Japanese Language Material Ring

1. What is Japanese Language Material Ring?

The purpose of this Webring is to share Japanese language material more effectively and efficiently. To avoid copyright problems, we would like to connect websites that have original Japanese language material.

2. Who can Participate?

Anybody who fulfill all three conditions listed below can participate in the Japanese Language Material Ring.

#1 You have a webpage which contains the original Japanese language material you are willing to share with others.

#2 You have an e-mail address (we need to contact you when you register your website in the Webring).

#3 You can install the ring navigation bar onto your site.

3. What can be Shared?

The material in this Webring can be anything related to Japanese language education; for example, reading material, lesson plans, exams, quizzes using JavaScript, bookmarks, pictures of Japan, etc. The most important thing is -- It has to be your ORIGINAL MATERIAL.

You could specify how the material should be used. Some authors may not want to have the material altered in any way. On the other hand, some authors may not mind if the material is changed slightly by the users provided they have the author's permission. As the author, you can decide the rules and state them clearly on your webpage or with each of the materials in your site. In any case, the material should be used only for educational purposes, and should not be used for profit under any circumstances.

It may be a good idea to supply your material with Japanese fonts as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. If Japanese fonts are embedded into the document, you can view and print out the document without Japanese fonts installed into your computer. If you do not know how to make PDF with Japanese fonts embedded, please look at Omoto-sensee's site for instructions.

4. How to Sign-up for the Japanese Language Material Ring

1)	Make a page in your site devoted to this purpose. You could design it as you like. The ring navigation banner will be supplied later, so leave room for it on the top page of your site.
2)	Create original Japanese teaching material.
3)	Go on to the Section 5 and follow the instructions. This page explains how to make your website part of the Webring.

5. Submit your Website Information

Please complete the form on this page and submit it to the Ring Master. This form is in Japanese, however, it can be completed in English. The information you have to supply is:

* Name of Your Site

* URL

* Your Name

* Your E-mail Address

* Password

* Keywords

* Site Descriptions

Note:

Your personal information (your name and e-mail address) will not appear on the web.

6. How to Install the Ring Navigation Bar onto Your Site

Please refer to this page when you install the Ring Navigation Bar onto your site.

7. List of the Japanese Language Material Ring Participants

You can see a list of participants and descriptions of their sites.

8. Revising Your Site Information

Go to this page if you would like to change your site information (participants only).

Note!

We, the organizers, the creators of this webring are not responsible for any problems resulting from use of this webpage or this webring.

Japanese Language Material Ring Core Members:
Mayumi Ishida (Dartmouth College) mayumi.ishida@dartmouth.edu http://www.dartmouth.edu/~introjpn/		Yasuhiro Omoto (NihongoWeb) yomoto@nihongoweb.com http://www.nihongoweb.com/
Keiko Schneider (Sabotenweb) kschnei@sabotenweb.com http://www.sabotenweb.com/		Naoshi Shindo (NihongoWeb) http://www.nihongoweb.com/
John Stewart (University of Michigan) jhstew@umich.edu http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jhstew/		Satoshi Uehara (Tohoku University, JAPAN) http://www.insc.tohoku.ac.jp/uehara/