2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ China ]School[ Jinhua Binhong Primary School ] Teacher [ Annie ] Grade (3 ) Students ( 43 )Partner [ (JP) Nuka Elementary School] Teacher [ Noriko Matubara ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
festivals

Hours

Chinese and Japanese culture and festivals

8IT

Use the online forum

10

Art

Draw a mural

6

Art

Appreciation and reflection of the whole work

2

# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Local culture/local festival-we introduce the local history and festival to each otherMessage

We did a research in China and Japanese culture and festival. We learned a lot and knew
more about each other.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Our students experienced many traditional
ceremonies. They spent lots of time to do theresearch, so that they know more about Chinese
traditional culture, history and the deep meaning of
this project. Also, we learned a lot of Japaneseculture and different festivals from our partner. We
had a great time!

Points for further improvement
It was our first time to join this international projectand make friends abroad, which made us very
excited. For us, everything is new and unknown.
Although there were some difficulties, we did it. Give
great appreciation to my dear partner.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Students start to care about our traditional culture
The teaching experience is different from theand the world.
traditional way. Students have more opportunities toStudents learn to know and understand people from express their ideas in a more-organized way.
other countries.
Students learn to communicate with other students
from other countries.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SepResearchComposition

Oct

Nov&Dec

PaintingJanAppreciation
Reflection

Feb

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
We introduced our school to They were happy to take photos andour partner on the forum.
share with their partners.
We visited festivals during
National Day holiday. Then,
we did the research from theInternet and the articles inthe museum.
After the research, we knew
more about the history,
culture and festivals. Thus,
students had the basic andclear idea to present on themural.
Students did a great teamwork. They work with eachother and finish the painting
happily.
We hang our mural on ourbuilding and the students
introduced the story to theothers.

We learned a lot from the research.
Students cooperate with others to dothings. And it’s happy to see the goodresult.
Due to the preparation, students had
their own ideas. After we saw the draft
which our Japanese partners provide on
the forum, we were inspired and started
to compose it.
Although students used their weekends
to finish the mural, they didn’t complain.
They had positive personality and madeevery effort to draw the mural.
Students were so proud to see the muralto show in the school. They had thesense of achievement

Subject
EnglishEnglishEnglishArt

EnglishArt

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

AimResultA

5B

4B

4C

3A5A

5

Attitude in learning

A5Expression ability

B

4

Appreciation ability

A5Communication 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 did a research on the Internet and museum. We participatedin the ceremony and had a real experience.
We learned from the Internet and the forum. If we can reallyexperience it, we can know more!
They are only 9 years old and shy to show themselves.. I thinkthey need more time to practice.
They just started to learn IT skills this semester, so they needmore time to practice.
They built up friendship with their partners through themessages on the forum.
They did a good team work with classmates.
They were positive and active in the process.
They were shy to express their ideas. However, it is getting
better and better. They still need to practice their speaking .
They did a great job to introduce the mural to the others.