REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ Canada ]School[ Bridgewood Public School ] Teacher [ Jim Lamoureux ] Grade ( 4,5 ) Members ( 31 )JP school [ Kamiuchi Elementary School ] Teacher [ Miyuki Shimomura ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Identify sustainable goals to preserve our environment and look at what our society
Social Studies
can do to help accomplish these goals.
Study a variety of habitats throughout our country and the world, and work to preserve
Scienceand improve those habitats.
Collaborate on the design and painting of mural with Canadian and Japanese natural
Visual Art
and cultural elements.

Hours14915# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Working together to preserve nature.

Message

By working together and caring for our environment, we can help to preserve our precious planet.

United thoughts toshare with theworld# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gainedStudents learned a lot about their own country including it’s
habitats and nature. They also learned about the hometown
and country of our partner class. Finally, students learned
about our fragile environment and ways that they can help
create a sustainable future by preserving our environment.

Points for further improvement
I think this project works well as it is. I continue to be
impressed by all aspects of this project. I appreciate thestructure of the schedule and support from the JAM office.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
My students learned a lot about the differences and I feel that Miyuki and I communicated well on the forum.
similarities of our two countries. Through the pictures We sometimes had more than a week go by without any
and videos on the forum, my students saw how our communication, but I found that the quality of thepartner class was involved in studying the local river communication was good. I always appreciate theecosystem and how they learned to plant and harvest rice. pleasant reminders from the Japan Artmile office.
They also shared what they learned about our own
ecosystems in our city and country overall.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research on thethemeUNITEMessage ofSept.
Oct.

Oct.
Nov.

Nov.

united thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

Dec.Feb.

Feb.

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
We made introduction cards, Students enjoyed making the cards andintroduction videos and shared seeing the introductions from Kamiuchi
on the forum.
students.

Subject

We researched Canadian Students learned about the nature andnature, habitats, culture and the environment of our Japanese partners as wellenvironment.
as their culture. They were able to compare
it to their own lives.
We focused our research on our Students loved finding out about the naturalenvironment and how we can learning of their Japanese partners, especiallyhelptoprotect
our their research in a local river, and how theyenvironment. We decided on a planted and harvested rice in theirdesign of the mural.
community.
We finished the design of our Students enjoyed the painting of the mural.
side of the mural and painted They learned a lot about adjusting the scale
our part when we received it.
of their drawings to match the rest of themural.
We shared our mural in our Students were engaged in the activity andschool and wrote reflections reflected on the learning throughout theabout the whole project.
project.

English,SocialStudies,
ScienceEnglish,SocialStudies

SocialStudies,
ArtArtEnglish# 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

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4Students were somewhat successful in studying and reflecting on Canadianculture.
We shared videos and pictures on the forum. Students had a goodunderstanding of the other school and their activities/culture.
Students did some independent research into the habitats of our country andthings we could do to protect our environment.
Students created introduction videos and were able to share and appreciate ourpartners fairly well.

4Students had a limited grasp of the bigger sustainable development goals. They
were able to think critically to a certain extent.

5Students did well throughout the project. They were able to respond well tochallenges that were faced, especially in the painting phase.

4I found that the collaboration was very good with our partner class and in ourown class. My students worked in pairs or small groups on each section of themural or topic.
Some of my students were very successful in their expression. Some had
difficulty sharing their ideas.

4Students developed some skills in their own reflections. They were able toexpress what the project means to them.

5Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects