REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ Uganda ]School[ Kasangula Talent School ] Teacher [ Ssembiro Mike ]JP school [ Hie Elementary School ] Teacher [ Ryoko Takahashi ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Art
Drawing from imagination.
social studies
Research on SDG o6 Water and Sanitation# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage
United thoughts toshare with the world

Water and sanitation
Thanks for the water, so we can. ...............

Grade ( 10-14 ) Members ( 20 )Hours50

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
It has been an exciting project for the students at
Kasangula Talent school and the community at large
because they realized the value of water and learned
how to save water.
Our students learned how to paint using oil paints/

Points for further improvement
Video conferencing is still a challenge .We could not
speak face to face. This is due to inadequate internet
connection and time difference.
However we shared videos which enhanced ourexchange.

They also learned how to express themselves throughwriting introduction cards
Students gained confidence during project while working
together on the mural,
They also appreciated the different cultures.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Before the project students were extravagant with Teachers are concerned about the use of water.
water and so there was a lot of waste. Currently They supervise to control waste
have realized the value of water and now carefully
use it.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

What you didIntroduce the school,
the class memberJunYour students attitude/reflection
Students made self introductions withHandwritten cards Photos and Videos.
They greeted each other in their local
language, this was exciting.

SubjectArt

Shared online photos about of theirschools

SHARE
Research onthe theme

UNITE
Message ofunited thoughts

JulySep

Sep

Students Discussed
SDGs 6 Water andsanitation. Shared theresearch with thepartners about theme.
Students
madea
message to convey tothe world “Thanks tothe water, so we can………

Students observed how the Japanesestudents save water and reuse it forwatering plants. Realized water can besaved for another use

Students were excited about the theme
because they freely expressed thevarious ways to use waterSocialstudies

Socialstudies

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

Oct

Dec

We thought of thedesign based on themessage

Students drew the mural about “Thanks
to the water, so we can ………

School celebrated thecompleted mural

The chief guest, community and schoolat large celebrated the completed mural.
Matched around the sharing theirmessage to the community

ArtShare# 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

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects
Appreciated the beauty of their own culture. Shared photos

Understanding yourown cultures

5

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5

They learned some basic greetings in Japanese language. School
environment

5

They researched about water in Uganda and school Mityana exchanged
and shared findings about their research

4

The communication was good. However some challenges in opening theexchanging videos.

5

Their passion toward water was high. Finding revealed the need to save
water

5

Their exchange on forum and school based discussion revealed apositive thinking towards the goal.

5

A friendly atmosphere, exchange of gifts and ideas improved teamwork,
critical thinking among the students.

5

Students were able to freely express themselves about the need to savewater. These were reflected artistically on the canvas painting

5This was excellent. The entire community and the JICA chief
representative attended appreciated efforts of the students when theartist students presented their artwork on the day of the official launchat Kasangula Talent School

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)

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)