Summary: After exchanging knowledge and opinions online, students create one mural in collaboration with their partner class by drawing half by half.
Description:
This project was born out of the Art Miles Mural Project, whose mission is to promote the spirit of world peace by painting and exhibiting murals (5×12foot), with the greatest goal of a Pyramid Exhibition in Egypt in 2010. Ms. Atsuko Shiwaku, Japan Art Mile, specialized this mural project into an international intercultural exchange in order to promote mutual understanding by connecting distant teachers and students in the world using Art and ICT. Participants exchange their knowledge and opinions on a common theme through internet, discuss what and how each side will draw and finally create one mural in collaboration by drawing half by half. Creating a mural is a process of collaboration and created mural is a proof of coexistence, which will lead to global harmony and peace.
- Facilitator(s): Atsuko_Shiwaku
- Country: Japan
- Languages: English
- Student Age Level: 5-11, 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: The students will heighten their consideration to world peace as a global citizen.
- Outcomes: The students will develop online communication skills through posting to discussion boards of iEARN forum or a project website and videoconferences. 2. The students will develop an understanding of different cultures and countries as well as recognizing their own culture and country. 3. The students will deepen their understanding of global subjects such as environment, culture, peace and so on. 4. The students will get more creative through expressing their learning and idea in a visual form of picture and learn collaboration through painting a big mural together in a group. 4. The students will get confident and proud through exhibition where their works are looked at by people in other countries.
- Related Links:
http://www.artmile.jp/
http://www.artmiles.org
http://himeji.artmile.jp/
Flash Overview of Project
My Hero Art Miles Feature
Art Miles on Narnia site
Curriculum Model (pdf)