Available courses
Zemi 3rd Year Spring 2013
- Teacher: Kevin Ryan
Seminar for third-year students at Showa Women's University. We look at lots of tools on the web for research and managing information, and use them to build a Personal Learning Environment (PLE), a way to learn both on and off the web. 
Digital Media is a simulation of a Video Production agency based in Tokyo. You have to get a job there by making a self-introduction video, then work in teams to create:
- A Public Service Announcement (PSA) about Japan for visiting foreigners.
- A short video for a conference to present data about math or science.
- A short persuasive video to change people's minds about society or politics.
Digital Literacies developls skills to interact, survive and suceed on the Internet in English. We work with 5 different literacies: Attention (drawing and paying) and Crap Detection (finding lies). Then we work to develop relationships online with Participation (joining groups), Collaboration (working together) and Net Smart (network function). 
Society Today 1 (ST1) is a required 3rd year course for Showa Women's University students in the English Department. This semester, Groups 3&4 are studying this course. In this course we use the "Workshop Method" where students choose different modules to study about Society in English. You can work alone or in small groups. The primary goals for this course are to communicate and work in English on cutural topics of Education, Ecology, Technology and Sex. We work to build skills for autonomous learning so students can continue learning English outside of the classroom and after you graduate. Culture Today 1 (2013)
- Teacher: Kevin Ryan
Cuture Today 1 is a third-year required skills course at Showa Women's University. This semester, Group 1 is studying this course. In this course we use the "Workshop Method" where students choose different modules to study about Culture in English. You can work alone or in small groups. The primary goals for this course are to communicate and work in English on cutural topics of Art, Food, Religion and Intercultures. We work to build skills for autonomous learning so students can continue learning English outside of the classroom and after you graduate. Radio Production A 2013
- Teacher: Kevin Ryan
Internet Radio: Making podcasts in English. We learn how to write, record, and publish podcasts. 
Fourth Year Zemi students can upload documents and communicate with other students and their teacher using this tool. 
How to Lie, Cheat and Steal with Numbers in English
We study English used in science, politics, economics, and other current topics that use numbers. We focus on understanding how people use numbers and how to tell if those people are lying.
Summary of Class 
Culture Today 2 is the thrid-year skills course at Showa Women's University English Department. We work on 4 topics: Media, Subcultures, Family, Urban/Rural. 
Society Today 2 is the last of two required skills classes for an English Major at Showa Women's University during the second semester of the third year. 
Digital Media is a simulation of a Video Production agency based in Tokyo. You have to get a job there by making a self-intorduction video, then work in teams to create:
- A Public Service Announcement (PSA) about Japan for visiting foreigners.
- A short video for a conference to present data about math or science.
- A short persuasive video to change people's minds about society or politics.
Society Today 1
- Teacher: Kevin Ryan
We listen, watch, read, talk and write about topics that are important to society today.
Topics: Education, Gender, Ecology, Technology
Culture Today 1
- Teacher: Kevin Ryan
Do you have Culture? Do you know what culture is? We listen, watch, read, talk and write about cutlure in this class. In English. Radio Production A
- Teacher: Kevin Ryan
Internet Radio: Making podcasts in English. We learn how to write, record, and publish podcasts. 
Computer Literacy A meets at 9:00 AM Mondays. Use this course to learn about digital tools for communication. Zemi 3rd Year Spring 2012
- Teacher: Kevin Ryan
Seminar for third-year students at Showa Women's University. We look at lots of tools on the web for research and managing information, and use them to build a Personal Learning Environment (PLE), a way to learn both on and off the web.