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exchange in<strong>for</strong>mation with o<strong>the</strong>r classes. Participants who want to comment on a page he/she has read can change<br />
modes to <strong>the</strong> "comment mode" by clicking a button located at <strong>the</strong> bottom of <strong>the</strong> window.<br />
3. Conclusions<br />
At <strong>the</strong> end of this school year over 240 children and 65 classes had participated in "Club Diary," while 15 classes are<br />
participating in "Is The Earth All Right." 15 classes are grouped by <strong>the</strong>mes of learning. The <strong>the</strong>mes are "Rice<br />
Plant", "Water", "Garbage," "Atmosphere" and "Sea Turtle". Analysis of <strong>the</strong> "Club Diary" logs indicate that<br />
children, participating in <strong>the</strong> system, created multimedia documents, including still photographs, communicated with<br />
each o<strong>the</strong>r via BBS and began thinking about environmental issues in connection with <strong>the</strong>ir own daily life. The<br />
system's success is illustrated by an interaction between classes participating in "Is The Earth All Right" Questions<br />
were raised around <strong>the</strong> use of agricultural chemicals. One class, located in a rural area, agreed with <strong>the</strong> use of<br />
chemicals, while <strong>the</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r class, located in <strong>the</strong> city, insisted that chemical use must be stopped. The children<br />
engaged in a heated debate via a video conference. Later, after interviewing farmers and consumers,. <strong>the</strong> students<br />
exchanged <strong>the</strong>ir findings through <strong>the</strong>ir web sites and both sides were better able to understand <strong>the</strong> opinions and<br />
objections of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
It is difficult to quantify <strong>the</strong>se types of learning activities; however, <strong>the</strong> above examples clearly demonstrate that this<br />
collaborative learning system, based on NHK's educational program, can encourage new types of learning.<br />
References<br />
Kurokami, H., Iguchi, I., Yamauchi, Y., Horita, T., & Kuroda, T. (1997) Relationship between Network and TV programs <strong>for</strong><br />
school children. Educational TV Programs and Educational Software in Multimedia Era, A Report <strong>for</strong> NHK<br />
Kurokami, H., Horita, T., Yamauchi, Y., & Kuroda, T. (1998) Development of network communicating system to activate TV<br />
centered learning, Educational TV Programs and Educational Software in Multimedia Era, A Report <strong>for</strong> NHK