REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ Italy ]School[ Istituto Superiore Gandhi ] Teacher [ Mario Siragusa / Giuseppe Fortunati ] Grade (10) Members (24)
JP school [ Shiga Junior High School ] Teacher [ Tomoko Hamada / Hanayo Sasaki ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Language(English),
Explore thoughts and ideas about the future that (both the Japanese andHistory,Social Studies, Italian) students have. Exchange ideas and sketches through the forum
Geography,ICT, Art,Hours60# Theme and Message of the muralTheme

Let’s protect our tradition

Message

We can do many think together
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United thoughts toshare with theworld.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Students understood that the future of our planet Continue studies on the matter Find more ways todepends on all the people regardless nationality.
improve ecological situation# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Our students have learnt how to appreciate the Continue studies on the matter Find more ways toworld around and the traditions. Students have improve tradictions.
improved their critical thinking on the matter

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research on
the theme

UNITE
Message ofApril
MayMaySepOct.

united thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

Nov.Feb.

Feb.

What you did
Introduced ArtMile, set a
common theme, created aschedule
Deepen our knowledge on
the topic, exchange ourexperience and discoveriesYour students attitude/reflectionThe students understood what the aimsof the project, are, our activity and theimportance of it.
The students found the most crucial
problems of the tradiction and sharecommon awarenessExchanged thoughts andideas with our Japanese
partners on the forum
United ideas and thoughts ofall the students werereflected in painting themural
The whole collaboration
learning was reflected, thecollaboration
wasappreciated

The students combined their thoughts
and ideas to create a mural sketch
The students created a common sketchwith the Japanese friends and realized
the ideas in the mural
The students are now aware of theproblem of the tradiction and havediscovered the ideas of improvement
together with the Japanese students

Subject
English,SocialStudiesGeography

EnglishArt
EnglishEnglish,SocialStudies

Art
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 effectEvaluaUnderstanding yourown cultures

5

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5

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)

Students enriched their knowledge on their native culture and traditions
We had a chance to deepen the understanding of our partner’s culture
and to know more about Japanese school life

5

Students used information gathering, reading, oral language (discussions)and information assessing skills
We managed to communicate with our partners using our skills ofcommunication, improving English

5

Our students managed to develop critical thinking thanks to the deep
research on the topic which was chosen to be developed

5

Active cooperation in class and active collaboration with our partners
weekly improved our skills of active learning

5

The collaboration was very active and fruitful, staying in touch with ourpartners with the help of the forum and exchanging information

5

The collaboration on the tradition issues helped us to create the sketch
and the mural, combining the ideas in images

5

We appreciated greatly the project, our partners’ work and ourpartnership

5

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

tion

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