2013 IIME REPORTCountry USA
School[John Adams Middle School] Teacher [Jen Joyce ]JP School [Kizu-Minami] Teacher [Mami Miyahara]

grade (7/8)# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
SocialIT
Fine Art

student number (50)Times

Study the history of both the USA and our partners in Japan10

Use of the Forum

275

Reflection and creation of the exchange mural

2# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme“Dreams are forever”

Message

Past, present, and future our values remain the same.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Students learned about our history, as well as the We would really like to have had an extra container ofhistory of our Japanese partners. They learned about white paint, and would have even been happy to pay for
how our values are very often the same as humans, it, or purchase on our own if we knew a source to find it.
regardless where we live in the world. They learned
negotiation, critique, cooperation, planning, andnavigation skills.
# 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 school
Reaction/reputation from aroundWe wrote several articles in our own Norseman school Everyone was very proud and pleased with the mural.
newspaper, as well as 2 additional local newspapers: The People were very interested in the process.
Santa Monica Mirror and Santa Monica Daily Press.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SeptemberResearch

Composition

Painting

Appreciation

OctoberNovemberNovemberMarch

Feb-March

What you did
We took pictures of ourselveswith artwork and sent
introduction over IT andreceived intro sheets fromstudents at partner school
Japanese students proposed
thematic plan and we used IT
to share potential Layouts forthe mural.

Your students attitude/reflection
They loved seeing the pictures and info
about our partner students, and taking
pictures/sending our introductions to them.

Using the forum, we took ourresearch and begain drawing
out plans and sharing ourideas.

This was very challenging for our very large
group (50 students), but the process wasvery valuable.

Both of the schools painted
during this time, and wepainted during the 2nd part.

My students loved painting the mural, andin order for us to allow everyone toparticipate, we each took a very smallelement.
Everyone felt pride inparticipation
Everyone in the school, and community wasso impressed with the mural. It made ourstudents so proud to accomplish it, andmade them feel important and recognized.

We were running a little late,
and were so happy andthankful that the program
allowed us to keep the muralfor an additional week in orderfor us to be able to put it up
at our school for all to see.

This was very meaningful to our students,and helped teach them very important
communication and planning skills

SubjectSocialIT

SocialIT
SocialIT

Fine ArtFine Art# 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
Understanding our own
cultures
Understanding theother’s cultures

How your students have reached it
They learned about our California culture and values.

AimResultA5A

4A

5A

5A

4A

4

Attitude in learningA

5

Students were very motivated.

Expression ability

A

4

Despite the language barrier, our students felt as though we wereeffectively communicating.

Appreciation abilityA

5

We displayed the mural for a week in a long glass cabinet at the frontof our school, as well as enjoyed articles about the mural.

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

We leaned about the history and culture of Japan.
We learned how to negotiate and express ideas respectfully with eachother in coming up with design and thematic ideas.
We communicated on the forum, and sent an introductory video toour partner school.
We enjoyed seeing pictures and reading messages from our partner
school.
We planned and collaborated with our partner school in the overalldesign and theme of the mural.

Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.