2012 IIME REPORTCountry [ USA]
School [ John Adams Middle School] Teacher [ Jen Joyce] grade (6,7, 8) student number ( 30)
JP School [ Kizuminami Junior High School ] Teacher [ Mami Miyahara ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Art/culture
Learning about the differences and similarities between Kyoto and Santa Monica

Times# Theme and Message of the mural
Earth is Love
Theme
To create a world in which smiles and happiness are shared by everyone.
Message# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedPoints for further improvement
Students gained a feeling of participation in a global We really struggled with the amount of white paintlesson in which they connected with other students of enclosed and would have benefited from another
their same age in Kyoto.
container of it.

# 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 around
Through out local school newspaper we discussed and Everyone was very impressed with the outcome andpublicized the project.
amazed with the level of skill displayed by both sets ofstudent artists.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchCompositionPainting

What you did
Overviewed the project withstudents letting them know
the overall plan.

Your students attitude/reflection
Excitement!

Subject
Art

Students were interested and excited tolearn about public art processes, andgeneral information about Kyoto.

ArtOctober

Organized a variety ofwebsites for students to use
in brainstorming.
severaloverall
theStudents began brainstorming and creating
possible overall compositions including
symbols and subjects to reflect Santa
Monica and Kyoto.

Art

November

Introduced
suggestions
forcomposition
ofcollaborative mural.

Students painted busily and took greatownership in the individual areas they werepersonally responsible for.

ArtFebruary

Organized a system in which
students could participate on
a rotating basis.

The entire community was shocked andproud with the level of work from both
middle schools. Students then commented
that “a part of them now lived on in Japan”.

ArtMarch

Hung on the wall in the studio,a mass email and article waspublished to alert everyone tothe completed mural for
visitation.

SeptemberAppreciation# Aim of the Lessons and Result
AimRank
understanding
our own cultures
Understanding
the other culturescommunication ability
interactively / in English

IT skills
forum / video conference

Creating friendshipin the class / with partners

Collaborationin the class / with partners

Keeping motivation highpositive attitude in learning

Expression ability
in painting

Appreciation ability
reading the paintingMark
5 4 3 2 1○

How your students have reached it
Research, reflection, and collaboration.

5 4 ○
3 2 1

Research, reflection, and collaboration.

5 4 3 ○
2 1

This was the largest challenge in the process.

5 4 3 ○
2 1

We were able to communicate via the forum, but neverable to Skype.

5 4 ○
32 1

Students enjoyed learned about each other, seeing
pictures of each other, but communication was topical.

5 4 ○
32 1

Students experienced collaboration more within their own
working groups, communication barriers made partner
work challenging.

5 4 3 2 1○5 ○
4 3 2 15 4 3 ○
2 1

Students were very engaged and took ownershiop.
Students were mostly satisfied with what they were ableto create, but color choices became challenging when weran out.
Being the second school to get the mural, the fact that it
arrived late made this step challenging because we had torush the turnaround to get it back to Japan in time