2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan ]School[ Nan Jung Junior High School ] Teacher [ Iris ] grade ( 7 )JP School [Kobe University Secondary School ] Teacher [ Rika Iwami ]student number ( 42 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Protect
Introduce the plants of campus
Environment
IT
Fine ArtTimes
4

Use the online forum and video conference

10Draw a mural4# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeSchool Icons and Protect out environment
We are happy to know Japanese how to protect our environment.

Message

It is a good time to know each other’s cultures.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
It is the second time of my schoolteacher andstudents to join this project. We know how to collectinformation effectively. It is a good chance for us toknow Japanese animals. We had a good time.

Points for further improvement
We got the canvas late this time, so we had little
time to paint in a short time. If we had more enoughtime, we will feel happy to paint it cause somestudents stayed at school until 9pm. It is not safe forthem.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Students are afraid to speak Japanese students, so It is the first time we discuss this topic, protect
they sometimes speak Japanese and sometimes environment. Teachers need to prepare new teaching
speak English. But it is good for them to get chance materials to help students speak English while weto speak both languages.
were in the video conferences.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Oct.

ResearchOct

Composition

Nov

Painting

MarchAppreciationReflection

March

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
We
madeaschool Students were happy to get new friends
introduction and wrote cards but on the contrary, they are shy toto the partner school.
speak English for them.
We made a film to introduce
school and collected some
information how to protect
our environment.
We discussed the brief ideas
about the painting andstudents had some basic
concepts on the mural
It was a teamwork project,
and they work together.

We still held
demonstration
posting.

asmallbeforeIt is good for them to search newinformation from internet and reorganize
new ideas and expressed.
AccordingtoJapanesepainting,
students discussed each other in groups.
They will organize their concepts in mind
and then draw a draft.
Although the time is limited, they stillwork hard to complete it asap. Even
though they were tried, they seldomcomplained about it.
Students are all happy to see the muralafter finishing it.

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

Aim

ResultUnderstanding our owncultures

B3

How your students have reached it
Students and teachers were collecting some information fromthe Internet.

Understanding theother’s cultures

B

3

We learned from video conference and did some researches form
the net.

B

4

B

4

Students used tablet to collect some information and expressed
their ideas in English.

B

4

Students were set into groups and then they shared their workand workload by themselves.

B4A

5Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning

We still need to put some efforts on it.

They got much improvement this time. Well done.
They were positive and active in the process.

Expression ability

B

3

Appreciation abilityA

5

Practice makes perfect. Though students knew English isimportant for communication, they took the microphone but still
very shy.
They did a great job to finish the mural on time.