2018 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Uganda /Masindi district ]School[ Kabalega Seconadary School ] Teacher [ Masaki Yamaoka ] Grade ( 1 )JP school [ Marunouchi Junior High School ] Teacher [ Yuki Kawamura ]Member ( 87 )# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Computer
How to use computer for communication with Japanese students
Studies
Researching about Japanese culture ,thinking about draft for mural art, painting
After lesson
mural art

Hours812# Theme and Message of the mural
Strong relationship with all people in our world.
Theme
Let's treasure our traditional cultures and advance
Message
United thoughts to share with
together towards our future.
the world# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gainedStudents learned how to make massages andpresentation on computer. Moreover they tried toexpress
themselves
throughvideo
chatcommunication.

Points for further improvement
On video chat we couldn’t use projector, therefor it
was difficult to show Japanese students face foreveryone.
(Despitethissituation
student
enjoyedcommunication.)# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
In the beginning of this communication, many Many teachers were interested in this mural
students didn’t know about Japan. Thorough this exchange project.
communication students tried to learn about Japanand their own culture.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET

What you did
Students made message
video and message card byusing computer software.
We carried out first video
chat with partner school.
Students made presentation
data about Uganda andlearned about Japan bywatching videos

Your students attitude/reflection
Students tried to make video andmassage enthusiastically.

NovStudents drew own picture
about Uganda.
Students discussed about
design on video chatStudents selected one topic and they
tried to tell Japanese students about
their culture.

FebMarStudents tried to complete
mural art.

Students discussed a lot and theylearned about corroborative painting.

MarSent photoschoolStudent loved to take photo and selectfor photo album.

Selfintroduction

JulySHAREAug
SepOctResearch onthe theme

UNITE
United message/

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting
APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

albumfromOn video chat students enjoyedcommunication.
Students tried to express their culture
by using computers.

Subject
ComputerStudies

ComputerStudies

ComputerStudies

Afterlesson
Afterlesson# Effect and evaluation gained through the collaborative learning
Evaluation: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected effectEvaluation

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects
Students found attractive essence of own culture.

Understanding yourown cultures

5

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5

Students learned a lot of aspects of Japanese culture by video chat andmy lecture.

4

Students learned how to use computers for researching andcommunication.

Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

4
4
5
5
5

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)Students learned how to express themselves.
Students tried to think about good mural art to complete with theirfriends well.
Students are very motivated to join.
Our partner school gave us a lot of advices.
Students got ability to express themselves in picture.
Students had great experience from this collaborative learning.

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