Castalia participated in Learning Without Frontiers 2012, world's leading-edge educational conference Presentation and demonstration of "Mobile learning in the tsunami disaster area " with KDDI
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan: Castalia Co. Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan / Representative Director: Satoshi Yamawaki) participated in Learning Without Frontiers 2012 that was held in London, United Kingdom, on January 25 and 26, and made a presentation of "Mobile learning in the tsunami disaster area" as well as a demonstration of our social/mobile learning platforms with KDDI, one of the biggest mobile carriers in Japan.
With the "Ishinomaki project", we offered students, who live in the Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture and affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster (March 11, 2011) and preparing for high school or university entrance examinations, lecture videos and mock exams made by Shingakukai, Educational Corporation based in Nagano-prefecture, using the mobile learning platform developed by Castalia, on 100 Motorola XOOMs provided by KDDI. We are now collecting feedback from the students as to what kind of the effectiveness mobile learning using tablet devices, Internet and audio/visual contents gained in order to cover the loss and lack of classrooms, teachers, and textbooks, as well as what kind of issues we have faced so far? The project will continue until mid-March 2012.
Joint presentation was made by Yasuo Kawabata, Senior Manager of KDDI's Global Business Development division, and Satoshi Yamawaki, Representative Director of Castalia, attracting attention and interest of many attendees.
"Support for Students Preparing for Entrance Examinations in Areas Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake" press release by KDDI
http://www.kddi.com/english/corporate/news_release/2011/1124/index.html
"Ishinomaki project: Entrance exam preparations using tablet learning" on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLZEhPYW8WI
[Learning Without Frontiers 2012]
http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com/
[About Castalia Co. Ltd.]
Castalia Co. Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan / Representative Director: Satoshi Yamawaki) produces educational digital content solutions and operates web media for learning, under the concept of "Mobile & Social". Castalia offers a new and educational communication channel between content-providing corporations/educational institutes and individuals, contributing in further enhancing their significance.