2016 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Canada ]School[ Rothwell Osnabruck School ] Teacher [ Jim Lamoureux ]JP school [ Nishi Elementary School ] Teacher [ Miho Hayakawa ]Grade (5/6)

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# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Identify elements of Canadian culture and compare with elements of JapaneseSocial Studies
cultureCreate introduction cards/video and create research reports on Canadian
Language/Mediaelements of culture
Collaborate on the design and painting of mural with Canadian and Japanese
Visual Art
cultural elements

Hours12816# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme
Message

Sharing Canadian and Japanese traditions, food and play.
Having good relationships in the world can bring about peace.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained

Points for further improvement

Students were able to examine their own Canadian identity,

I think our experiences were so positive, I would not change

heritage and culture. They also learned about the daily life,much. Some students were interested in communicating onfood, play and traditions about our Japanese partners.

the forum individually with their partner students in Japan.

Forthem, the cross-cultural learning was very positive. They

Creating a section of the forum for the students may be a

discovered both similarities and differences with the partner

place for improvement in the future of the project.

class.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Our students learned a lot about the world in this project.

This for me has been the best global collaborative project ever.

They learned about becoming more aware and accepting of

My partner teacher Miho Hayakawa made this project very

different cultures.

rewarding for me. Having constant on-going communication

They also learned how to collaborate withpartners in a long distance relationship with another class.

kept me engaged as a teacher and excited to share with theFinally, as many of my students pointed out, they made friends

students.

with people in another country.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

September

What you did

Your students attitude/reflection

We made introduction cards andStudents were pleased to make the introduction

an introduction video.

cards and excited to share. The video took us aWecommunicated on the forum tolittle longer. The skype call was very successful.

introduce ourselves.

We had some technical problems at first, but it

We had an

introduction skype call at the end

worked after a few tries.

of September.

came to school at night with their parents toSubject

EnglishMost of the students

take part of the skype call.

SHAREResearch on
the theme

Students began researchingThis went well.

Canadian cultural themes andforth communication and questions between

collaborating on these themes

our two partner classes.

Octobewith our partners.

themes and research was very positive.

rpresented results in powerpoint

They

There was a lot of back andDiscussion on theSocial
Studiesslides that were shared on theforum.

UNITE
United message/

Mural design

We had some final discussions

Students worked well discussing and deciding on

SocialNovemand decisions about the muralthe themes.

Studies/bertheme.

experiences and questions with our partner

English/class on the forum.

Art

We had another skype call.

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
AppreciationWe

We continued to share

The skype call was very successful.

We had acreated and sent Nengajo cards

fun – showtime where students shared singing,and bookmarks to our partnermusic and talents.

class.

we did some questions and answers with ourWe also received treats,

Christmas cards and gifts frompartners.

It was a lot of fun.

ThenThe card making and receiving wasour partner class. Then we madealso a lot of fun. Our partners had alreadyDecem

and sent valentines cards andstarted painting the mural.

ber-Febcrafts and we received some as

responded well to all the communication andruarywell.

mailing of food, cards and gifts we did with ourFebruary/MarchWe had a party with Miso

Students

soup, tea and treats that ourpartner class.

partners has sent us.

planning and painting went very well.

We

When we got the mural, theWe did

painted our have of the mural in

it in large blocks of time (1.5-2 hour blocks ofthis time too.

time) and it went well.

We celebrated in class with theThis has been exciting for our class. We weremural and in our school.

Wefortunate to have been referred (by Atsuko

created a video of the project.

Shiwaku) to a UNESCO consultant, Roland

We also enjoyed a visit in ourJahnke, who took interest in the project.

class from a UNESCO consultant

showed him our video and he met with andwho wants to expand or duplicate

visited our class and school for a day.

the project in other countries.

wonderful sharing experience for the students.

Our final skype call with ourpartner class is scheduled forthMarch 20 to say farewell to ourfriends.

ArtWeIt was aArt/
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

Aim

ResultUnderstanding our owncultures

A

4

Understanding theother’s cultures

B

5

A5

C

4

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills

How your students have reached it
Students discussed it in class and researched it on the internet.

Students communicated with partners on the forum and in skype calls.

Wealso researched it on the internet.
Students wrote cards and notes several times and spoke face-to-face inskype calls.
Students did some work preparing video and using the internet for research
as well as creating powerpoint slideshows for their theme presentations.
Students were partnered up with other students in the Japanese class.
They loved developing a friendship with them throughout the year by

Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

A

5

sharing cards, gifts and asking each other questions.

They learned about

their new friends families, hobbies and favourite things.

They alsocollaborated with their class partners in our class to create their section ofthe mural.

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning
Expression ability
in words, in pictures

Students collaborated in class with teams to create sections of the mural andA

5

we collaborated on the forum with our partner class to design the theme,
message and mural itself.

A4

B

4

Students had a very positive attitude when working on this project. Our
skype calls helped engage the students in the learning.
Students used cards, drawings and powerpoints with photos to exchange
ideas physically and on the forum.
Creating the video and our visit with interviews from Mr. Jahnke were very
effective in allowing the students to reflect and appreciate.

Students also

made reflections with a comic book computer program called “Pixton.”
Here is a screenshot of one student’s reflection:

Appreciation ability
Appreciate the mural and thewhole collaborative learning

B5