2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Philippines ]School[ A.H.Lacson Elementary School ] Teacher [ Marlene Ordaniel ] grade ( 6 ) student number (341)
JP School [ Aichi Elementary School ] Teacher [ Megumi Yoshimura ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

TimesHome room

To decide the Theme of the paint of Artmile

1hour

After classes

To finish painting along what we decided about it before

3-5hour
x4days# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeFriendship between Lacson Elem and Aichi Elem. (Philippines and Japan)

Message

We tried exchanging cultures that each country have. And also we wanted to put ourfriendship between us on the paint. And these concepts show it on the canvas what even
we live different country, using different language and have different cultures, we canhave a good relationship by understanding each other.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
They can have new thoughts about Japan and not
only Japan. By knowing other country, they also canhave new aspect of thoughts of Philippines.

Points for further improvement
This project, not only painting but alsocommunicating with pupils from Aichi Elem, it madepupils of Lacson have a strong interest. And I hopethat it helps to make their dreams or way of life inthe future.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
They had both impressions, good and bad about Teacher had learned more of the culture of theJapan. There are various reasons there. But after a country Japan and through this project, the teacher
couple of communication between Aichi Elem pupils helped him to become open-minded, that people
thru skype, they had a strong interest in each other. I have different views, beliefs from different country
dont know if all pupils' impression of Japan went can build friendship.
better. But at least the pupils who actually see andtalk with pupils of Aichi Elem have good impression
to them.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

Jun,2014

AugSepJanFeb

What you didWe
startedfromintroducing about school,
pupils, and teachers and soon thru video letters.
We started to havecommunication thru Skypethen. And we were getting
to know each other.
We started to decide ourtheme of mural roughly.

We couldn't take time forArtmile much. So wepainted it after theirclasses.
We've
displayedouractivities of Artmile inLacson to motivate otherpupils.

Your students attitude/reflection
They were very cooperative with astrong interest.

Subject

Their interests were getting stronger.
They worked on questionnaires which wehanded out very well.
Grade 6 pupils in Lacson were too many
to join painting at once. So they had tothink that not only the theme of painting
but also how they proceed to paint.
They worked on painting very well.

A lot of pupils are getting have a interestin this project now.

# 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

B4We had an audio-visual conference to be able to learn more
about their culture

B

4

Encouraging and motivating the students are some of the best
ways to improve their communication ability.

B

4

Students need to be hands-on with computer for them toenhance/improve their skills

A

5

They had built friendship with their partners through videoconferences and letters.

A

5

Attitude in learning

A

5

Expression ability

B

4

Appreciation abilityA

5Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
We were reminded about our culture, beliefs and traditions.

Students had good rapport with their team.
They were enthusiastic and very eager to learn and finish theirtask.
Students were able to express their ideas clearly.
Introducing the mural to the other students was a job well done.