2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Philippines ]School [ Philippines Normal Univ. Institute of Teaching and Learning ]Teacher [ Carmela Buhain, Eljie Mabunga ] Grade ( 9 & 10 ) Students (15 )Partner [ (JP) Sapporo Odori High School ] Teacher [ Joji Sugiyama ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Social Studies

Art
Computer

Hours

Learning the culture, traditions & festivals of Japan

4

Relating them to Philippine culture, traditions & festivals

4

Learning the concept of mural, how to make a mural (the medium used &techniques used in this kind of art)3How to use the forum, video conference via skype

2# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Different Phil. & Japan Festivities

Message

Sharing with our partner school the different festivals being celebrated in the 3 mainislands of our country: Luzon, Visayas & Mindanao
Learning the different festivals being celebrated in Japan# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Though this is not the first time our school participated in this kind ofactivity, these chosen students were their first time to join this kind ofactivity. First when they learned that I’ve chosen them to represent ourschool they were so amazed. More so when they learned that they’ll bedoing this activity with Japanese students. Especially they become moreinterested when I told them that the teacher of the Japanese students
will visit our school and would like to meet them. Students gained
confidence in doing a real mural this time in a very large canvas. Because

Points for further improvement
Uploading large size of pictures andvideos in the forum

in our art class they are used to do mural in one whole cartolina only.
They became more creative most especially when they saw some of themurals of other countries and of course the drawing of our partner
school. They were challenged to do better designs. And through thisproject they have become friends with the students of our partner
school. Thanks for Mr. Joji Sugiyama for initiating activities likeintroducing their school to us, the students through pictures and thevideo conference we had though it is really very short conference due toweak wi-fi connection here in our country, the students enjoyedcommunicating with them.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression-Students learned to value time
In our Music & Art classes most especially in my-Manage doing different activities and meeting the grades 8 & 9 classes, we are learning different Asian
deadlinecountries. It’s part of our curriculum. Whenever I-Being careful with the materials like paints and introduced the country, I always make sure that theybrushes
will not just learn the song or the art but the culture-Being definite with the designs& traditions of that country. With this activity, since-Being responsible with their works
I’ve got the chance to meet and work with Mr. Joji-Appreciation of other works
Sugiyama and his students, maybe, I’m planning that-Deep understanding on the theme
we could have an exchange of other classroom
activities / projects via internet.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

What you did
end students’ pictures &videos

SepNovDecJanFebMar

Did researches on thedifferent festivities of ourcountry and Japan
Send the researches to ourpartner schoolFirst I had video conferencewith Mr. Joji regarding thelay-out / design of our mural
Presented the design to thestudents
Let the students do first thedrafting / sketching
Start the drawing using
pencil first
Applied the paints
Students were asked todiscuss their experiences
and the finished project withthe other students

Your students attitude/reflection
At first they were very shy to do thevideo introduction but when they saw thevideos and pictures of our partner school
they were happy and encouraged to dotheir own intro
Excited to do their researches andexcited to show them to our partner
schoolSubjectArt

SocialStudies
Art

Again excited to start with the painting
Art

Enthusiastic, inspired
Vacantperiods

Encouraged
SocialStudies

# 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

Understanding our owncultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures
Communication abilityin the class/with partners

IT skills

Creating friendship

How your students have reached it
Via InternetA5B4B

4Also via Internet & from their Music, Art & Social Studies books
Through the information, pictures & videos sent by our partnerschool
Via skype
Uploading large files in the forum became our problem (Thanksto Atsuko San who is always very willing to help us)
Due to weak internet connection in our school we only had ashort live video conference with our partner school
But, through sending pictures & videos they were able to knowthe students of our partner school
Through pictures & videos

B5

B

4

Attitude in learning

A

5

Expression ability

A

5

Had a very good ability expressing themselves maybe due totheir age and their excitement

Appreciation ability

A

5

Had a short program in the recognition of the completion of themural with the other students

in the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Very enthusiastic in finishing the project