June 25th Webcam Activity in Kenya
The first Pangaea Webcam activity was held in Africa.
When children sat together in the circle at the beginning of the activity, we looked at Seoul on GoogleEarth (digital globe) from Nairobi. Then a boy said "Oh, when we look at Korea, Kenya is in the back of the earth and we cannot see it!", which left me an impression.
When children sat together in the circle at the beginning of the activity, we looked at Seoul on GoogleEarth (digital globe) from Nairobi. Then a boy said "Oh, when we look at Korea, Kenya is in the back of the earth and we cannot see it!", which left me an impression.
Also, I was surprised by the improvements in the net infrastructure since the time when we visited 4 years ago.
Back then there was a delay of one minute. This time, it was improved to the extent that we could communicate. Children could enjoy webcam activity without the interruption by disconnection.
The difference in culture was interesting in color matching game.
The sun is yellow in Kenya whereas it is red in Korea. When asked "What is brown?", many Kenyan children answered "Soil". There are items that match between Kenya and Korea: for example, "What is violet" was "Grape" and "What is green" was "Leaves". Also, in the past Pangaea Webcam activity, when asked "What is red?", many children answered "Apple" in Korea, Japan and Malaysia, whereas in Kenya, most of the answers were "Flower" or "Rose", which I found interesting.
Finally, I was surprised that Kenyan children remembered the Korean greeting phrases that we used this time very well even afterwards.
The boy that I mentioned earlier talking about the "back of the earth" (who came all the way to the activity by traveling one whole day by bus from 300 km away) happily repeated the Korean greeting and self introduction phrases as he was going home, which stands out in my memory.
Back then there was a delay of one minute. This time, it was improved to the extent that we could communicate. Children could enjoy webcam activity without the interruption by disconnection.
The difference in culture was interesting in color matching game.
The sun is yellow in Kenya whereas it is red in Korea. When asked "What is brown?", many Kenyan children answered "Soil". There are items that match between Kenya and Korea: for example, "What is violet" was "Grape" and "What is green" was "Leaves". Also, in the past Pangaea Webcam activity, when asked "What is red?", many children answered "Apple" in Korea, Japan and Malaysia, whereas in Kenya, most of the answers were "Flower" or "Rose", which I found interesting.
Finally, I was surprised that Kenyan children remembered the Korean greeting phrases that we used this time very well even afterwards.
The boy that I mentioned earlier talking about the "back of the earth" (who came all the way to the activity by traveling one whole day by bus from 300 km away) happily repeated the Korean greeting and self introduction phrases as he was going home, which stands out in my memory.
Posted by: toshi | 1. Activity Report
