2013 IIME REPORTCountry[ USA ]

School [ Orange Grove Middle Magnet School ] Teacher [Patricia Casanova, History/Social Studies/Civics Teacher, grade 7, 32 kids

JP School [ Nuka Elementary School] Teacher [ Takamasa Iwai]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Times

Study about history and culture of our partner’s country and our country

12Use the online forum and try video conferences

4/0

Fine Art

Draw and paint mural

8

Fine Art

Appreciation and reflection of the mural completed3

SocialIT# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Celebrations/parades identifying each culture

Message

Each culture has specific traditions and history associated with each celebration/parade.
We take pride in our own cultures and have much respect for different cultures.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
The students recognized local cultural celebrations and It was difficult to use the forum at first but I gradually
the environments in which they live.
The students got used to it. Thank you for all your assistance.
also learned a lot about their partner from Japan.

# 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 informed our school administration of our exchange My students were very excited and proud of themural project and I shared it also with my Visual Art recognition they received with the involvement in thisSupervisor and School Board members.
project. Their parents were also proud of thisinternational exchange.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Oct

What you didYour students attitude/reflection
Subject
Using individual profiles on Students enjoyed the challenge of - relating to Socialwebsite.
another culture globally. They truly enjoyed theITBy using the internet.

ResearchComposition

Painting

Appreciation

Nov
Once the theme of the murals
had been established by ourJapan partners, we b e g anworking
ons k e tc h e sDec
a n d researching more for ideasof what we would paint.
Unfortunately we were behind in
our exchange of ideas so we did
not collaborate on the design
theme, but we were very pleased
about the theme chosen.
Had several projects andcontests/ exhibits that we wereJan/Feb participating in so it becamevery difficult to keep up,
especiallywithhaving
tocomplete 3 murals.
All thevisual art students just got
together and we worked very
hard to complete the murals.
We displayed our mural in the hallFeband shared it with all the studentsof our school.

video and pictures posted on the forum.
Confident with use but had time c on strai n t s
toac c e ss foru m . Everything gets veryrushed to fit it all in to timetable. It waschallenging trying to keep up with three classes.

SocialIT

Our Japan partners came up with a great
theme and idea. We wished we could havecollaborated on this but we were very
behind on our correspondence andparticipation in this exchange project.

SocialIT

All Visual Art students worked very welltogether and were very proud of their work.
They loved the work that our Japan partner Visual
did as well.
The students were very Art
pleased!

It was great to have a chance to share it Visualand display for other to see.
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
Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning

How your students have reached it
They learned from parents and other community members.

AimResultA5B4C

3

C3C2

C2

They posted pictures and a video.
They also learned how toresize photos to be able to post them for our Japan partner.
They enjoyed the introduction video and the photos.
They feltthat they got to know their partner a little bit and wished they
could’ve been able to communicate with them more.
The students were separated into groups to conduct research andto paint.

B

4

The students were very motivated and excited.

They conducted research on the internet.
They used google translate to write in Japanese.

The students were very proud of their work and felt that the overallmurals were very beautiful.
We displayed the mural in the hallway and in the classroom for all
Appreciation ability
A4
students and administration at our school to appreciate.
Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.

Expression ability

B4