REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ Pakistan ]School[ Modernage Public School & Girl’s College, Abbottabad ] Teacher [Mehreen Ansar ]Grade (9-2nd year) Members (17 )JP school [ Kasukabe Girl’s Senior High School ] Teacher [ Yui Simbo ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lessonIT
Art and craft
CultureHours

Skype meeting , typing, online forum, power point presentations

50

Painting a poster and mural, collage making, cards designing

30

Cultural symbols and things

15# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage
United thoughts toshare with the world

Be Nice, Save the Ice
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.
What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference youwant to make. Take great care of this world as our existence depends on it. The Earth isour home and it’s time for us to appreciate, love, and respect it. When it comes toclimate change, we must be the change we wish to see in the world. One of the first
conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
This activity or project helped the students toAll the students should use WhatsApp application on
develop communication skills, work collaboratively,
their mobiles so that their partner can continue theirbuild friendship, do research on the topic, and develop friendship after the project is over.
information technology skills and learnt art ofappreciation and reflection.
# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachersStudents became much closer to their partners As a teacher I gained a lot of experience. Each andbecause of their purity in thoughts. Student felt the every thing made me excited and motivated to learnbond of friendship between the 2 countries. They
also expressed friendship in card making activity. and apply. My partner teacher is digitally competentStudents learnt team work and ways of and has a welcoming nature. He welcomed mycommunication.
suggestions. I improved IT Skills as well.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

AugustSep. +SHARE
Research on
the theme

UNITE
Message ofunited thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

1st
half ofOct.

Lasthalf ofOct. +Nov.

Japan
ese:
19th22ndNov.
Pakistan:
16thDec.
to 20Jan.

January

What you did
Students uploaded theirintroductions in form ofpower point presentations.
We also had an exuberant
skype meeting.

Your students attitude/reflection
My students were extremely happy andexcited to write their introductions. They
were happy to know introductions ofJapanese students via Skype meeting.

My students were divided
into groups and were given
topics to do research. They
did research on 2 SDGs
goals: ‘Life under water’and ‘Climate Change’.

After their findings they decided to painta poster on the importance of earth,dams and life. Students felt theimportance of water and ways of saving
water and cleaning the environment.

Students through mutual
understanding decided amessage. We held meetings
regarding the messages.
Students shared their own
point of views.
The pencil sketch of themural was also finalized on
18th November.

Students started thinking critically andlogically. They generated discussions intheir classes as well. In fact they started
putting their input in cleaning theenvironment.
Students displayed the poster which
they painted in the school and told otherstudents the reasons for saving water.

First painting was done by
the Japanese students thenwe did painting. They
finished their side before theschedule as they have to go
to Okinawa for school trip.
They sent us the mural on
2nd December. We got it 13th
December. We had mural
opening ceremony on 14th
December. After receiving
the mural, we started
painting our side.

We started painting our part. It was thebest period for the students as they
practically learnt the way of mixing
colors, sketching etc. They also learnt
team work and giving respect to theviews of other members. They also leantdecision taking.
They made greeting cards for theirJapanese friends.

Mural unveiling ceremony
was arranged. Presentation
was shared with theaudience related to thewhole journey of JAM.
Pictures of the mural
unveiling ceremony wereposted on the forum + on
school page. We sent backthe mural on 22nd January.

Students expressed their feelings thatthey learnt a lot. They learnt art ofmaking presentation, enhancing speaking
skills and express their feelings throughpaint.

Subject

EnglishEnglish,IT, PrintandElectronic media

Art&English

ArtIT&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 effect
Understanding yourown cultures
Understanding yourpartner's cultures
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)

Evaluation

5

Students started giving importance to their own cultural goods. They
started to learn more about their customs and tradition.

5

Students started knowing more about Japanese traditions etc. They
started leaning basic Japanese language as there was one member in ourschool who knew Japanese.
Students became digitally competent to some extent. They were
performing very well in making power point presentations in theiracademic and co curricular activities.
I found that JAM participants were communicating more effectively with
their classmates and with teachers.

4The proof is their poster which they painted on the importance of saving
water, cleaning environment and building dams.

44

4

Students have shown zeal and zest in learning new things. They madecollages and painted a poster. They gave presentations to their school
mates about the importance of life under water and climate change.
They have well-presented that they are well mannered and well polishedstudents. Their collaboration was highly satisfactory.

4

Students presented their level best in this regard.
They expressed their thoughts through collages and a poster.

5

Mural unveiling ceremony was arranged. Mural was appreciated on highscale. Students presented a wonderful presentation in which they shared
the whole journey of Japan Art Mile. Students learnt the art ofpresenting their views.

5

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects