2018 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Indonesia]
School[ SMP Islam Al Azhar 9 ] Teacher [ Dian Novrini ] Grade (7.8.9 ) Member ( 30 )JP school [ Ashiya International Secondary School ] Teacher [ Miyuki Shinkai and Tadao Nishizaki ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Hours

Social Studies

Flora Fauna

4

EnglishDaily Activities

2

Traditional Culture

4

Art# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Traditional Culture, Flora and Fauna

Message

Mutual understanding between two countries and knowing how we have similarities andifferences.

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained- Study more about the culture- Learn a lot about flora and fauna, especiallyabout Komodo-Points for further improvement
Teamwork
Socializing the theme# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
They more appreciate other cultures and How to manage the time well. And forming the great
environment.
teamwork.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research onthe themeUNITEUnited message/

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

JulyAug

SeptOctNovJanFeb

What you did
Introduction- Warmly greetings- Exchanging
introduction cards
through forum
Determining theme throughforum and VC

Your students attitude/reflection
They were happy and couldn’t wait tobegin the work.

We found some similarities
betweenmystudents’interests and Japanese
which is “Cultural andFauna”
I involved 30 students to join
the projects and asked themto draw some sketches
aboutIndonesian
Celebration and Fauna.
We made some photos andpublished in school web andjournal

The students learned what festivals anddances usually being held in Indonesia
and the extinction fauna in our country.

They were interested to meet their newfriends to work with in the same project.

They started to draw and selected thebest 5 to be put on the canvas. They
learned mural art in the classroom.
They made some testimonies after
completing the mural project

Subject
Social,EnglishSocial,EnglishSocial,Art,
EnglishArt,
Social
Art &Cultureand
English# 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

4

Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

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

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

We learned more deeply about our own culture.
The students also learned about Japanese culture and characteristics.

4

Some students are still difficult to express their ideas with theirpartners.

5

We used forum actively and communicate well with partners and among
us. Also, we used email to communicate each other.

55The students have found new friends in the project.
Through video meeting and forum, we created a great collaborative work.

5

The students have behaved well in this project. They know what to do
therefore they can finish the completion of mural painting before thedeadline.
They can learn how to paint and mix colors also make shading in thedrawing. They can match one picture with others.

5The great appreciation from Principal, teachers and other students makethem more confident and proud.

4Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects