2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ UAE ]School [DUBAI INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY] Teacher[ Anupama Ramachandran] grade(5 and 6) student number (20)
JP School [Tsubatachoritsu Chujo Elementary School ] Teacher [ chika takemori ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Study about history and culture of our country and our partner’s countrysocialTimes
12

Use the online forum2

fine art

Draw a mural

5fine art

Appreciation and reflection of the whole work

3

IT

# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage

Culture of the united arab emirates
We in the UAE are proud of our heritage, the natural beauty, our architecture, new and old andthe opportunity to host the expo 2020.

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# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Students gained more insight into the Japanese culture. More communication among the two schools. Although I
They also learned more about the UAE- their host have to admit that Chika Takemori was very prompt. Butcountry
the students did not get much chance to communicate
with each other.

# 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
Reaction/reputation from around
The activity was done after school hours and students Parents thought this was a great idea and good exposure
volunteered for this. We displayed the mural in school for the students to explore and interact with anotherfor all to see.
country and culture.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth

What you didIntroductions made via video.

Your students attitude/reflection
Students were shy in the beginning but later
got in to the act of introducing themselves
while I recorded it.
Students were enthusiastic to learn

Oct

On the internet students foundout more information about
japan and the UAE

Composition

Nov

Our partner school showed us
the plan they had come up withand we discussed how wewould execute our half of themuralStudents
cameupwithdifferent
compositions and ideas and we brainstormed
as a class to pick something from each
personPainting

Jan/Feb

We painted the culture of theUAE on our half of the mural

As they were painting students madechanges to the original plan, so that the twohalves looked like a whole.

Each student wrote a reflection
about how the project went andwhat they found interesting todo. They also talked about what
could be better the next time

Students were very proud to see their work
displayed in the school and very happy toreceive the certificates too.

Introduction

Sep

ResearchAppreciation

Feb/
Mar

Subject
Social/IT
Social/IT

Social/IT

Fine art

Fine art# 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

How your students have reached it
Class discussions, parents, teachers, internet

AimResultA

5B

3

B4A

5A

5A5

They worked in groups to research and as a team to come up withideas

Attitude in learningA

5

Students were very enthusiastic to learn about the other culture andparents too helped motivate them

Expression ability

A

5

Appreciation abilityA

5

Understanding theother’s cultures
Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Mainly the internet
Used the online forum and couriered cards and things during
Christmas and the new year
Communicating on the online forum and research on the internet
They felt like they knew their partners

They expressed their ideas on the canvas
Proudly they displayed their work for all to appreciate.

Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.