum world, and the stuff lightning is made off, at a Saturday presentation at Okinawa Institute of Sc...
2015.02.22
Leveraging innovation to solve problems [Education]
By Jovan D. Rebolledo-Mendez, PhD Most of us have the intrinsic spirit of succeeding and becoming better; whatever is the challenge one chooses. The incentive of winning a prize in...
2015.02.02
Thinking exponentially gets you anywhere fast [Education]
By Jovan Rebolledo-Mendez, PhD There is a huge difference between thinking linearly and exponentially: when you think linearly, walking one meter at a time, in 10 steps you advance...
2015.01.26
Science takes center stage at OIST Open Campus [Education]
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, which rides the leading edge of science in Japan and around the world, is giving back to the community Sunday, February 1st, with invit...
Okinawa desperately needs to improve English education [Education]
Dear Speaker of the Okinawa Prefecture Assembly I Love Okinawa Campaign / World O.C.E.A.N. NGO (World Ocean Culture & Education Action Network) Chairman Eduardo Heinrich-Sanche...
2014.12.15
Time for education innovation [Education]
By E. Heinrich-Sanchez Okinawa is striving to become an Asia-Pacific hub for distribution, and a gateway to Asia. Quality English education has been identified as a priority yet th...
2014.12.01
Who’s Who at AMICUS? Quest for Transparency [Education]
By E. Heinrich-Sanchez Obunsha Co.’s management is being questioned and under scrutiny by the Okinawa Prefecture Assembly. Important deadlines are coming up in December and l...
2014.11.24
Okinawa Education and the UNESCO ESD GAP [Education]
By E. Heinrich-Sanchez Amidst the waning election hype and celebrations for the new Governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga and new Mayor (first female) of Naha City Mikiko Shiroma, las...
2014.10.26
Questions on how to teach our kids history [Education]
By Ed Heinrich-Sanchez Three Japanese scientists have been awarded the Nobel Price for inventing the blue LED, This year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and T...
2014.09.16
AFCEA to host annual special TechNet Day [Education]
Camp Shields will be the setting for the 3rd Annual TechNet Day sponsored by the Okinawa Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. The day-long event ...
2014.09.10
OIST to explain ADHD in seminar [Education]
Understanding and Explaining Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), an often misunderstood problem confronted by numerous families, will be the focus of a presentation at...
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