On 13th December 2025, WILL will provide an online briefing session on the SMILE project for Japanese schools that want to participate in the future. If you would like to join the event, do not hesitate to fill in the form. WILL will send an invitation message to the registered user. The briefing session will…
19th November 2025, Jun Iio, a board member of WILL, and two guys from Kirihara Shoten Co., Ltd, visited Churaronkon University located at Bangkok and Silpakorn University at Nakhon Pathom. Prof. Nattama at Churaronkon University, and Ajarn Toey and his colleagues at Demonstration School of Silpakorn University were kindly welcomed us; there were good discussions…
Dialogbook version three (alpha version) is now released! The update includes following changes: The source code is available on my GitHub https://github.com/iiojun/dialogbook/
We would like to introduce the TV program entitled The Corridor of Knowledge, produced by JCOM and Chuo University. Here is the citation from the introduction written on Chuo University’s website. Chuo University is collaborating with JCOM Corporation to produce the educational program “Corridor of Knowledge” to contribute the university’s intellectual property to society. The…
Today, I would like to introduce the case of the SMILE project 2025 between SMP Islam Al Azhar 26 Yogyakarta (ID) and Kohkai Junior High School (JP). It is an intercultural communication class for junior high school students. The teachers in SMP Islam Al Azhar 26 created a nice poster. It is excellent, even though…
A one-page presentation slide has been created to show the typical image of the SMILE project. We currently only have the Japanese version available. However, it will be translated into English, Korean, and other languages shortly.
Since the launch of the SMILE project, the project administration team, along with numerous participants, has published the project’s results. Although the SPICE conference is prepared to report and share their experiences, we are recommending that they publicize their work in other international/domestic academic conferences. Please consult the ‘publications’ page on this website. There is…
Several cooperation classes between international school pairs have started or are still in the planning phase in the SMILE project 2026 at the moment. We, the administrative staff, have also begun preparing for the International Conference of SPICE 2026. At the next SPICE conference, we plan to evaluate each presentation and decide to provide the…
