Tradition of Japanese Academy Meets Digital Media Creation Through its Unique Bilingual and Bicultural Education in New York - Summer 2008

Tradition of Japanese Academy Meets Digital Media Creation Through its Unique Bilingual and Bicultural Education in New York - Summer 2008

NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Keio Academy of New York provides the very unique "Japanese-English Bilingual Summer Camp 2008", which is a digital media production workshop for junior high school students from Japan and the United States. The workshop will provide students a perfect environment, where through hands on experience, they learn the techniques of digital media production as a method of self expression while in a diverse environment with other students from different cultural backgrounds.

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The workshop will be taught by professional filmmakers in the industry today. Students will work in small groups to produce short films. Each group will be supervised by a media instructor learning basic camera techniques, the art of story telling, and basic editing. Special lectures will also be held by world renowned creators such as a filmmaker/journalist, Jon Alpert, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and popular Japanese anime producers, for Pokemon, Naruto and more. Students will have a chance to live with other students from Japan and the United States on the beautiful nature filled campus in Westchester, NY. The program includes language lessons and cultural sessions which are taught by the native Japanese and English teachers of Keio Academy of New York. Bilingual moderators are available. Students will have the opportunity to learn a new language and experience another culture and to enjoy themselves in the process.

Date : 7/26/2008(sat.) - 8/09/2008(sat.)
Place: Keio Academy of New York
3 College Road, Purchase NY 10577 U.S.A.
Participants: 60 students, boys and girls, 13 - 15 years old
(30 from Japan and 30 from the U.S.)
Program Fee: US $2,500

Application / Contact Information
Keio Academy of New York Bilingual Summer Camp 2008 Administration Office
Tel: +1-646-290-5270
email: summercamp@keio.edu URL http://www.keio.edu/summercamp

About Keio Academy of New York

Keio Academy of New York is a four-year 9th to 12th grades) co-ed high school established in New York State in 1990 by the Keio Gijuku (Keio Private School System - 150th anniversary in 2008) of Japan. Inheriting traditions and philosophies established by Yukichi Fukuzawa, Keio Academy of New York is making every effort to e a forerunner in educating future leaders for the global society as we head in the 21st century. Keio Academy educates its students through a unique bilingual and bicultural educational curriculum. Keio Academy of New York is chartered by The New York State Board of Regents in USA, and a member of New York State Association of Independent Schools. www.keio.edu

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CONTACT: Rieko Yamada Ivy, +1-646-290-5270, rivy@keio.edu

Web site:

http://www.keio.edu/summercamp
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