2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan ]School[ Guiren Junior high School ] Teacher [ Pei-Fen Cho ] grade ( 8 ) student number ( 27 )JP School [ Hyogo Prefectural Ashiya International Secondary School ] Teacher [ Rika Iwami ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
festivals

Times

Taiwan and Japanese traditional events including festivals

12

Use the online forum and video conferences10

fine art

Draw a mural

5fine art

Appreciation and reflection of the whole work2IT# Theme and Message of the muralThemeLocal culture/local festival-we introduce the local history and festival to each otherMessage

We did a research in Taiwan and Japanese culture and festival.
We learned a lot and knew more about them.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
The students experienced the traditional ceremony andit was their first time to participate it. They spent lots oftime to do the research. I am happy they know more
about our traditional culture, history and the deep
meaning from this project. Also, we learned a lot ofJapanese culture and different festivals from ourpartner. We had a great experience!

Points for further improvement
It was our first time to join this international project andit was also the students’ first time to make friends
abroad. For us, everything is new and unknown. Besides ,it was a little difficult to have the video conferences
because the equipment ( at first time). Using whole
English to discuss the topic is also a challenge for us.
Nevertheless, we did it. Thanks for my dear partner.

# 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 informed the local media of our exchange and we The students thought it was a very cool activity and they
were in the local paper. We also hang our mural on our loved to have a video conference with their Japanesebuilding and the students are the guide to introduce the partners. They had a great experience last semester.
story to the other students.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchSep

What you did
We made a school introduction
film and wrote introduction
cards to our partner.

Aug+Oct.

Aug: Because the festival
started in Aug., we had tovisited it before the project.
We visited it during summer
vacation.
Oct: We did the research fromthe Internet and the articles

Nov.
&Dec.

After the research and thevideo convenience, we knew
more about the history, culture
and festival. Thus, students had
the basic concept and it help
them to have clear idea topresent on the mural.

Composition

Painting

Appreciation

JanFebStudents did a great teamwork. They had their parts anddid a great job.
In this semester, we hang ourmural on our building and thestudents are the guide to
introduce the story to theother students. Also we held asmall signature ceremony
before we sent the mural.

Your students attitude/reflection
They were shy to take the film but after I
upload to YouTube, they were happy towatch it. They were excited to receive theirpartners’ letters and gifts(Thanks!!)
We learned a lot from the ceremony (includeme!) At first, we had no idea but we
discussed it and found out the solution.
However, we thought the time was short. If
we could have more time, it will be great.
It’s tired but it is happy to see the goodresult!
Because of all the Pre-procedure, students
had their own ideas. After the small video
convenience, we saw the draft which ourJapanese partners provide. Because of thedraft, we were inspired and could compose
it. Thanks our partners.
Although students used their wintervacation to finish the mural, they didn’t
complain and tried to do their best. I saw
their high active and positive personality!
Students were so happy to see the mural toshow to every student in the school. They
were so proud to introduce the artwork
which they spent whole semester to all thestudents. They had the sense ofachievement

Subject
EnglishEnglishEnglish&Fine Art

English&Fine Art

English# 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

Attitude in learning

How your students have reached it
We did a research on the Internet and we participated in theceremony and had a real experience.
We learned from the video conference and did a research on theInternet. If we can really experience it, we can learn more!
They don’t have enough confidence and they are shy to open theirmouths. I think they need more time to practice.
The need more practice.

AimResultA5

B4

B4C3A5Yes! They developed good friendship with their partners through thevideo conference, letters and film.

B

4

They did a good team work in their class. However, they sometimes
had different ideas and argued with it. However, they could solve it.

A

5

They were positive and active in the process.

Expression ability

B

4

Appreciation abilityA

5

At first, they were shy to express their ideas. However, it is getting
better and better after all the hard work. They had clear concept totalk about their ideas. But! They still need to practice their speaking.
They did a great job to introduce the mural to the other students.

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