2015 IIME REPORTCountrySchoolPartner[ IRAN ][ SABA SCHOOL ] Teacher [ Nooshin Sharifi ] grade (6) student number (19)
[ (JP) Shijima Elementary School ] Teacher [ Takaaki Yokoyama ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
researchITArts
Arts

Learning

about culture of Japan by researching and reading

Hours
3

Communication through the use of the online forum

11

Composing and painting a mural

8

Appreciation and reflection of the whole process and work

2

# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Good place in our city

Message

The introduction of entertainment venues and attractions of our city together. So welearned lot of things about each other.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedThis project was very interesting and attractive forstudents.
They have researched and learned a lot about theculture and customs of the people of Japan.

Points for further improvement
This is the second time that our students
participated in this project. Through this project they
were able to work well with students of the same age
communicate in a foreign country.
I met the students one day a week for 80 minutes, sowe got in trouble for doing the project on schedule.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Students learn how to communicate with students in I learned to understand the differences of people’sother countries
culture in general through the different symbols andStudents learn responsibility in a team work The patterns that represent each country.
Students learned more about Japan throughout thisIt shows that everyone is different, all peoples areprojecton different sides of the world contributing to
They learned to understand people from different different cultures which create different landmarks,
countries even though they may not speak the same but we should respect each other.
language.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

What you did
introduced our country
and city(Tehran) by theuse of the online forum
every student madeintroduction cardYour students attitude/reflection
Theywereeagertostart
communicating with new friends atthe partner school. Our students withgreat excitement to know their newfriends through partner’s ID cards
that posted the Japanese school andin our school board were installed.

Students researched inclass and online. Inclass, we talked about
what landmarks should
be included and its
importance. At home,students did their own
research too.

They learned about Japaneselandmarks through our partner school
and online research.

With their recently foundresearch, the students
incorporated culture andlandmarks into theirpreliminary sketches.
We decided about themeof mural too

Our students were excited toparticipate in the composition of themural and sketched a lot of ideas.

February

We planned out whowould do what inaccordance to the muraland painted our side.

February

When we finished themural, our students took
many
picturesandposted pictures andexperiences on socialmedia.
Our school put theseexperiences
andpictures in our school’s
website and made a
copy for our exhibition
school.

They did a fantastic job!
Although the students had to come inextra days for long hours to finish themural, they were eager to do it anddid not complain.
A copy of the painting was made tobe put at the exhibition the school in
April and will inform our students toother students and other schools
about IIME project

September

SeptemberResearch&
NovemberNovemberComposition

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection&December

Students felt very accomplished andexcited to see the final mural andthey were happy to show othr
students and parents what they had
been working on for the past month.

Subject

EnglishEnglish&Social andcultural
information

English&Arts

Arts

# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected Effect

AimResult

Understanding our owncultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills

Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning

B4B

4B

4C

3B

A

45Expression ability

A5

Appreciation ability

B4

How your students have reached it
Students have a better understanding of our own cultures due tothe research that we have done in class and online.
We learned about our partner school’s culture through sharing
information pictures and from their mural. Although, we wish we
could have had a video conference with them to get a betteraccount and learn more.
In class, students had to communicate with each other in orderto delegate parts of the mural to each other. I think it was pretty
successful. In relation to our partner school, we communicatedthrough the forum where we shared information about eachother through different means like pictures and videos.
I was participated in this project last year, so I knew how to do it.
But we became more proficient at it, but students will need morepractice.
Unfortunately we did not get to communicate much with ourpartner school due to schedules and the time difference. Inclass, I feel my students have become better friends since they
have had spent a lot more time together.
We were able to collaborate on the subject of the mural throughteam work and communication with our partner school.
Students learn how to communicate with students in othercountries, learn responsibility in a team work ,learned moreabout Japan and they learned to understand people fromdifferent countries even though they may not speak the samelanguage.
Even with the different styles and interpretations of thestudents, they were able to cooperate their ideas to make agreat mural.
I am proud of our students because they were excited to share
their experiences and what parts they contributed to with theirother students and parents. Our students also appreciated theIIME project through social media and through our website, they
will inform our students to other students and other schools
about IIME project