REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ USA ]School[ Marlboro High School ] Teacher [ Barbara Casella ] Grade ( 9-12 ) Members ( 10 )JP school [ Tokyo Joshi Gakuen ] Teacher [ Hiroko Yoshida ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
SubjectConception of the lesson
Art

Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Hours
100

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

To reduce inequalities around the world
Students chose many icons such as the statue of Liberty reaching out to the world andaccepting everyone. The people behind the statue are the diversity of people the statue isprotecting. The leaves represent all the immigrants and people that are the diverse
population of Americans. The leaves represent how we are all interconnected andresponsible for one another as a world.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Our students have learned that they are part of the We have no complaints. We enjoyed the experiencebigger picture in the world. They realize that they can very much and we hope to participate in the future.
make a difference by demonstrating equality in how
they treat others. They are pro-active in making sureto understand the gov’t and people in how they aretreated. Collaborating with Tokyo school made themunderstand how similar we are as a people and thattogether we can all make a difference.
# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
We come from a diverse community in Marlboro with We enjoyed the process. Learning about a new
many first generation immigrants from all over the culture and co-teaching with one another across theworld. I feel that many students enjoyed the globe. We recognize that it would have been easier tocommunicating and working as a team with a global video chat live but we both communicated throughschool and not just within their own school wall. Our the forum. We will want to do the mural project in thestudents are more aware of global issues.
future again.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHAREMayJun.

Research onthe theme

Sep.

UNITEOct.
Nov.

Message ofunited thoughts

CREATE
Mural paintingAPPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

Nov.Feb.

Feb.

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
We introduced ourselves. Our students enjoyed this part because
Talked about who we are.
they were able to talk about themselvesto the other students.
The students did their Our student were excited to present theresearch over the summer information they had researched.
andpresented
theirresearch.
We worked with our ideas, This was the fun part. Students enjoyed
Shared our ideas with sharing these ideas and drawings.
pictures and sketches of themural.
The Tokyo school started The students were waiting for the muralthe painting and sketching to finish from Japan. When they received
their side after we approved it, we had to connect both sides of thethe sketches together. We mural. Japan had a pixel design and we
received the mural and had to figure how we could connect ourfinished our side of the design to their side since we weremural.
We had some keeping ours more realistic. We
challenges because Japan connected some pixels to our side.
did a pixel design that wehad to try to connect ourside of the mural to theirdesign.
We had the local News Our students were so excited aboutstation, local radio station sharing the final mural design here in theand the local newspaper USA.
write a story about themural.

SubjectARTARTARTARTART# 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

Evalu
ation

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

We found this effective in our collaboration. Marlboro is a school of first
Understanding yourown cultures

5generation Americans which made recognizing cultures diversity as veryAmerican.
We found that they shared a lot of information with us. We enjoyed

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5watching the cultural exchange of art and ideas. Although far away, ourinteractions felt very personal as speaking with friends.
We had no problem with the information shared and enjoyed theInformation literacy(research, share)

5interaction on the forum. The details in correspondence was appreciatedin English. In fact, some of our students are interested in learningJapanese.

Would have been better to skype but the time difference was not easy
Communication ability(interactive exchange)

5with student schedules. However, We communicated really well minus
the live visual of a skype. 3-4 times a week in communication helped.
Posts were constant to keep everyone updated.
Student research helped and the interaction with both schools students
helped to personalize the thought process. Ideas were shared andCritical thinking(objective, logical views)

narrowed down by constant interaction and visual posts to keep the5student collaboration current. This particular topic about inequalities was
a topic that helped students to really grasp the concept of why they arecollaborating and creating a mural together.
All students contributed and were actively engaged in active learning andunderstood the importance of working as a team. The leaders in thegroup came to the forefront and team members were positioned where
they were strongest. Some students loved the research and writing of

Active learning and action

5

the topic. Others liked the sketching part and designing. Others enjoyed
the narrowing of the topics to include. It was amazing to see students
operate as a team would in a corporate setting at work. Students
understood the concept and importance of meeting deadlines on aninternational scale.
Collaboration was at best through the forum and the students worked
well with one another. Students collaborated with their team of students.
Ideas flowed and leaders were made. Students were confident andCollaboration(in the class, with partners)

5

enjoyed how collaborating across the world with their partner school
made them feel like together they can create a message to the world forall to see. Students even shared this message in class with otherstudents and within the community by reaching out and being on theradio, local TV and the local newspaper.
Students worked on the visuals and liked the “expressive part”. This isExpression ability(in words, in pictures)

how their message to the world became personal yet collaborated
5cohesively with their partner school so all personalities and cultures
could shine with their message.
All the students and administration were grateful for this opportunity to
be part of this mural project. Everyone would get excited to hear fromtheir partner school. Students would come to class and ask daily. Whenthe mural arrived, we were all so grateful to be part of this international

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

5project. Administration was proud of the students work and wereimpressed by how both schools worked together. When students worked,
technology and phones became secondary and creativity took over. It
was an amazing thing to see the excitement for learning and the minds
work.