REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2019
Country/Region [ Lebanon ]School[ Uruguay Public Mixed School- Achrafieh 1]

Teacher [ Rita Rizk, Maysaa

Hamieh, Rachel Chidiac ]Grade (6-7-8 ) Members (46)
JP school [ Kasuga Integrated Education School of Tsubuka ] Teacher [ Seiichi Terashima ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
FrenchArabic language
Geography
Arts

Conception of the lesson

Hours

researches about the SDG 11

3 hrs.

researches about the cultures of japan

3 hrs.

Condition about sustainable cities and communities

2 hrs.

Technical issues about the painting (mixing colors, consistency in artwork…)

35 hrs.

# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage
United thoughts
to share withthe world

Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 11: Sustainable Citi es and Communities
Goal 10: …….
To realize the importance of organizing, improving, working, investing all the abilities of all
the individuals equally in the community to achieve safe cities for all. To become able tosolve problems and face challenges at all levels in order to provide a healthy environment.
Our cities reflect our cultural and social identities and it is our duty to protect thisidentity and to value it as a part of global community.

# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
1. Students are now more passionate about
learning new things and new themes that are
related to real life.
2. They experienced the importance of
research in designing an artwork following a
specific and sustainable goal.
3. Students are shaping their attitude as theyknew the importance of patience in waiting
for the next steps and the result of themural, they are now persistent in making
things happen.
4. Students learned to think globally, taking into
consideration any opinions from the partners
to improve result and act locally to finish
their part.

Points for further improvement
Concerning the language: the main teaching
languages in our school are Arabic and French. Someteachers helped in the translation to English. But
some projects that we received were in Japanese
language that we couldn’t understand.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
The students appreciated the discipline the Teachers realized the importance of opening up to
partner’s
students
showedduringthe different foreign cultures in order to enrich theirvideoconference.
teaching and learning.
Students were surprised of the huge number of Teachers experienced the Japanese way of dealing
gadgets the partner sent for them. They realized that with planned schedule and being flexible in a way to"generosity" is a behavior that is not limited by respect other's needs.
geographical borders.
Students realized that the world is so small and they The international collaboration between our teachers
could communicate with their peers overseas in and the Japanese teachers could highlight how
fraction of a second.
learning can be down to earth and fun.
# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHAREResearchon thetheme

UNITE
Message ofunited
thoughts

Oct.

Oct.

Jan.

What you did
Our students designed
handwritten cards tointroduce themselves. The
cards then were scannedand sent to the partners.
Our school staff attended
a zoom video conference
to meet the partner's
school staff.
Our students viewed thepartner school students'
introduction cards andreflected on them. Also,
we shared our students'introduction
andourschool's information andphotos on the forum.
Students
researchedabout the SDG 11 indifferent subject areas.
With the help of theirteachers, they compiled
the information in Posters,
Word documents withphotos and an artworkfrom plastic caps. The
work was then posted on
the forum.
The school staff with theparticipating
students
attendeda
video
conference over zoom
with the partner students
and their teacher where
they explained to us thecomponents of their mural
painting and showed us
the draft of the painting.
We took photos andshared them on Facebook,and on the forum.

Your students' attitude/reflection
Students were impressed by the work of thepartner students. They were exposed to a
new language (Japanese and English) since
their second language is French and theirnative language is Arabic. They were puzzled
to know from the name of the student if thisstudent is male or female, since they arenever familiar with Japanese names.

Subject

Languages

Arts

They enjoyed the topic and learned a lot
about their city and about the SDGs.
Arabiclanguage
Frenchlanguage

Our students were motivated to begin theirown mural. They took their discussion of thedesign to a higher level, and they wanted toinclude more items that reflect their cultural
icons (for example the phoenix bird, thecedars…)
They loved the device that the students
used to translate the oral conversation fromJapanese to Arabic. They also loved thecommitment of the students to wearing theschool costume.

ArtsCREATE
Mural
painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/AppreciationJan.

When students received
the partner's mural parcel,
they took some time toreflect on the work. They
decidedonsomemodifications of their plan.
Then,theystarted
painting the mural by classgroup and supervision of
the Art teacher.
We took photos of thestudents during painting
and posted them onforum.

Students used different techniques to draw
details of the mural. They felt responsible totake things seriously and be innovative inmaking the mural a special product. They
were proud of their work and potential oncethe painting was finished and it looked far
above their expectations.

-We could not celebrate
our final work due toschool shutdown fromCOVID-19 spread in thecountry.

The school staff and our students all felt sadfor this.

Arts-# 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

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

3

Information literacy(research, share)

5

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

3

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

5

Active learningand action

5

It was an experience that pushed teachers to look at their subject areasfrom the cultural perspectives and value their national identity with theirstudents. They also realized the importance of establishing sustainable
goals to improve the quality of life in their community through education.
The gadgets sent as gifts were the trigger to know more about Japaneseculture especially that the gadgets were of different types (food,paintings….)
Due to the instability that hit our country from the beginning of the current
academic year (revolution, and schools shutdown), we were not able tomaximize the benefit and learn more about our partner's culture which wehighly appreciate.
Our teachers are used to conduct research with their students, but thistime, it was more authentic when they shared the information with real
students of different culture and in different new language.
There was a delay in the interaction with our partners due to many
circumstances. It would have been great if our students could interact
more with the partner's students.
Teachers followed up the students' improvement in their critical thinking
skills especially in solving their own problems and shaping the final muralaccording to the main goal.
Teachers expected more interaction via the forum, and it would be better
if every partner will be notified by email about every move in the forum.

Collaboration(in the class, withpartners)

4

Students took into consideration the opinions and the work of the partners
and also the teachers were flexible to help students work together.

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)

4

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

5

Students enjoyed the freedom to express whatever they feel or think inthis project unlike other projects in which students follow preset
instructions.
The final mural reflected the harmony between the drawings of the twogroups of partner students which made all the school staff proud of thework.