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International Intercultural Mural Exchange 2014

5,220 students of 106 schools have participated from 28 Counties/Regions in IIME 2014 (September 2014 to March 2015).

<28 countries/regions>

Australia, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Indonesia, Iran, Japan,
Kenya, Kyrgyｚstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan,
Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania,
Thailand, UAE, Uganda, USA, Zimbabwe

ESD UNESCO WORLD CONFERENCE 2014, Nov.

UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was held in Okayama and Nagoya.

Multi-points Skype Meeting at the UNESCO ASPnet World Conference in Okayama (Nov. 8)

JAM held a Skype Meeting connecting the world in Okayama on November 8 at UNESCO ASPnet World Conference, at the request of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

JAM connected four IIME schools at one time, two from Japan and two from overseas. The Japanese schools belong to UNESCO ASPnet and those from overseas are their partners.

[School]
-Aichi Elementary School (Japan)
-Sapporo Odori High School (Japan)
-A. H. Lacson Elementary School (Philippines)
-Plearnpasa Language School (Thailand)

[Theme]
The students presented outcomes of their collaborative learnings on the following themes.
-Aichi / A.H. Lacson: "What is important in our life?"
-Sapporo Odori: "Understanding Stereotypes"
-Plearnpasa: "Child Equality"
Sapporo Odori and Plearnpasa started with each own theme, then shared
their thoughts relating the two themes and finally summarized their
learnings.

The students talked about what they have learned and how their impression towards their partner country has changed through the project..

You can watch the presentation on USTREAM.
http://ustre.am/_3JaPn:2p2p (the farmer half)
http://ustre.am/_3JcWA:2p2q (the latter half)

IIME Seminar at a side event of ESD UNESCO WORLD CONFERENCE in Nagoya (Nov. 10)

JAM held an International Intercultural Mural Exchange Seminar at Nagoya Congress Center on November 10th. We were privileged to have Mr. Kan SUZUKI as one of the panelists, Adviser of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,

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1. INTRODUCTION of IIME
      Atsuko SHIWAKU, Representative of Japan Art Mile

2. REPORT from an IIME participating school
      Ozaki KUMIKO, Hikawa Elementary School

3. PANEL DISCUSSION
"Foster generations who will create the sustainable future through IIME"
　
[Panelists]
-Kan SUZUKI, Adviser of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
       and Technology, former vice minister of the Ministry,
       Professor of Tokyo University and Keio University
-Kinichi FUKUMOTO, Vice president of Hyogo University of Teacher

Education
-Masayuki YOSHIDA, Principal of Minami Tsurumaki Elementary School
-Atsuko SHIWAKU, Representative of Japan Art Mile

[Coordinator]
-Tadashi INAGAKI, Associate professor of Tohoku Gakuin University　　
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Mr. Kan SUZUKI, Special Advisor to Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, admired the IIME project and JAM's school support system.
"ONE good practice includes ALL more than 1000 academic papers!"
"ONE mural tells ALL more than 1000 stories!"
"ALL that you have to do is eat this delicious dish (IIME)!"

MURAL EXHIBITION at ESD UNESCO WORLD CONFERENCE in Nagoya (Nov. 10-12)

JAM was permitted to display murals along a hallway by UNESCO and Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. This hallway is access to the conference rooms, where attendants of Ministerial level, UNESCO national committee and so on pass everyday. Many attendants stopped to look at the murals, outcomes of international collaborative learning, and got interested in IIME project.