2017 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Pakistan ]School [ Modernage Public School & College, Abbottabad ] Teacher [ Muneeba Mir ] Grade (11/12 ) Member (8)JP school [ Okayama Ichinomiya High School ] Teacher [Ms. Mesaki Hiroko]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Social Studies
Fair TradeArts
Computer

Hours

Exploration of History and Landscapes of Pakistan and Japan

3

Discussion about Fair Trade Products

4

Deciding the design, and painting the mural

6

Exploring the history and landscapes of Pakistan and Japan on the internet

2# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeFair Trade and Import and Export

MessageFair Trade is important and should be an integral part of consumers choice around theworld.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained Knowledge about Fair Trade Knowledge about Pakistani Import and Export
 Knowledge about historical and figurative
importance of Pakistani landmarks

Points for further improvement
More communication with partner# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Students felt that Japanese students are very We learnt about Fair Trade and how there is afriendly and that Japanese classrooms are beautiful UNESCO Club

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research onthe theme

UNITE
United message/

AugOct,
Nov

Jan

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

What you did
Students
sent
introductions

Your students attitude/reflection
Subject
their They were very excited to be introduced
Englishto Japanese students

We searched Google for Fair
Trade and import and export
products of Pakistan andJapanWe decided the pattern ofthe mural and how we willjoin through the heart
We painted the mural

Fair Trade was a new idea for ourstudents. Some of them decided to start
using Fair Trade Products in their homes
as wellStudents were eager to start drawing themural. They were making smallersketches of the things they wanted topaint o the mural
They greatly enjoyed the whole process

SocialStudies

Arts &Social
Studies

FebFebArts
We held a small ceremony inour school in which weshowed the mural to about
200 students. Press & Media
were present there as wellStudents were nervous about presenting
in front of an audience but were very
happy that they got a chance to speak
publicallyEnglish# Effect and evaluation gained through the collaborative learning
Evaluation: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected effectEvaluation

Understanding yourown cultures

4

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

3

Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, critical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

4

We got to know about Software Tower and IT Development in ourcountry
We understood the culture through Skype Meetings
We used the internet to look up the theme and did research on it

4Students had a video conference with the students of the partner school
and also got a chance to speak on the stage

5

Students were very intrigued by the Fair Trade and discussed how it canmake a difference in the life of a common consumer

5

Students were constantly discovering new things and were making
friends

3

Communication was not very regular due to some changes in faculty on
our part and also because of exams going on in Japan

5Students presented and spoke in the stage and wrote about what they
feel and learn

5We felt the students had developed this ability when they were reflecting
upon the entire process

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects