157. Collaborating in MTEC

Video shooting for Production exercise II (Digital video course) and Digital video production (IEC course) was couducted on October 11 and 12.

October 11
Hill of Shuri, Senagajima Island, Naha Airport and Kokusai Dori area








October 12
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium and Kadena Airbase (of U.S.)


No one might believe it is training... :)

156. Hello again, Mr. Matayoshi!

Digital video course 2007 had a special lecture on "Clay Animation". Like last year, the group went to Okinawa Pref. University of Art near Shurijo Castle.

Our pleasure was to meet Mr. Hiroshi Matayoshi again as the lecuturer.

155. Video streaming

Kiyuna san's lecture on streaming video uploaded the video data to MTEC video server.
Please click here to access.
You can meet the friends in the Digital Video Course 2007.

Have a good month!

154. National day of China 国慶節

October 1 is the National day of China.
In MTEC, there is a country-focused training course for China now, as you already know.
Congratulations!!

153. Video from 07dvp members

As one of the exercises in "Streaming Video", I made a trial upload of a video produced by George from Papua New Guinea.



Hope you enjoy it.
The participants of this course already made their own home pages on
the home page of the training course, and all other products can be viewed from each page.

152. Ni Hao! MTEC new members from China

MTEC starts a new training course. It is a country-focused training for MTEC's project in China. The project is called "IEC for HIV/AIDS preventional activities in Gangsu Province". The participants are medical doctors. They are here to learn IEC activities for the project, utilizing multimedia.

The course blog is launched.
Click here!

151. Training these days in MTEC

From September 12 to 25, the participants in 07dvp (Digital Video Production) course are scheduled to "Production Exercise 1".

150. Independence Day of Papua New Guinea

How nice! We have another day to celebrate like yesterday!


September 16 is the Independence Day of Papua New Guinea.
Presently, we have Mr. Kaut Stanley (right in the photo) and Mr. Solien George Joko (left) in MTEC.

Big Congratulations to you!!

149. Independence Day of El Salvador

September 15 is the National Day of El Salvador.
This year, we have Mr. Duran Mijango Amilcar Ernesto


A lot of congratulations!! ¡Felicidades!

Related post is here! This is from last year with Foncho.

148. Typhoon Nari, the 11th

Its generation (or birth?) was so abrupt!
It suddenly emerged nere Okinawa, and.....
The typhoon 11th, Nari, is approaching Okinawa area.
I do NOT want it to come here during weekends. Don't spoil our precious weekends!

147. Here are new bloggers

In my second additional class, the participants of 07dvp has made their own blog.

Here are the links to them:

David (Ecuador)
Amilcar (El Salvador)
Gilbert (Kenya)
Soe Moe (Myanmar)
Stanley (Papua New Guinea)
George (Papua New Guinea)
Erik (Philippines)
Kap (Samoa)
Daysa (Samoa)
Gonzalo (Urguay)
Ha (Viet Nam)
Jay (Zambia)

Please visit them!

146. Viet Nam, Country Foundation Day

September 2nd is the Country Foudation Day of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
Now in MTEC, we have Mr. Nguen Hong Ha (or Red River san) in Digital Video Course.
Congratulations!!


I will put his photo later...

145. Scenes in OIC

I would like to show you some photos taken in OIC beside the training. I hope they remind you of your time in OIC. > ex-participants

View of OIC premises from Dormitory.

Lunch at OIC Shokudo (dining hall). Eat properly (eg. Eat vegetables...) and stay healthy.

View from MMLab of MTEC. Do you miss it? >ex-partcipants

We have had occasional rain showers in the early evening. After the rain, we often see the rainbow. Can you find an airclaft beside the rainbor??

144. Training this week

The training of 07dvp offerred three subjects (one was continued from last week).

2. Basics of Shooting by Nishimura san (continued)
See the article #140 for the photos.

3. Basics of Lighting by Nishimura san
The participants had some pracitcals using the studio sets.

You really look like professionals!... Oops, you really are, sorry.

4. Basics of Editing by Kiyuna san
Adobe Premiere is the tool to edit.

A small project was assigned to make a short video.
From left to right: Jay(Zambia), Erik(Philippines), Gonzalo(Uruguay) and David(Ecuador)

At shooting in your favorite room in OIC: Karaoke Room!
Remember it is a class time.

Daysa (Samoa) looks happily singing (I'm sure she is), but she is singing and acting for the instructional video material, believe it or not :D


Additionally, extra session on PowerPoint has been presented on lunch breaks.
Oh, you are such industorius!

