REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2021
Country/Region [ Canada ]School[ Wyevale Central Public School ] Teacher [ Jim Carleton ] Grade ( 5 ) Member ( 25 )JP School [ Sako ES ]Teacher [ Kimie Okabayashi ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
ScienceArt
Language
MathHours

Environmental Protection, Covid-19

10balance, color, symbolism

20reports, letter writing, media creation

10

Statistics

10# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Building A Sustainable Future Together

MessageIn order to make the earth a place with abundant nature andresources where we can continue to live in the future, we would
like to take these issues as our own and work to make theenvironment a better place.

United thoughts to share with the world

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained• Appreciation for other cultures• Developed perseverance• Power of collaboration• Ability to interpret statistics• Media creation• Symbolism in art••

Points for further improvement
Some way to overcome the time difference
for a live connection or twoTime management# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers• Realization that things are different in other• This was Colleen’s second global
parts of the world
collaborative project and she was so
impressed by how much her students were• That we are a small part of a global
intrinsically motivatedcommunity• Very impressed by level of cooperation andcare for others that we saw in Japan• That global problems require global
cooperation and collaboration# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

Sept

What you did
video introductions

Research onthe themeOctinquiry questions in forums
google slide shows

UNITE

Nov.
Dec

Exchange
ideas
images/sketches

Dec/Apr.

Japanese students paint in
DecandCanadainMarch/April
Canadian school closed in
January due to Covid;
numerous delays afterwards
due to high Covid related
absenteeism

Apr.

School wide assembly andshort display

SHARE

Message ofunited thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

andYour students’ attitude/reflection• always thrilled to hear frompartner• Enjoyed creating videos withpurpose• enjoyedthecollaborative
nature of the research• found it powerful to get firsthand informationfascinated by statistics• excited• curious to see how it would turnout••

loved watching the process
we were in awe with the qualityof the work in Japan (knew wewould have to rise to meet thechallenge)

Very proud of their acheivement

Subject
LanguageMedia

sciencelanguagemath

artsciencelanguageart

LanguageMedia

# 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)

Evaluation

55

Scenes and reasons that teachers felt the effects
online researchcreating slideshows and videos

Problem solving when working with media and art design
Statistical analysis

Enjoyed working on real world issue and creating something meaningful
Active learningand action

Collaborating withdifferent people

5•
•5
•
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Expressing in words,
in shape5•••

allowed students to take leadership role in project
developed perspective that they could not have attained
through more traditional means
encouraged our students to achieve their best
variety of methods to express themselves made it engaging forthe students
enjoyed the media making process
recognizing the power of data
developing an appreciation for symbolism in art.