2016 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ France ]School [ Lycée Charles Stoessel MULHOUSE ] Teacher [ Alix Remy ] Grade (2COM)
JP school [ Okayama Ichinomiya HS ] Teacher [ Hiroko Mesaki ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
ESL
Fine Art
Professional skills

Member (24)

Hours

Communicating (speak and write) with our partners (skype and the forum)

6

Drawing / painting the mural

8

Greeting visitors, presenting the mural and the project4# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Fair trade / typical products of both countries“Fair trade for a better world”

Message
United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Participating to an international project was truly
stimulating. The students had the opportunity tolearn more about Japan and to communicate withJapanese people but also they had the opportunity topresent a project by themselves.

Points for further improvement
Communicating in English was rather difficult for ourstudents as their level is rather low. Neverthelessthey could realize the importance of speaking thislanguage.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Students learned more about Japanese traditions It was a good experience to exchange with Japaneseand culture and learned that there are also some people.
similarities with our way of life.
More than the final goal of creating a mural together,
Students learned to communicate with other we exchanged greetings and presents.
students from another country.
It was an interesting experience to communicate with
my Japanese colleague.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET

Sep

Selfintroduction

What you didStudents
introduced
themselves posting photosand comments with theapplication Snapchat
We had 2 videoconferences
via SkypeResearch onthe theme

Oct

Students exchanged about
fair trade / products andbrands in Japan and France
during a videoconference.
Students wrote presentations
about fair trade in France /local trade in Alsace andposted them on the forum.

UNITE

Oct /
Nov

Our partners suggested
different plans for the muraland the students chose one.

SHARE

United message/

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

Jan /
Feb

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

Mar

7 students realized the muralwith the help of a local artist (MrsMuriel Hasse Collin) They worked
seriously and efficiently.
We exposed the mural and thepresentation of the project during
our "Open House Day" at schoolon March 17th.
The students presented thewhole project to visitors (parents,future students, teachers, city
hall representatives...)Your students attitude/reflection
They found it funny to use thisapplication as a pedagogic tool tointroduce themselves

Subject

EnglishThey really enjoyed talking to theirJapanese partners
Some students learned more about ourown regional trade.
Sales /EnglishThey enjoyed giving their opinion about
how to compose the mural and what todraw on our side
They really enjoyed painting the muraland didn’t mind coming on two free
afternoons to finish the work on time.
Our students proudly showed their workand talked about the project to thevisitors.
Everyone at school was truly astonishedand pleased by the outcome.

Fine art

Fine art
Professi
onal
skills insales :greeting,# 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

Attitude in learning
Expression ability
in words, in pictures

AimResultA5

A5

A

4C2A

5

A

5

B

3

B

3B

5

Appreciation ability
Appreciate the mural and thewhole collaborative learning

How your students have reached it
They researched about fair trade, local trade and French typicalproducts. Some of the pupils didn’t know about them.
They had the opportunity to ask questions during thevideoconferences.
Some of them were not afraid to speak to our partners throughSkype but they’ll have to improve their English to go further.
They already knew how to use the Internet, Skype or Snapchat.
Some students communicated by themselves through socialnetworks.
Everyone had the opportunity to give his opinion and theyreached an agreement together.
Sometimes they had difficulties to set to work.
They still need to practice their speaking in English.
They made the effort of writing words in Japanese to show themto the Japanese students during the videoconference.
They prepared their presentation of the mural / project. They
got dressed properly for their presentation.