REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2022
Country/Region [ Pakistan ]School [ Modernage Public School & Girls College, Abbottabad ] Teacher [ Mehreen Ansar /Ammara Ahmed ]Grade ( 9-12 ) Member ( 23 )JP School [ Miyagino High School ]Teacher [ Sachie Suzuki ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
IT
Arts and craftCulture

Hours

Zoom meetings, typing, forum participation, PowerPoint presentations

50

Posters and mural painting, cards making

30Videos regarding cultural symbols, traditional practices and language

15# Theme and Message of the muralThemeMessage
United thoughts toshare with the world

Friendship is the binding force which holds the world together
Sustainable Development Goal “Life on Land and Life below Water”. In this activity, thestudents on both sides agreed that a flourishing life on land and in water is the foundationof our life on this planet. By restoring the ecosystem of our planet, we can preserve
biodiversity and ensure our survival as well. These students ultimately made a mural
together on the above mentioned theme. Such type of activities help the students tostrengthen the relationship between two countries as well and make them Global Citizens
who are fully aware of the world around them.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gainedThis project helped the students to develop
communication skills, work collaboratively, build
friendship, do research on the topic, and develop
information technology skills and learnt art ofappreciation and reflection.

Points for further improvement
The students can make a productive use of
WhatsApp application other than zoom and Skypeon their mobiles so that they are directly able toapproach their partners in order to enhance thelearning and friendship throughout the project.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
Students became much closer to their partners As a teacher, I gained a lot of experience. Each andbecause of their purity in thoughts. Student felt the every thing made me excited and motivated to learnbond of friendship between the 2 countries. They also and apply. My partner teacher is digitally competent
expressed friendship in card making activity. Students and has a welcoming nature. She welcomed mylearnt team work and ways of communication. They suggestions. I improved my IT and communication
got to know more about Japan through the skill. Also, the whole research procedure,
informative videos and learning every day Japanese communication and art in collaboration with Japanphrases.
made me more informed about Japan and Japanesepeople.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthRESEARCH
the theme

SHARE
with thepartner

UNITE
the thoughts

Oct.
Nov.

Nov.

Dec.
Jan.

What you did
I divided the students into
groups for carrying out adetailed research on boththe SDGs i.e. 14 and 15 ‘Lifeon Land’ and ‘Life below
water’
A special assembly at schooland zoom meeting wasarranged for students.

We held meetings regarding
the messages in which
discussions were carried out
with the students and pastexperiences
werealsoshared. Meeting on Zoom
was also arranged in which
both side students shared
their own point of views.
The pencil sketch of themural was also finalized.

Your students’ attitude/reflection
Students in their respective groups
carried out a detailed research on
multiple aspects of the goals to sharewith the Japanese fellows in the form ofPowerPoints.
The presentations were then presented
in a zoom meeting to the Japanese
fellows of the project. Also, a special
assembly was conducted in the school
to share the research with school
fellows.
Students started thinking critically andlogically. They generated discussions intheir classes as well. In fact, they
started putting their input in cleaning
the environment. They held a special
morning assembly in school in which
they gave awareness to all the school
students about their research andproject.
Students displayed the poster which
they painted in the school and told otherstudents the reasons for saving waterand land.

Subject
EnglishIT
Electronic
Media

EnglishArts
IT
Electronic
MediaArt
EnglishElectronic
Media

CREATEthe mural

APPRECIATE
the wholelearningFeb.
Mar.

First painting was done by
the Japanese students thenwe did painting. They
finished their side on
December 17th. They sent us
the mural in the end ofDecember. We got it inJanuary. We had mural
opening ceremony in the endof January as our students
have been on wintervacation before that. After
receiving the mural, westarted painting our side.

We started painting our part. It was thebest period for the students as they
practically learnt the way of mixing
colors, sketching etc. They also learnt
team work and giving respect to theviews of other members. They also leantdecision taking.
They made greeting cards for their
Japanese friends.

Mar.

Mural unveiling ceremony
was arranged on March 16.
Presentation was sharedwith the audience related tothe whole journey of JAM.
SachieourJapanesecounterpart also attended
the ceremony on video callwith us.
Pictures of the mural
unveiling ceremony wereposted on the Forum + on
school page. We sent backthe mural on 22nd March.

Students expressed their feelings thatthey learnt a lot. They learnt art ofmakingpresentation,enhancingspeaking skills and express their feelings
through paint. They became moregroomed through the international
collaboration and exposure, also theyfelt more responsible as citizens after
making a practical research and fieldwork on SDGs.

Art

EnglishIT
ElectronicMedia# 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

Active learningand action

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Evaluation

Scenes and reasons that teachers felt the effects

4

Students started knowing more about Japanese traditions etc. throughvideos and also by the introductory messages sent by Japanese
students. They started leaning basic Japanese language as there was
one member in our school who knew Japanese. They tried to portraycross cultural ideas through the cards and traditional gifts sent toJapan.

5Students have shown zeal and zest in learning new things. They madecollages and painted a poster. They gave presentations to their school
mates about the importance of life under water, life on land and climatechange.

4

The ability of critical thinking got highly improved in students throughthe research and discussions which is proved by the mural painting,sketches and the multimedia presentations made by them.

Collaborating withdifferent people

4

Expressing in words,
in shape

4

The students have well-presented that they are well mannered and wellpolished students. Their collaboration with each other as well as their
Japanese friends was highly satisfactory.
Students presented their level best in this regard.
They expressed their thoughts through posters, PowerPoints and oralpresentations.