2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ Taiwan ]School[ Wen Hua Elementary School ] Teacher [ Fifi Fu ] grade ( 5.6 )JP School [ Kanonji Minami Elementary School ] Teacher [ Daisuke Dehema ]student number (18)# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Times

EnglishPractice of Self-introduction , Culture-introduction, Mural introduction.

4(160mints)

Japanese

Practice of Self-introduction.

3(120mints)

Country

To learn something about Japan.

2(80mints)

Made video.

2(80mints)

Made self-introduction card.

2(80mints)

Discuss the items we are going to paint.

2(80mints)

DesignDesign the mural

3(120mints)

Painting

Paint the mural

3 weeks

Show the mural to all teachers and students

1(40 mints)

Video Record
Art
Discussing

Appreciating# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Culture, Food, Nature, Structure

Message

We exchange the famous items of Culture, Food, Nature, Structure in our country to each other.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
To know the culture about Japan and Taiwan.
Though we have the same color of hair and skin, but
To know that we can make foreign friends through students found that we have different language andco-learning.
culture. But we still can be friends.

# 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
We introduce the mural to all teachers and students atschool.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Research

Composition

Painting

Appreciation

SepOctWhat you did
Your students attitude/reflection
Introduce IIME Forum
Kids were nervous, curious and happy toDo self-introduction and made do.
video
Made self-introduction card.

Oct

To know something aboutJapan.
To choose some symbols ofTaiwan.

Nov

Discuss the items we aregoing to paint.

Dec

JanReaction/reputation from around
This is the second time we painted the mural. Teachers
paid more attention to us and there are more and more
students want to do this project.

Received the mural
started to paint.

andShow the mural to all teachersand students

Kids were surprise to know the information
about two countries.

They were still kids so they need teacher’s
direction.

Subject
EnglishJapaneseVideoRecordArtCountryDiscussing

Kids were very excited to receive the muraland they were proud that they can paintthe big mural.

DesignWhen they stood on the stage to introduce
the mural to all teachers and students, they
were nervous and shy. But they still did itwell.

Appreciating# 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 EffectAimResult

Understanding our own
cultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures

B4A

4B4A

5A

5

Communication 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
Through doing research and discuss, students understood our own
cultures well.
Through doing research, discuss and visiting Kanonji Minami
Elementary School. We know much more about Japan.
Students were shy to speak in English and Japanese.
We didn’t do video conference so I didn’t teach them many IT skills.
Students did this perfectly. They have new Japanese friends.
Students learn, help each other and learn together.

Attitude in learningA

5Expression abilityA

4Appreciation ability

A

5

Most things to students are brand new. They are modest to learn.
My students are a little shy, when they don’t know how to expression
they always smile. I think they can do it better in the future.
Without doubt, students respect and appreciate the mural.

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