2017 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Saudi Arabia ]School[ Al Hussan International School ] Teacher [ Saira Muhammad ] Grade ( 8 ) Member ( 28 )JP school [ Shiga Junior High School ] Teacher [ Yoshiaki Tsunami, Tomoko Hamada ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
EnglighArt

Hours

Research and project group work on conserving energy

5Making drafts. painting

10# Theme and Message of the muralConstruction and Conservation of New Energy Resources to Reduce GlobalThemeWarming
To save energy for the upcoming generations and collaborate our studentstogether to spread awareness about saving energy.
Message
United thoughts to share withthe world# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gainedMore awareness about usage of electricity
More information about earth’s resources
Knowledge about Japanese culture

Points for further improvement
Student to student interaction
Student username for forum# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
My students like Japanese culture a lot. They loved Japanese teachers have paid attention
it more when they worked with them together
communication and posting on the forum

to# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHAREResearch onthe theme

UNITE
United message/Your students attitude/reflection
They really liked sharing theirpersonalities with Japanese students

February

What you did
Students made posters
and took pictures topost on the forum
Students madePowerPoint
Presentations andconducted research on
conserving energy
Students started todiscuss the theme andmaking drafts for themuralStudents painted themuralMarch

Mural was appreciatedin the assemblyStudents signed the mural and presented
it in front of the whole school.

September/October

September

Oct

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting
APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

Students presented the information in
front of Japanese students throughSkype session

Students discussed ideas and sharedwith their art teacher

Students enjoyedpainting the muraldiscussions

Subject
EnglishEnglishARTandART

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 effectEvaluation

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

Understanding yourown cultures

5

Students used gained more information in the class with each other bysearching information on the computer.

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5

Students shared Japanese Greetings with each other regularly in theclass.

4

Students talked frequently about wastage of electricity and discussed
how to save it

Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, critical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

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Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)Students interacted well on the Skype with Japanese students
Students shared different ideas how to generate electricity through newresources
Students actively participated in painting the muralStudents cooperated well in the class while painting the muralStudents learned how to ake solar panels, dams and windmills for thefirst time
The school applauded of for the effort and liked the mural a lot.

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