2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ UAE ]School [DUBAI INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY] Teacher JAANVI(KIRAN)LAKHIANI grade (3/4) student number ( 14 )JP School [ Takasago Elementary School] Teacher [ Shingo Okubo]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
SOCIALIT
FINE ARTTimes

Study about history and culture of our country and our partner’s country
Use the online forum and try video conferences
Draw a mural /Appreciation and reflection of the whole work

# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessageSymbols and Signs Identifying Each CultureEach culture has some particular traditions and history
We are proud of our own cultures and respect and appreciate different cultures# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
We researched and gained knowledge about the The next time I would like to work using the video
Japanese culture. We were very happy to learn more conference if possible which I could not do this timeabout our local culture and share it through the mural
painting with our partner school. The students learnt tocare for, appreciate and respect the cultures of the twocountries.
# 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
We displayed the mural in the school quadrangle

Reaction/reputation from around
Students,parents and all the staff were extremely happy
and proud to see the mural.Some students in our school
are from Japan and were excited to know that the mural
had come from Japan and would be sent back to be
displayed there.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

JanResearchJanComposition

FebPainting

AppreciationFebMarch

What you did
We exchanged cards and sent
them to our partner school
Used ICT for research on
Japanese and local culture
We made different sketches
and then decided to put them
together as a whole picture. We
sent some plan sketches to ourpartner school
We started the final painting on
the mural .the paints that weresent to us from Japan werevery easy to spread and thecolours were bright.it made themural look beautiful

We displayed the mural in ourquadrangle and shared views
and opinions of the students.

Your students attitude/reflection
Students were very excited and happy tomake and receive the cards.
Students did research in class and from home
as well .We discussed and shared somesimilarities and differences in the twocultures
The students learnt to appreciate the viewsof their peer. They communicated in groups
to come to one final decision
We drew the final pictures on the mural. The
students were painting on such a large pieceof canvas for the first time and it was a great
experience for them .We spoke about colours
and used art materials with responsibility. We
sent the final picture of the completed mural
to our partner school. The students werevery proud to see their work and theJapanese school painting together on onemuralThe entire school appreciated the muraltremendously.It was a great display throughwhich we learnt a lot.

SubjectsocialICT
SocialFineartssocialFine
arts
SocialICT

social# 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
Understanding our owncultures
Understanding theother’s cultures
Communication 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 have been learning about our culture throughout the years,
students gained knowledge from local people,used ICT for research
Research through ICT,looked at books on Japan

Aim

ResultA

5

B

4

B

3

B

4

B

3

Students worked very well together however I would do moreinteraction with our parner school students the next timeB4Collaborated very well in class but would do more with the partner
school next time

Attitude in learning

A5Expression abilityA5

In my class we communicated very well in groups and pairs. However
the next time I would like to have better interaction with my students
and the partner school students
Students used ICT for lots of research on both cultures

The students were extremely excited and eager to learn about Japanand also gain even more knowledge about their local culture.It was agreat learning experience
The students could express their opinions and thoughts about theirown culture and the mural.They could also talk about the knowledge
gained of the Japanese culture

The mural was displayed in the school quadrangle for all to see andapprteciate
Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.

Appreciation abilityA5