Artmile International Collaborative Learning (AICL)
1. Cross-cultural understanding: Understand and respect different values by meeting diverse cultures.
Deepen understanding of their own culture by explaining it to their partner abroad.
2. Critical thinking: Develop objective and critical thinking by viewing from outside.
3. Active learning: Increase motivation for telling more about themselves and learning more about their partners.
Learn actively and act responsibly.
4. Collaborating with different people: Learn collaboratively on global issues with the partners.
Create a new thing in cooperation with them.
5. Expressing in words, in shape: Enhance the ability of expressing their thoughts in words and in pictures.

Abilities
acquiredby AICL

Month

Flow of learning

AprIntroduce Artmile
INTRODUCSet a theme
TION
Arrange a scheduleMay

Prepare for selfPREPARAintroduction
TION

Activities for learning(Teachers)
Explain about Artmile.
Choose a goal/goals to learn from 17 SDGs.
Decide a learning theme with the partner.
Arrange a common schedule with them.

(Students)
Make self-introduction cards/videos.
Research the theme in each region with aLearn about the theme
conscious as a creator of the future.

Aims for learning

Subjects

Understand what Artmile is.
Understand what SDGs are.
Increase interest in the theme.

Language, Social
studies, History,Geography, ICT

Recognize good points of their
Language, Social
culture.
studies, History,
Learn actively in assosiation with Geography, ICT
the future.

Start collaborative learning with your partner (one-to-one communication on the online forum)

JunMEET

Deepen what they have learned on the theme by Adopt a global perspective.
Research on the theme
connecting local with global and the present with Adopt a future-oriented(Connect to the future)
the future.
perspective.

JulAugSelf-introduction(Start theme learning)

Introduce the students, school and region.
Present what they have researched on the theme. Understand and respect diverse
Discover differences and similariies between the cultures.
two.
Learn on the theme from various
Look into the theme with a new perspective and viewpoints.
share it again.

SHARE

Language, Social
Clarify the point of discussion -what problems areFind problems on the theme and studies, History,
Research on the theme to create a peaceful and sustainable world- based
Geography, ICT
share common awareness ofon the theme.
(Find issues)(If you have no school for a long holiday, you might make them.
it their homework.)

Sep

Discuss what to do to solve the problems.
Research on the theme
Deepen the discussions from an objective andThink critically, discuss deeply.
(Discuss the issues)critical perspective to figure out better solutions.

Oct

Expressing the unitedthoughts(Make a message)

UNITE

Nov
Dec

Painting a half mural(by Japanese school)

CREATE
JanFeb

Combine the both thoughts into

Unite the both thoughts from the disucussion and one.
make a message to convey to the world together. Express what they want toconvey into words.
Design a mural with the message and decide how
to divide into two parts and which part to draw.
Express what they want toJapanese school paints one half of a picture and convey into a picture.
sends the canvas and paints to the school abroad.

Painting the other half Draw the other half and complete the mural.
(by school abroad)
Display it and appreciate the work, and send themural back to Japan.

Reflection &Appreciation

Mar APPRECIATE (Reflect the wholelearning and evaluate)

Feel the achievements from the work.
Reflect the whole collaborative learning andintrospect how each student has growncomparing before and after this learning.
Each one evaluates himself/herself.

Create the only one
collaboratively with the friends
with different cultures.

Reflect the whole work andappreciate the leaning outcome.
Evalutate oneself and accept it.

Art, Language,
Social studies,
History,
Geography, ICT

Language, Socialstudies, History,
ICT