143. MTEC welcomes a group of Chinese!

MTEC takes care of a group of Chinese medical doctors.
Though the duration is short (August 28 - September 1), they are with us to learn PCM and PDM for the better project fulfilment.

142. Photos from Jamaica

Mr. Raymond McLeod, aka Mud, is from Jamaica and one of the members in 06dvp.
After the recent hurricane Dean, the members of 06dvp exchange the e-mails of concern to him and Jamaica. We, MTEC, feel happy to know these concern and care shown.
Mud recently sent some photos after the Hurricane.

The Government of Japan sent some aids to Jamaica. Mud attended the handingover ceremony, and took some photos too.

Let us show our sympathy to those who suffered from it, and let us pray for the quick and safe recovery.

141. The First Class Outing.....Bowling Time!

Thanks to the very active athlete coordinator, Kumiko Teruya san, the first class outing of 07dvp turned to Bowling (not boring, excuse me).
It was held on the evening of August 24, Friday.

I will post the photos later.

140. Their first week in MTEC

1. Instructional Design by Tokumura san
Yes, the very important theoretical subject to survive in MTEC. ASSURE!

2. Basic of Shooting by Nishimura san
Then, another most important skills in this course follows...

Some photoclips from the shooting exercise.

The ladies work together.

The exercise was practiced under the bright sunshine of Okinawa.

Some were using a bust portrait together.

And Nishimura san was giving his warm smile and advice to them.

139. Very small visitors

A group of about 25 children visited out institute. They had a session to understand the world (the concept of nations and international cooperation, etc.), then visited MTEC studio.
Each of them made self introduction in English, then MTEC participants made introduction in Nihongo (Japanese language) in turn.

138. MTEC Big brother returns.

The big brother of MTEC, aka Chief Instructor of MTEC, has returned from China. On August 22, Maekawa san met Digital Video Production 2007 Course participants for the first time.

And as our family members in the world know it already (and we got some e-mails of concern), an aircraft of China Airline got exploded and burned soon after all passengers disembarkation. It was the following day of that incident when Maekasa san returned. He took a couple of photos of the craft, so that we can show it to you.




The cause of this has been reported as "mismaintenance".
We hope the cause is detected properly, and the lesson is utilied for the future.

137. Welcome to MTEC Family!

Right after 07tpm members are gone (and we still think of them, of course), the new MTEC course "07dvp" started on August 20 (Mon.), 2007. Upon their approval, MTEC posts the photos of the participants. Thanks for your kind cooperation!


The above photos were taken during OIC tour in the Briefing session.
The photographer was MTEC Assistant, Fumiyo Kaneshima.

Do you remember your time? > All ex-participants?

136. Award goes to.....

Last but not least, I would like to mention the Award of the poster to promote "Gender Free Society". All participants made a good poster, and the selection was hard, we heard.
And...this year, the Award goes to....drum drum drrrrrrrr.... Mr. Paul Amerika!
Congratulations!

135. Bon Voyage to All!!

The Closing Ceremony for 06tmp course was held on August 17(Fri.), 2007.
Time flied this time too.
Like other courses, they came, stayed, learned, and leave. It always gives us the same feeling. Happy for them, but sad for parting.


Good luck in everything that you will do in the future!

134. Dobroe Utro! MTEC lecture in Russian?

MTEC staffs travel domestic and international. These days, Mr. Maekawa, our chief, has been in China.
And here is another example of lecturing by MTEC.

MTEC-HQ was invited to present a lecture on "Presentation Skills" in Tokyo. Actually it was a training pfferred by Ministry of Finance, Japan. And the participants are from Central Asia and the Caucasia.

The lecture was presented in a little different way from the ordinary ones.
Lecture was given in Nihongo (Japanese), and translated into Russian.
The lecture material was prepared in English.
Very multilingual lecture, it was.

Both the trainees and myself were nervous at the first sight, but getting friendly soon after. It was a pity that the lecturer has no chance to see if the lecture was efficient enough, because their presentation will be held at the end of this month.
How I wish to go to Tokyo to attend the presentation!
Well, anyway, let me wish for the good luck in your presentation!

Here, I would like to past one souvenir photo taken from the airplane from Okinawa to Tokyo. Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain of Japan with 3776m, could be viewed.

133. Days of Final Production....and Class Polo

The participants of 07tpm (Theory and Practice on Public Enlightenment Using Multimedia 2007) has been pretty busy with the production of their material.
Sometimes they look exhausted, but I believe they will achieve what they planned.




Besides their responsibility, they never forget the friends... or "new international family" we can say. To comemorate the class, they made class polo. The logo was designed Fede(Costa Rica).