REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2021
Country/Region [ Saudi Arabia ]School[ Al Hassan International School ] Teacher [ Saira Muhammad ] Grade ( 11 ) Member ( 11 )JP School [ Ena High School ] Teacher [ Kayoko Natsume ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Creativity, activity and Service: Lesson allocated as a requirement of IBDP inwhich students engage themselves in ideas, activities and service to completeCAS
allocated number of hours to earn high school diploma

Hours45min/week# Theme and Message of the mural
The theme: Goal 3 and Goal 4
1. The situation of pandemic in the country: how it has affected jobs of parents
which led to students leaving the school or going back to their countries(expats/ international students)
Theme
2. The situation of the school ( what have changed because of the COVID-19)
3. How the feelings / emotions have changed over the last year, what can be done
to deal with stress?
Message
United thoughts toshare with the world

By learning happily together with others, we can understand and respect each other, andwe can create a better world.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Layla said: "There is no healthy body without a healthymind".
Khadija thinks, "The most powerful weapon you can
use to impact the world is education, and everyone
deserves a chance at it."
Nadia thinks, “The strongest people are those who win
battles we know nothing about”
Salsabeel said: Coronavirus pandemic affected all over
the world and has made a big difference in our life
style. Our education process is worsening andstudents all over the world follow the different learning
process. There should be one bridge and one way ofcommunication to achieve more growth anddevelopment in learning to lead to one bright future.

Points for further improvement
Students need to find practical ways to implement
the message in their community.
Mental health is a stigma in this country, we need toeducate our community to accept and embracepeople suffering from mental health issues moreopenly.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Students have changed for better. They had a very I have always had a positive experience withstereo-typical image of Japanese students. Now they Japanese counterpart. Kayoko is one of the best
think with an open mind and appreciate and admire people I have met. I really appreciate her humble andthe way they think and execute their thoughts in such down to earth personality and admire her expertise
great detail.
as an English Teacher.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth
MEET
Selfintroduction

Jul.
Aug.

What you did
Your students’ attitude/reflection
Introduction of students Students were very excited to start theand some rituals and project and introduce themselves,
national events of each however, the students were still online.
country
We worked on the following
questions: Each student did
some research to collectinformation and shared inthePowerPoint
presentation:

SHARE
Research on
the theme

Sep.

Advantages
anddisadvantages of face-toface learning vs online
learning: How do you feelfor both ways of learning
1. What kind of place isschool for you?

SubjectCAS

Students expressed their points of viewsin the presentation along with facts andfigures to inform the reader about thecurrent situation of COVID -19
Pandemic and how students are trying tolearn and maintain their mental health at
the same time.
CASContentSHARE
Research on
the theme

UNITE
Message ofunited thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

MonthSep.

Sep.
Oct.

Nov.

Feb.

What you did
2. (ex) School is the place
where we can learn newthings.)
3. When do you feel happy
at school?
4. Will you be able tointeract with yourclassmates
comfortably?
5. The situation of
education in othercountries (compare ourown country)
6. Ideal ways of learningand environment in thefuture
educationsystem.
7. What do you think aboutgroup learning?
8. Do you want to haveelectronic devices inyour classroom while
your teacher isteaching?
9. What do you think about
hybrid education
system?
Video Conference to share
our thoughts on theme andcollaborate
withourpartners to unite thetheme.
Students
startedtodevelop and design mural
objects which they want toincorporate in the painting.
They wanted to reflect themessage through symbols
of education and mental
health.
Students took pictures withthe mural to appreciate it.
The school was not allowed
to hold gathering or
assemblies that’s why
students could not show it
to the school in person.

Your students’ attitude/reflection

SubjectCAS

Students felt extremely happy to meettheir partners.
CAS

Students improved their creative skills
and abstract thinking.
CAS

Students could not believe they could dosuch an artistic job with the mural. They
were proud of what they have achieved
and felt stronger to express theiropinions about the message they createdwith their partners.

CAS# 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 effectCross-cultural
understanding

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Active learningand action

Collaborating withdifferent people

Expressing in words,in shape

Evaluation

Scenes and reasons that teachers felt the effects

5Students experienced cross cultural communication beyond thestereotypes and found new ways to connect with a new culture.
The way Kayoko shared the national and cultural events madestudents ponder upon the traditions of a new country and they
tried to draw parallels with them.

3

Students got less chance to critically evaluate their findings
because of pandemic. The communication between the class was
not strong as some were taking classes from home while theothers were present in the school.

4Researching on the theme allowed students to look for information
other than their own interests, which opened their horizon and letthem think differently.

45

It was a great experience especially during the video conference,the students were able to communicate on similar interests andwere able to share their common knowledge. They also learned
how to modify their communication style to comply with thedemands of Japanese students. They also explored a new language
for the sake of impressing others and to make others feel happy.
It was a big accomplishment for students as for the first time they
think of words in terms of shapes and how words can be presented
in an artistic way. The way they expressed mental health andcoping strategies was worth appreciating.