2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ Canada ]School[ Fieldcrest Elementary School ] Teacher [ Mali Bickley] grade (4 )JP School [ Kan-onji Minami Elementary School ] Teacher [ Atsuko Kitani ]student number (26 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Times

Social Studies

Learning about our regions, culture and special places

3lessons

Social Studies

reading forum posts about Japan class

8lessons

Creating messages for Japan class

2lessons

Language# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage

Our Community
we are proud of our country and all our activities# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedStudents were very excited to collaborate with such a
wonderful class from Japan. They were excited toreceive the cards and gifts and also put a great deal ofwork into preparing their cards and items to send to theJapanese class.

Points for further improvement
Everything went very well

# 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 have posted the photos on our blog:
http://legendarydreamteam.edublogs.org
We also made a presentation of the mural to our schoolat an assembly. The video was sent to Atsuko.

Reaction/reputation from aroundWe had positive comments about our mural.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

What you did
Created cards

Your students attitude/reflection
excited to make cards

Language

October

Research

NovemberComposition

Subject

December

Painting

February/MarchAppreciation

March

Learnedabout
theregions of Canada andfocused on how wewould represent thespecial places and itemsof Canada

knowing that they needed to teachthe other class about our regions,the students were motivated to do
an excellent job

Usedforum
communicate
partner class

They were very engaged in learning
how the students in Japan wereshowing the features of theircommunity. They were happy tocommunicate on the forum.

Art

Planned and painted ourside of the mural

Everyone was very motivated towork together in order to do theirbest work for the class in Japan

Art

Hung mural in class,school andat ourwhole school assembly

We made a video of our classpresenting the mural to the school

Oral
communication

towithSocial Studies# 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 own
cultures
Understanding theother’s cultures

AimA

Result5

A

5

A

5B5A

5

A

5

Attitude in learning

B

5

Expression ability

B

5

Appreciation ability

B

5Communication 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
Overall, our students developed many 21 century skills and also
art,oral communication, social studies and language skills.
I believe that the IIME is one of the best and most effective ways tofoster international cooperation, understanding and collaboration. It isa very meaningful project where the students on both sides of theworld can truly work together to create something beautiful. Work wecan all be proud of!
We created cards and checked the forum once a week for replies
and to post
The students used ICT skills to communicateThe students felt very connected with the students in JapanThe students had to work together in class to create the muralThis was a positive learning experience for the students.
The students learned how to express their learning through art.
The students were very excited to show the mural to parents andalso to present to the school. They were very proud of the muralwhich is evdent in the presentation to the school

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