July 2010 Newsletter: Pangaea ring - Mr.Sung Woo, Hong
I will now introduce Mr. Hong who volunteers as the technical leader in Korea.
He is the Pangaea Ring Writer for this month. He came over to the Kyoto
Office this May to take the technical training and now actively engages
as the technical leader for Pangaea Activity.
Hi, my name is Sung Woo, Hong, technical leader of Pangaea Project at the
MYCC, Korea. I am at Master Course in Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
My major is MIS (Management Information System) and I am studying under
Professor Kyung Jun, Lee.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoung_Jun_Lee).
(* [MYCC] Mapo Youth Culture Center: The youth center in Mapo, Seoul)
When I first received an e-mail from Professor Lee to meet Toshi, I didn't know anything about Pangaea. Professor Lee told me that Mr. Toshi needed a technical help with his work and I just thought it would be helping him with his computer work in Korea. But when I first heard about Pangaea project from Toshi, I was surprised to know about such a great activity. I had an experience of volunteering in my university club and army. But having volunteer with children was first time with me.
After meeting with Toshi and Yumi, they invited me to Japan for technical staff education and experience Pangaea activity in Kyoto University. At May, I visited Kyoto for 5 days. I learned about a Pangaea project, technical issues, and webcam systems. It was a great moment to know that children from other country can communicate each other even though they don't know the language of each other. In Kyoto University activity, I learned that all children are same despite of their nationality and cultural difference. They were same as children in Korea and other country. Those knowing made my think change a lot.
My first activity in MYCC was great. It was fabulous time to know other facilitators and children. At the beginning, children were hostile to Japanese children. They said to the facilitators that they were not willing to have a Webcam Activity with them. But since they played a game and communicate with Japanese children, their view of looking at other country's children changed. They finally realized that they are not different at all.
I thank Toshi and Yumi for giving me a chance of participate in a global activity and I look forward that all children from a world experience Pangaea project.
Sung Woo, Hong
Master Course student
Management Information System
Kyung Hee University
(* [MYCC] Mapo Youth Culture Center: The youth center in Mapo, Seoul)
When I first received an e-mail from Professor Lee to meet Toshi, I didn't know anything about Pangaea. Professor Lee told me that Mr. Toshi needed a technical help with his work and I just thought it would be helping him with his computer work in Korea. But when I first heard about Pangaea project from Toshi, I was surprised to know about such a great activity. I had an experience of volunteering in my university club and army. But having volunteer with children was first time with me.
After meeting with Toshi and Yumi, they invited me to Japan for technical staff education and experience Pangaea activity in Kyoto University. At May, I visited Kyoto for 5 days. I learned about a Pangaea project, technical issues, and webcam systems. It was a great moment to know that children from other country can communicate each other even though they don't know the language of each other. In Kyoto University activity, I learned that all children are same despite of their nationality and cultural difference. They were same as children in Korea and other country. Those knowing made my think change a lot.
My first activity in MYCC was great. It was fabulous time to know other facilitators and children. At the beginning, children were hostile to Japanese children. They said to the facilitators that they were not willing to have a Webcam Activity with them. But since they played a game and communicate with Japanese children, their view of looking at other country's children changed. They finally realized that they are not different at all.
I thank Toshi and Yumi for giving me a chance of participate in a global activity and I look forward that all children from a world experience Pangaea project.
Sung Woo, Hong
Master Course student
Management Information System
Kyung Hee University
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