三河 国東市長と国東市教育委員会、国東観光協会のみなさまのおかげで、8月9日に第２回SIJ国際交流会が実現し、市内４校の中学生４６名とハーバード生９名が交流しました。まず、ハーバード生２名が大学生活や人生体験についてプレゼンテーションを行い、その後はコンピューターサイエンスの分野で学士・修士課程を修了しているジョージが実際に体を動かしてアルゴリズムを体験するアクティビティを行いました。パソコンを使わずともコンピュータサイエンスの基礎に触れ、楽しむことができました。最後はSIJ代表理事廣津留真理が英語力向上ミニレッスンを行って閉会しました。
On August 9th, thanks to Kunisaki mayor Mr. Mikawa and the Board of Education as well as the Tourism Association, students from several middle schools in Kunisaki participated in a cultural exchange event with the Harvard students who made up the teaching staff of SIJ 2016. Harvard students shared stories from their experiences at college and in the wider world. These presentations were followed by a short, interactive lesson in computer science taught by George Lok, who recently graduated with a joint B.S./M.A in Computer Science. Students learned about basic CS concepts and even sorted themselves using a basic algorithm — all without ever turning on a computer! Everyone had a wonderful time learning about each other and appreciating the fact that you don’t even need a computer to learn about what makes computer science so exciting.This event concluded with a mini lesson by SIJ President Mari Hirotsuru to encourage the students to speak out more in English.
第２回SIJ国際交流会
SIJ 2016 Kunisaki Cultural Exchange
