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Reciprocating Art
Shrewsbury Public Schools

Project Description

In this art project the teacher worked with a school in Japan so that American and Japanese students could collaborate to create unique artwork. A translator helped the teacher use email and language translation software to communicate with the Japanese principal and determine the exchange process. Thirty-nine Japanese students and thirty-nine American students each created a background for a painting. They then exchanged artwork through the mail and finished each other's paintings. The American students used technology to communicate with the Japanese students, creating a video to send messages in English and Japanese. The teachers communicated through email. The completed artwork was sent back to the original schools.

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