Member Profile

Takako Shigehisa

Title:: Assistant Dean, World Languages
MERLOT Reviewer:: World Languages

Primary Discipline:: Humanities / World Languages / Japanese

Website:: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/tshigehisa

Member Type:: Faculty
Last Login:: December 14, 2016
Member Since:: October 11, 2004

Contributions

Submitted Materials (23) submitted materials
Authored Materials
Learning Exercises
Bookmark Collections (21) Bookmark Collections
Course ePortfolios
Content Builder Materials

Affiliations

Primary Affiliation:: Virginia Community/Technical College System (Education, Community/Technical College, VA, United States)

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Members from Takako’s institution

Virginia Community/Technical College System

Materials from Takako’s discipline

Humanities / ... / Japanese

Members in Takako’s discipline

Humanities / ... / Japanese

Skills & Interests

Arts / Music (Intermediate)
Classical/Jazz piano
Arts / Dance (Intermediate)
Mad hot ballroom!
Science and Technology (Beginner)
Design and develop websites incorporating audio and visual instructional materials. Utilize website development software such as Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, Firework 8, Captivate, and Adobe Photo shop CS 2

Associations

Mid-Atlantic Association of Teachers of Japanese
Webmaster 06/2011 – Current
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Member 12/2005 – Current
Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages
Member 09/2005 – Current

Education History

Master of Arts East Asian Studies (12/2002)
Indiana University

Languages

Japanese
- Speaking level: Superior
- Reading level: Superior

Honors & Awards

NVCC Educational Foundation Grant (02/2008)
to develope an on-line archive of Japanese instructional films.
NVCC Alumni Federation Faculty of the Year Award (04/2005)

Presentations

Create Professional Looking Materials with Free Software, 11/18/2006
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference, Nashville, TN, November, 2006
World Langauge Tech Show Part I: Add sound to your class, 10/20/2006
VCCS Peer Conference, Norfolk, VA, October 2006
Effective Use of Technology for Instruction in AP Japanese Language and Culture, 08/07/2006
George Mason University Advanced Placement Summer Institute Program, Fairfax, VA, August, 2006

Positions

Assistant Dean, World Languages (12/2007 – Current) Northern Virginia Community College
Assistant Professor of Japanese (06/2004 – 06/2010) Northern Virginia Community College