2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ USA ]School[ VAN R Butler Elementary School ] Teacher [ Constance Rogers ] grade (4 ) student number (20 )JP School [ Koyama Elementary School ] Teacher [ Ruiko Hanamura ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Times

Art

Drawing skills, graphing design, creativity

10Art

Learning about customs and geography of Japan.

4# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Important events of the area we live in
How we are so much alike or similar in the things that we do in our home towns

Message# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
More knowledge of the culture of Japan and the I am determined to be even better next year with
importance and fun of working in collaboration with communication.
each other and their Japanese friends.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
My students realize that regardless of distance, I love this program and learn more and more about
language and customs the children of Japan are very the culture and beauty of Japan and it’s people
similar to the children of the USA.
every year that I participate

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

OctResearch

Nov

Composition

Dec

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

What you did
Looked at map of Japan

JanMarchYour students attitude/reflection
They were interested to see how far
away we were in miles and also howmuch water surrounded your country

Geography, customs andinterests of Japanese people

They were fascinated to learn about
foods and religious practices of theJapanese people

Worked on ideas and designfor mural

Created small sketches and then workedup into color drawings

Worked in small groups topaint mural design

Drew ideas onto mural and began topaint in small groups

Displayed mural in main
hallway. Invited all of school
to see the mural before wesent to Japan

We took many photos and celebrated
within our school the completion of ourmuralSubjectArtArtArtArtArt# 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

AimResult

Understanding our owncultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures

A5

B4

We used the forum but I feel we should have communicatedmore often

B

4Again, I think we could have used technology more . I will nextyear if I participate

B

4I feel we created friendships, but not as personal as in pastyears.

A

5

Attitude in learning

A

5

Expression ability

A

5

Appreciation ability

A

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
Discussing local celebrations and national events
Studying about geography and customs of Japan

Our mural turned out great. Excellent Collaboration
Always excited to be involved with this project
Excellent expression of our area and festivities
We had nice celebration bit we were stressed for time so did not
get the community involved as I have in the past