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Minna no Kyozai has reopened! http://minnanokyozai.jp

When you log on to the new site for the first time, you will be asked to “agree with Terms of Membership” and “reconfirm user registration information.”
(1) When you log on to the new site, the Terms of Membership page appears first. Please review the content of the Terms of Membership and click “I agree with Terms of Membership.” (If you select “I disagree with Terms of Membership” you cannot use Minna no Kyozai.)
(2) Clicking “I agree with Terms of Membership” brings up the My Profile page. Please review registered information and make any changes necessary.
Caution! Classification of Type of Organization has changed; please make sure to review it and select the correct item.
Caution! While Top Page and some other pages were available for viewing without user registration and log-in on the old site, on the new site log-in is required to view pages other than Top Page.

The number of resources has been expanded!
★Kisetsu no Katsudo- There are 109 classroom activities that facilitate study of Japan’s seasons and annual events. Various types of classroom activities are available for beginning to advanced proficiency levels.
★Elementary Vocabulary Pictures- This contains 308 black-and-white pictures for basic verbs.
★Classroom Activities and Pictures are organized by series (base material), enabling a search by series as well as cross search. There is also a list of material titles.
★On the new site, Grammar items can be searched by keyword as well as by two types of lists (“50 kana order list” and “list by proficiency level”).
★The Ideas section has been renamed Materials/Ideas, and the page for posting ideas is now simple to use. You can easily post, even a photo.
★Voting on usefulness of resources and Materials/Ideas is now available. Evaluation of resources and materials can be done with a single click. In addition, the space to write comments is now on the same page as materials. Writing your comments is easy.
★Minna no Kyozai is offered in three languages: Japanese, English and Korean. Switching between these languages is now available on all pages.
★Model text and task sheets for classroom activities of Kyokasho Tsukuro are attached as PDF files. They can be printed out as is for use.
★Along with site design changes, site characters Sakura & Musashi have also been updated.

Please note that the following pages on the previous site have been discontinued for now.
★Forum > Ranking, Workshops
★Teacher’s Navigator > Preparing for Class, Making Textbook, Using Computers
If you have any other inquiries regarding Minna no Kyozai, please contact https://minnanokyozai.jp/kyozai/help/inquiry/input/en/render.do .

Isoyama, M. Minna No Kyozai Site Renewed. Japanese Teachers and Instructional Technology listserv (JTIT-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, 3 Nov 2008).

Visit the new Minna No Kyozai site at http://minnanokyozai.jp/kyozai/home/ja/render.do or in English at http://minnanokyozai.jp/kyozai/home/en/render.do .
Minna No Kyozai is brought to you by the Japan Foundation Urawa, whose website is available at http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/urawa/index.html .

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