2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Kyrgyzstan ]School[ Ishenali Arabaev Atndag School ] Teacher [ Sultanalieva Farida / Yuko Naka ]Grade (Mainly 10th and 11th plus, 5th to 6th ) Students number (approximately 30)
JP School [Kaisei gakuin High School ] Teacher [ Eisaku Ichikawa, Hiroshi Yamane, Yuka Miyazaki ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Social Studies
IT
Visual Art

Conception of the lesson
Culture, People with Disabilities & Universal Design, and School life

Times
6Forum, Power Point, Skype video conference (Culture, People with Special
Needs &Universal Design, and School life)

Manytimes

Designing, sketching, and painting the mural4# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Traditional Sports, Architectures, Fashion, Heroes, Nature

Message

・Friendship・Mutual understanding・Respect & Appreciate difference
・Find something in common in diversity# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The 10th and 11th grade students who mainly participatedin this project gained IT skills to make a slide with power
point and give a presentation in English. Moreover, theyenhanced interested not only in Japan but also inoverseas. Those who study Japanese in a club activity
increased their motivation for studying Japanesethrough conversing with the students in Japan.

Points for further improvement
Some of our students quit in the middle of thisproject without notifying us which was very
irresponsible thing to do. Others only showed up
when we had skype sessions but never prepared forthe presentations or skit. I should have made it clearthat only those who could be engaged throughout
this project are eligible to take part in it.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Before this project, some of our students weren’t so Our teachers had little knowledge about Japan suchinterested in Japan and only had general information as Sushi, cars, and technology but throughabout the country. But after the first skype session,
participating in this project, they could gain authentic
they fell in love with Japan and began to grow theircuriosity. That is to say, the image of Japan that our information. They became more motivated to try out
students have now was shaped or created by the communicating with schools overseas using IT.
partner school.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SEPResearch

OctComposition

OctNov

Painting

MarchAprilAppreciation
Reflection

What you did
・Posted a greeting message onForum.
・ Skype conference with ourpartner schoolYour students attitude/reflection
My students were eager to get toknow about students of our partner
school and share information about
Kyrgyzstan.
Additionally, we were proud ofourselves for making skype session
happen since educational interaction
via IT was the first attempt in ourregion.
・Referred to internet
Learned about Kyrgyz national
・Ask elders
sports, fashion, school life, and world
environment, and people withdisability.
・ Exchanged thoughts on the We deeply thought over themural composition and theme composition and design of the mural.
through skype
・ Sketched and Painted themural.

My students were very excited toreceive the painting from ourpartners. We had to finish

Hanged the mural on the wall ofour school.

It was sad that we only could hang it
for two days and did not haveenough time to show it to locals. But
those who saw it was amazed how
beautiful it was done.

3

Subject

CultureCulture,Universal
Design,Environment
Sports,Architectures,Fashion,
HeroesArt# 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

Aim

ResultUnderstanding our owncultures

C3

Understanding theother’s cultures

A

5

Communication abilityin the class/with partners

IT skills

A5B

4

How your students have reached it
Our students had known a lot about their culture even before
this project; therefore, I did not see much change in theirunderstanding of their own culture. Yet, I think they came toview their country and culture with a different scope by getting
to know more about Japan.
Interacting with Japanese students through skype conferencesand ForumAt first, our students seemed to be nervous in the skype
conference but gradually, they felt more comfortable conversing
with the students of the partner school. Students from bothschools broke the awkward atmosphere by themselves.
In the preparation period of the presentations and while giving apresentation

Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

A5A

4

Attitude in learningA

4Expression ability

A

4

Appreciation ability

B4

Skype conferences and Forum posts
Most students showed a great teamwork in research,
preparation for presentations and painting.
In the beginning of this project, our students were passive
toward preparation for the presentations and researching about
Japan. Yet, after they got accustomed to the exchange sessions,they began to bring up topics by themselves and took initiative.
I’m sure they are reflecting this attitude toward otherschoolwork as well.
I’ve got impression that only active and outgoing students took
part from our school. Because of that, I didn’t see much change
in their expression skills.
We showed the mural in the main entrance of our school for twodays. I saw some students that worked on the mural proudly
conversing with peers about the theme.