2018 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ México ]School[ Comunidad Educativa Yaxunah ] Teacher [ Karina Abreu ]JP school [ Takao Elementary School ] Teacher [ Hiromi Watanabe ]Grade ( 4 )# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
EnglishGeography
Art

40

The location of the partner school

4

Painting techniques

15

ThemeCulture and characteristics of countries

Message"Friendship will save the world"with the world

Hours

The new vocabulary. Investigation of their culture and the partners'# Theme and Message of the mural

United thoughts to share

Member ( 21 )# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Knowing and appreciating the characteristics of a culture
different from their own.
Working and collaborating as a group towards a commongoal.

Points for further improvement
Having more opportunities for
directcommunication, through video calls. Maybe not
between the full classrooms, but smalls groups
from each school.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
The interest for investigating due to having a motivation, Giving more value to their students learningin this case, knowing more about the culture about which about other cultures through direct
they're participating with.
communication.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research on
the theme

AugtoOct

Nov
Dec

What you did
Each students introduced
themselves, along with theirinterests and what they like.
Their name, age, and theirfavorite place and food.
They made the research andthen shared it with the partner
school. About the different
characteristics of Mexican
culture, as well as ourcelebrations, culture and school
holidays.

Your students attitude/reflection
Lots of enthusiasm and joy about
meeting the students from thepartner school.
Excitement about learning from theirsimilarities and differences.
Interest about knowing andcomparing their investigations withthe partner school.

Subject

EnglishEnglishGeography

UNITE
United message/

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

Nov
Dec

Jan
Feb

Mar

Discussed about the different
ideas that they wanted to be in
the mural an about how they can
express through drawings theirmain message. And what
elements would construct themain message.
It was decided how to divide themural and what kind of design
would be built. One group madethe drawings in pencil, the other
did the outlines, and a last one
did the painting.
Reflect through dialogue as agroup, about the knowledge theygained in this project

Feeling free to express their ideas
and achieving the construction of a
global perspective.
EnglishLots of excitement to watch how
their idea was developing into reality
a they progressed.

Self-evaluation and co-evaluation
about their participation. Interest inknowing what are their weaknesses,
to be able to work on them.

ArtEnglish# Effect and evaluation gained through the collaborative learning
Evaluation: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected effect
Understanding yourown cultures
Understanding yourpartner's cultures
Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

Evaluation

54

During the dialogue with the partner school.
During the dialogue with the partner school.

5In class, when sharing their product/results and when bringing new
information that might interest the group.

4

Making use of their English knowledge when introducing themselves andsharing their ideas. For example: during the video conference.

4

When building the general idea of the message they wanted to expresswith the mural and reaching an agreement.

4

Sharing experiences and making drafts of what they want to express inthe mural.

5

Reaching agreements about each other's participation, both between
students and schools, regarding content, time and form.

4Making phrases and drafts that represent the message they want toconvey.

5The process of reflection that they can reach as a group when being
self-critical in their development as a group and as a person.

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects