A while ago I was consulted about tools and methods to evaluate students online. It seems some of my ideas are going to see the light of the day in a new program backed up by the Miyazaki prefecture aiming at developing IT human resources. I am very happy for being able to contribute to this initiative and looking forward to the promising outcomes. The website is here:https://www.sparkjapan.co.jp/LP/hinata_d_academia_2023/
Once in a while I have the chance to talk about my country, Brazil. This time, I was asked to talk about the Brazil in the MIU satellite office. The lecture covered a little bit of the history, people, places and food. We did not talk about politics :-). It was nice to see that some community members have an interest in knowing more not only about Brazil, but about other countries in general. The questions were also nice and Read More …
Today we had our poster presentations. All students submitting a Senior Thesis (or graduation thesis) have to do it. I was very happy to see massive attendance from faculty and from junior students. To be honest, we were not expecting so many visitors, and the rooms felt crowded at times. Well, with only 25 minutes for presentations and all windows open, I believe we did a good job keeping it safe in times of corona. To all students who participated Read More …
I am not sure how common this is in the other universities but here, our students have to write a final senior thesis before they can graduate. Of course, in English. This year I got some students who, for different reasons, could not take their first class on how to write their thesis. As usual most of them were assigned to me, so teaching this class what good for two reasons: first, students have to learn the basics before writing Read More …
It was a rainy Sunday yesterday and there I was, in downtown Miyazaki, to do a presentation about online security. This is not my usual type of talk, and to be honest, it was quite challenging. The audience was small (less than 20 people) with ages ranging from 20 to 60 (as far as I can tell). I was not really sure about how much the attendees knew about technology so creating the presentation made me a little bit nervous. Read More …
It was a difficult year to all of us, but today we should celebrate the graduation of another group of students. 51 students graduated today and looking at their pictures brought many memories form the time they were still first-years.
And we did it. July 19th was our open campus, and although we are all suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, it was nice to see so many high school students joining us. Of course, precautions were taken to make sure everyone had an enjoyable experience while keeping the coronavirus away. Students, staff and faculty were using alcohol on their hands when entering and leaving the rooms; Everyone were using masks at all times and instructors were offered face-shields (in addition Read More …
Since the beginning of this semester we are starting a new program for our Academic Resource Center (ARC) in which students get assistance with homework and some guidance studying for the TOEIC test. April was a little slow due to book purchases and setting up of computer and printers, but in May we saw some students visiting the ARC regularly and asking assistance from our TA (who has been hired with the main duty of conducting this program). Well, last Read More …
Tomorrow is our 21st graduation ceremony and today everyone is very busy preparing and rehearsing for tomorrow. Also, we will have TC certificates handled to students in a small ceremony and later, thesis highest honors certificates. Of course these are not the only things going on. Today students will be trying the gowns and filling up an exit survey among other things. I am sure a lot of people will be crying tomorrow, so I hope I can write a Read More …
This Saturday I am going to participate for the second time in the Yumenavi event for high-school students. This time I will be in Fukuoka talking about ICT and Liberal Arts. Although the connection might not be obvious for some people, I hope students can get the idea and hopefully they will get interested about learning and thinking in English.
