2012 IIME REPORTCountry [ Nicaragua ]School [ Municipal House for the Youth ] Teacher [ Aura Zeledón, Kayoko natsume ] student number ( 13 )JP School [ Fukuju elementary school ] Teacher [ Takeshi Aoyama ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lessonsocialStudy about the culture of our country and our partnar’s country

Times
8

socialExchange presentation card and Christmas card

2

Fine art

Practice painting, Draw and paint a mural

10

Fine art

Reflection of the whole work and opening ceremony

2# Theme and Message of the mural
Our precious culture and friendship
ThemeMessage

Even though the culture of each country is different, each one is special and we have some partcommon. Japan and Nicaragua is apart far away, but our friendship is tied.
The upper part; What we want to preserve in our town for the future
The middle part; Our culture (school, country)
The bottom part; FriendshipAt the center; Nacional flor (Cherry Blossom and Sacuanjoche) and nacional bird

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
They learned about other cultures and also about theirown cultures to show students in Japan. They felt thatJapan is much closer now and they are glad to havefriendship with students in Japan. They were certified tomake the big mural together with two countries.

Points for further improvement
At first, there were about 25 participants but some ofthem stopped participating with some reasons.
We wanted to do video forum, but we could not do that
because of the time difference.

# Have you made your activity open in your school or in your local area? How was their reaction or reputation?

PR you did inside/out of your schoolReaction/reputation from aroundWe did the opening ceremony inviting parents of The participants were all proud what they learned in thisparticipants and local media. The local and nacional TV project. Parents and local media were also amazed to
informed our work.
see their work and this International exchange.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchSep

Oct

Composition

Nov
Dic

Painting

JanFebAppreciation Feb

What you did
Made self-introduction card.
Take pictures of our town,nature, food to the students ofFukuju
Learn Japanese culture likeorigami, hashi. Ask and answer
about our culture and schoollife.
Exchanges ideas by forum ande-mail. Made Christmas card.
Do shodo.

Your students attitude/reflection
Enjoyed making card and taking the picturesof the places where they wanted to show
students of Fukuju.

Subject
SocialIT

They were very interested in learning
Japanese culture and knowing about theschool life.

SocialIT

They had good ideas and it was good to think
about their own culture and what they wantto conserve in the future. They enjoyedmaking Christmas card and do Shodo.

SocialIT

Practiced painting. Decided whoAll of them liked painting. Each participant
took their part and complicated.

Fine art

We did opening ceremony inviting parents andlocal media. Participants explained theproject and talked what they felt. All of theparticipants liked Japanese curry.

Fine art

paint which part and eachparticipants did their part.

Reflection about the project.
Did opening ceremony.
Enjoy curry, Japanese food.

# Aim of the Lessons and Result
AimRank
understanding
our own cultures

2Mark
5 4 3 2 1○How your students have reached it
They visit many places and took pictures to show
Japanese students and answered the questions fromJapan.
They learned Japanese culture from JICA volunteer, forUnderstanding
the other cultures

15 ○43 2 1

example, origami, shodo, about food, about school. Studentsin Japan also sent panels about Japanese culture and school
which they made.

communication ability

5 4 3 ○
2 1

interactively / in English

IT skills

45 ○4 3 2 1

They saw online forum, but not used. They saw Facebookof Japan Art Mile.
We exchanged presentation card and Christmas card.
They feel happy to have friends in Japan,

55 ○4 3 2 1

They separated what they draw and paint and cooperated
to finish the mural.

5 ○4 3 2 1

They were interested in Japanese culture and painting abig mural.

5 ○4 3 2 1

They were very excited to paint such a big mural because
they don’t have art class at school.
We did the opening ceremony and invited their parents
and local media. It was show non TV.

5forum / video conference

Creating friendshipin the class / with partners

Collaborationin the class / with partners

Keeping motivation highpositive attitude in learning

Expression ability
in painting

Appreciation abilityreading the painting

Participants made presentation card in English.

34 3 2 ○1

5 4 ○
3 2 1