2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Uganda ]School[ St Marys college Lacor ] Teacher [ Nyeko Julius ] grade (secondary) student number ( 50 )JP School [ Kosaka Elementary School ] Teacher [ Masami Hashimoto ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Peace andOnline exchange
loveTimes
10

Art lessons

Drawing04

Art lesson

Painting the mural03

Art exhibition

Exhibition at the Uganda National Museum01# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage

Peace and love
Regardless our differences in color, religious background we all need total peace and love# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedStudents have learnt new painting skills. This wastheir first time to paint using oil colors on canvas
during their classes. Besides, they learnt a lot more
on Japanese culture.
Using IT during this project enhanced Students
writing and reading skills.

Points for further improvement
There was untimely communication on forum. Thiswas due to inadequate connections of the internet atschool. The need to improve to provide reliableinternet connection.
The need to train teachers on the use of internet,
Skype, video conferencing. In order to effectively
communicate on the forum.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Yes the impression has changed .We thought that As Teachers we have similar issues to meet we needdistant countries are totally different from us. But we a to keep sharing from each other to enhance ourrealized that we have similar challenges and we need teaching..
to talk about national and international issues
together in order to enhance global peace andharmony.

# Flow of the ActivityContentMonthIntroduction

AugResearch

OctComposition

NovPainting

FebAppreciation
Reflection

Feb

What you did
Self introduction between
Japan school and Uganda
school on forum andexchanged cards
Students research about
Japan using internet.
We made some drawings
about peace and love .We
also
exchanged
photosabout our cultures.
We received a mural from
Kosaka Elementary school inDecember. Painting started
as soon as the students
arrivedWe had a grand art exhibition
with Kijjabweme Secondaryschool who also participate
in the same project at theUganda
Museum.
JICAUganda
supportedtheExhibition and their staffattended.

Your students attitude/reflection
The beginning was a challenge .The
Exchange of videos from Kosaka
secondary school made it very exciting.
Researching is a new teaching method atthat level in our school. It was very
exciting to research about Japan.
Sharing ideas and learning from ourpartner school inspired our students toimprove on their composition skills. We
learnt a lot from our friends.
Receiving a mural from another school
was very inspiring but also challenging.
However we had to do our best to meetthe standards.
We are happy we created our best.
This was the most exciting time.
Students from the different regions met
each other to share their experience.
The students were happy to meet thechief representative ofJICA Uganda he promised to work
towards support the project.

Subject
EnglishEnglishEnglishand Art

Art

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
AimResult
How your students have reached it
Students were able to appreciate their culture as well as
Understanding our own
A5cultures
Students learnt about other culture through research andUnderstanding thesharing photos. The time wasn’t adequate enough to explore
B
4
more about the other culture. Given more time was a need forother’s cultures
more time toThe communication in class with partners was not the best.
Communication ability
The time difference and the availability of internet connections
C3
in the class/with partners
was a challenge
A lot is still desired. Both the teachers and students need moreC
3
IT skills
training.
This was a good was good. Students exchanged letters
Creating friendshipB4in the class/with partners
They are looking forward to making new friends
The project required team work order to produce the best
Collaboration
peace. We loved the collaboration in form of exchanging ideasB4in the class/with partners
and solving problems.
This approach of learning was very exciting .It motivated themA
5
Attitude in learningand enhanced their learning.
Students were able to express their views through writing.
Some still find problems to express their feeling throughB
4Expression abilityspeech. There is a need for such programs to expose them.
Every one celebrated the finished mural .
A
5Appreciation ability