2011 IIME REPORTCountry: Seoul Korea
School [ Seoul Gaebong Elementary] Teacher [ Ms. Oh Saebyul] (grade: 5 / students number: 20 )JP School [ Shijima Elementary] Teacher [Ms. Ritsuko Kaneko ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lessonsocialStudy about history and culture of our country and our partner’s countryITfine artTimes
2

Use the online forum and try video conferences

2

Draw a mural1# Theme and Message of the mural
Symbols and Signs Identifying Each Culture
ThemeWe have some similar but different culture at the same time.

Message

Attach photos of your painting and a competed mural.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Problems and ideas for further improvement
The students had made foreign friends and they could The quality of the Skype service was not good enough atearn the wide view toward the world. They got to have video conference, so it was difficult to understand all.
interest in the life of the other world.

# 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 aroundWe practiced the Japanese song to make a presentation Students were very happy to do penpal programs andfor the Japanese students.
exchange the gifts, and most of all they loved painting
the half of the murals.

# Flow of the Activity
Content
MonthIntroduction

ResearchCompositionPainting

SepYour students attitude/reflection
Very excited about preparing the gifts andletters, and expecting the replies.

Subjectsocial

By using internet

Worked hard preparing the video subject
about the local area.

socialIT

Exchange respective ideas on
the mural and decided the design
together in our group andcorresponded this to partners.
Eachgroup
had
goodcommunication to fulfill the job.

Cooperative interaction to decide the muralsubject.

socialIT

Even though they didn’t have right place topaint the mural, they worked hard to do thework after the school.

fine art

The picture of the mural weredisplayed at website and thestudents wrote comment aboutit.

It was great to have a chance to share it
and display for other to see.

Oct

Nov

Dec

Appreciation

What you did
Exchange the letters of self
introduction.

Feb# Aim of the Lessons and ResultRank (1 to 9 in order you put stress on)

Mark (5:very effective / 4:effective / 3:so so / 2:not so effective / 1:not effective at all)

AimRankMark

understanding our owncultures

254 3 2 1○

understanding othercultures

15 4 3 2 1○4585 4654 3 2 1○

554 3 2 1○

As a group they communicated well to prepare for thevideo conference and mural.

354 3 2 1○

They were motivated to study English and learn theculture of other country.

754 3 2 1○Some of the picture they did by themselves, but they
got some help from a teacher.

954 3 2 1○communication ability
interactively, in English

IT skills
online forum and VC

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 painting

4 3 2 1○
32 1○

How your students have reached it
They researched on the internet and papers.
They researched on the internet.
They wrote penpal and forum writing in English.
They did video conferences and wrote or upload thepicture of the forum.
They built strong friendship through the mural job.

We displayed the mural at website.

Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.