Welcome to the ETJ Kyoto Official Website.
We are a group of English teachers and school owners in and around the Kyoto area. Come join us for one of our local meetings, held bi-monthly, to learn new ideas for teaching children English in Japan. We have great presentations as well as time for everyone to share ideas, ask questions and network with others in the English-teaching world. We are a local chapter of the not for profit national group English Teachers in Japan (ETJ).
Date: Sunday, September 11th, 2011. 2:50pm - 5:00pm
Presenter: Jeff Hodsdon
Title: the 3 greatest tools for teaching kids and the techniques you'll need to use them
The day will start off with a 10 minute information exchange session where you can share your ideas or favorite web sites for teaching. This will be followed up by Jeff's presentation and finally a Q&A session.
Join us for an afternoon of exploration and discussion. Open participation will be encouraged.
About the Presenter:
Jeff Hodsdon has been teaching kids of all ages from babies to Junior High School for over 11 years. Jeff Hodson is the owner / teacher of An English Club in Takarazuka, Hyogo.
Registration for the meeting will begin at 2:40 p.m.
Please pre-register for this presentation, as space is limited: kyotoetj@yahoo.co.jp
The meeting will be held at the usual venue. For information please click:
The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, September 11th. We realize that this is an infamous day, and we will take a moment of silence in memory of the Americans, Japanese and other citizens lost on that day 10 unforgettable years ago.
Coming up in 2011
ETJ EXPO 2011 - October 16th, 2011. Osaka
Our last meeting
Sunday, March 6th, 2011 (2:00pm - 4pm)
Eric Kane & Daniel Mills from ELF Learning gave us an exciting and informative presentation on "Technology (New & Old) and Websites in your classroom"
The first session was dedicated to website design and different platforms for different budgets and skill levels. The second looked at "old" technology (CDs, videos, internet ...) and newer, exciting possibilities available now or just around the corner.
Eric Kane owns two schools in Shiga Prefecture and has been an active
presenter in ETJ for many years. In addition to doing extensive work with
videos and music, he also knows a bit about website design, content and
possibilities.
Daniel Mills has been teaching in Japan now for 6 years and is currently
Adult Curriculum Director at E English House. He will be taking a position
at Ritsumeikan University this April while pursuing his PhD in
Instructional Technology.
Kyoto ETJ is a local chapter of the ETJ national group.
Our officers are:
Coordinator - Philip Garden
Coordinator - Shaheed Rupani
Secretary - Catherine Oki
Treasurer - Lisa Manhart
To join our local group and receive emails about upcoming events, please
send an email to: kyotoetj@yahoo.co.jp
Please include the words KyotoETJ in the subject of your mail, thank
you.
When you join our local group, you will NOT automatically become a member
of the national group. For that information, see below.
- For general information on ETJ and other local groups, please visit: http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/index.shtml
- To join ETJ please visit: http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/join.shtml
Please note that under the subheading Options, you may join one or more
of the e-mail groups. These are wonderful sources of information for
all kinds of people working in English education in Japan.