2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan ]School[ Guei-ren Junior High School ] Teacher [ Snow ] grade (8) student number (17)JP School [ Hyogo Prefectural Ashiya International Secondary School ] Teacher [ Rika Iwami & Mari Nomura ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Course ofInternational
Learn how to use English as a communication tool with the partner school.
Youth clubStudy the local culture and the Japanese Culture and learn to introduce them in
Course ofEnglish.
InternationalLearn how to collaborate with students from other country and also how to express
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their ideas during the video conferences.
Course ofInternational
Draw the mural.
Youth club
Course ofInternational
Appreciate the mural.
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Times
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# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeLocal culture

Message

We aim to let the students exchange the ideas about the historical sites.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
1. Communication: Thanks to this project, students 1. Cooperation: We should strengthen our relationshiplearn how to communicate with each other better,with the partner by having more sharing on theexpressing their own ideas and respect that of otherforum. Furthermore, we should enhance theones.
cooperation between the students by showing them
2. Cooperation: Students learn how to cooperate withhow the other school have done successfully.
each other to complete this project while gaining
the skill of solving the problem.
3. Globalization: Definitely, this cross-nation project
help students to think globally.

# 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
After the completion of the murals, we had an exhibition
to show other students what we’ve done and gavethem a brief presentation about the aim of this project,
thereby attracting more students to join this incredible
project in the future. Also, we took students to visit
some local sites to enhance the relationship between
the school and the community.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

Painting

Appreciation

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.
&Dec.

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
We made the self-introduction Students are all excited to introduce
by making the videos and themselves and want to have further contact
photos.
with the students in Japan.

Subject
EnglishStudents
researchtheinformation they want to shareon the Internet and thendiscuss with each other as towhat to convey and how topresent. Students then present
their research result via thevideo conference.

Unavoidably, there will be conflict andconfrontation during the discussion, which
the teachers think is a precious opportunity
for the students to learn how to solve theconflict and move forward. When they finallysee eye to eye, they think it is really awonderful experience to better understabd
other group members’ idea.

EnglishSince what to be painted isdecided, all that remains is how
to arrange the images on thecanvas and this step isrelatively easy compared to thelast one.

The blueprint of what’s going to be painted
allows the students to imagine the final
product in their minds, thereby motivatingthem to work harder to accomplish the mural.
Students are all very eager to be heard andpaid attention to. Therefore, when theirsuggestion is taken, they are all very happy.

English&Fine Art

Students collaborate with eachother put the blueprint into thereality on the canvas.

During this process, students showed theirtalents and characters by what they did andhow they did. They learned how to show thebest of themselves and assign tasks
appropriately to group members whose
painting skills might not be very good.

English&Fine Art

After completing the murals,
students appreciated theiraccomplishment by introducing
their works to the others.

Students are glad to share their pleasure
they gained from the whole process and thesense of accomplishment with the others.
When other students looked at the mural, ourstudents would feel a sense of achievement
and cannot wait to introduce the work andhow they collaborate together with Japanese
students to other students.

EnglishJan.

Feb.

Reaction/reputation from aroundAll the participating members, the students andteachers, hold a high reputation for this project, for theygain a lot from this special experience. In addition, thisproject aroused the curiosity among other members inthe school and attracted their attention. Hence, it’s said
this project is a success. Furthermore, we gained great
support from the parents.

# 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

Aim

ResultUnderstanding our own
culturesA

5

Understanding theother’s cultures

A

5

Students have done this mainly by the sharing from the partners inJapan and the information on the internet.

A5

The communication in the class and with partners gradually improved
with more chances to discuss with each other.

4

Students were given more chances to finish their assigned taks withthe help of the Internet though the IT skills should be honed by having
more practice.

4The friendship in the class and with partners is graduallystrengthened by going through all the presentations and activities
together. Student were very excited before each video conference
and cannot wait to have another video conference.

4

Undeniably, the collaboration was not so smooth at the beginning, but
as time went, the students learned better how to collaborate witheach other.

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills

Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

BBA

How your students have reached it
We had the students research the needed information on the Internet
and took them to certain sites to have a real experience.

Attitude in learningA

4

The attitude of some of the students was getting better and better
under the influence of the teachers and other students. Also they will
be encouraged to be better when they saw what Japanese students
have done.

Expression ability

A5Indeed, the expression ability of the students are sharpened by thetrial and error they made to convey what they want and present theirwork.

4We firmly believe that the goal of education is to allow the students toappreciate the world. Therefore, we asked the students to plan theexhibition to appreciate their work and also allow the other students
to appreciate what they did. They acted as a guide to introduce theirmural to other students who don’t have the chance to participate inthis activity.

Appreciation ability

A

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