2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan]
School[ Guei-ren Junior High School ] Teacher [ Rainshoe ] grade (8)JP School [ Aichi Elementary School ] Teacher [ Takaaki Tanaka ]student number (29)# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Times

EnglishLearn how to use English as a communication tool with the partner school.

6

EnglishStudy the local culture and the Japanese Culture and learn to introduce them inEnglish.

4

Fine Art

Draw the mural.

5

Fine Art

Appreciate the mural.

2# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeLocal cultureMessageWe aim to let the students exchange the ideas about their own culture, which covers a widerange, such as the local food, religion and unique ceremonies.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
1. Communication: Thanks to this project, students 1. Communication: We should update our equipment tolearn how to communicate with each other better,
facilitate the communication with the partner in theexpressing their own ideas and respect that of other
other country.
ones.
2. Cooperation: We should strengthen our relationship2. Cooperation: Students learn how to cooperate with
with the partner by having more sharing.
each other to complete this project while gaining theFurthermore, we should enhance the cooperation
skill of solving the problem.
between the students by showing them how the3. Globalization: Definitely, this cross-nation project
cooperation can achieve more than the individual
help students to think globally.
action.
# 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.

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.

# Flow of the Activity
Content
MonthIntroduction

ResearchSep.

Oct.

Composition

Nov.
&Dec.

PaintingJan.

Appreciation

Feb.

What you did
We made the self-introduction
by making the videos andphotos.

Your students attitude/reflection
Students are all excited to introduce
themselves and want to have further contact
with the students in Japan.

Students
researchtheinformation they want to shareon the Internet and thendiscuss with each other as towhat to convey and how topresent.
Since 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.
Students collaborate with eachother put the blueprint into thereality on the canvas.

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.

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

Subject
EnglishEnglishThe 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.

English&Fine Art

During this process, students showed theirtalents and characters by what they did andhow they did.

English&Fine Art

Students are glad to share their pleasure
they gained from the whole process and thesense of accomplishment with the others.

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

AimResultA

5

A

4

A

4

C

3B

3

B

4

How your students have reached it
We had the students to research the needed information on theInternet and took them to certain sites to have a real experience.
Students have done this mainly by the sharing from the partners inJapan and the information on the internet.
The communication in the class and with partners gradually improved
with more chances to discuss with each other.
The IT skills were honed by having more practice.
The friendship in the class and with partners is graduallystrengthened by going through all the presentations and activities
together.
Undeniably, the collaboration was not so smooth at the beginning, but
as time went, the students learned better how to collaborate witheach other.

The attitude of some of the students was a bit lousy at first, however;the situation was getting better and better under the influence of theteachers and other students.
Indeed, the expression ability of the students are sharpened by the3trial and error they made to convey what they want and present their
AExpression abilitywork.
We firmly believe that the goal of education is to allow the students toappreciate the world. Therefore, we asked the students to plan the4A
Appreciation ability
exhibition to appreciate their work and also allow the other students
to appreciate what they did.
Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.

Attitude in learningA4