2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Philippines ]School[ Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku ] Teacher [ Inoue Naoyuki ] grade (3rd,4th year) student number(19 )Partner [ (JP) Kanazawa Seiryo Daigaku ] Teacher [ Kazuhisa Shimizu ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
IT

Hours

Use video conference via Skype

4Japanese culture and Philippines and Japan relationship5

art

Draw a mural

5

artAppreciation and reflection of the whole work

2culture# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Philippines and Japan: The good side, the bad side and the futureMessage

We want to show the good points and bad points of both countries in order for people tounderstand the realities of both countries. Moreover, we want to show the future thatboth countries envision.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The students learned the following :1. Teamwork and Collaboration
2. Understanding of the culture of Japan andPhilippines
3. Essence of making bonds and connection

Points for further improvement
It was good chance my partner school came mycountry for us.
Next time, I hope we can also visit to japanbefore this project.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
The students realized that contrary to popular belief, It was the first time for me to participate in Art mile
Japan like any other countries has its own problems. project. The students were able to have the chance
Just like Philippines, Japan is also a country that has to gain ideas and knowledge and express their ideas
problems and wants to have a better future.
in a more creative way.

# Flow of the ActivityContentMonthJan

What you did
Make introduction by
Skype , and We made a
introduction by you tube.
Researchaboutbothcountry’s good and badpoints
Had a video conference withpartners and talked about
the good and bad points ofboth countries and talked
about the future bothenvision
Students started painting
the mural.

Feb

We had an exhibition in theschool’s lobby.

Introduction

SepResearch

Oct

Composition

Painting
Appreciation
Reflection

Nov

Your students attitude/reflection
They were very happy to watch theirpartners’ introduction by you tube.

SubjectEnglish

Exciting to learn about both countriesCulture
We saw a draft of our partners and talked
thoroughly on which parts to change andto keep to create a better mural.

The students were very busy but they
did not complain. I am very happy with
their attitude.
Students were happy to see the final
output of the mural.

ArtArtArt# 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

How your students have reached it
We did a research on the Internet and discussed about what weresearched.

Understanding theother’s cultures

A5

We had a video conference and we also had an activity with thepartners when they came to our school.

B

4

B4

A

5Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning

B4A

5

Expression ability

A

5

Appreciation ability

B4

We communicated through video conference and wrote letters.
Everyone has IT skills.
They had created bonds with the partners through videoconferences, island hopping activity and mural painting.
The fourth years were busy and they were not able to join in themural painting and the third years were the only ones who madethe mural. However, they still communicated with the third years
about the progress of the mural and gave advices.
They were very participative, active and positive during thewhole process.
The students were able to express their thoughts in a good way.
It’s one of the Filipinos’ good traits. Because the Filipinos weregood at expression, they were able to somehow affect theJapanese partners and a lot of positive things came out during
the whole mural making process.
They were able to show and explain the mural to students.