人大附中山西山学校 People University (Xishan Secondary School)
School website: http://www.rdfz-xs.cn
人大附中 school website: www.rdfz.cn
Key points shared by Principal Shu Dajun:
1. Background of the school
- Design of facilities, network, etc were carried out by the school's key personnel and staff
- Staff are employed directly by the school
- High quality of hardware, software and people
2. Key Areas of Presentation:
- 人大附中西山学校为什么选择“未来学习”（苹果一对一数字化学习）项目？Why choose to learn in a futuristic way (i.e. adopting Apple 1-to-1 Digital Learning)
- 如何启动“未来学习”项目？How to activate and start this futuristic way of learning?
3. The school chooses to go for 1-to-1 digital learning because of the following reasons:
(i) 时代要求 The demand of the changing world
- 教育要面向现代化，面向世界，面向未来 ——邓小平
- Education shapes and changes the direction, flagship and spirit
- Preparation of students for the world, for the work that do not exist at present, to solve problems that are unknown to us yet, to use technology that are non-existent at present
- We lived in a changing world
- Are our school and teachers ready?
(ii) 学校性质 Nature of the learning experience that the school wants to offer
(iii) 自身背景 Background knowledge and ideas of the leadership
- Belief & Confidence of what the technology could do to change the world we used to know, the way things get done, etc
- Deep learning brought about by technology
(iv) 对“跨越式”项目的关注 Going Beyond
- Research on techology use in classrooms
- Expert: Dr Yu Shengquan
(v) 苹果 Collaboration with Apple Inc
- Apple Classroom of Tomorrow ACOT
- ACOT2
- Apple's Podcasting system
- Apple's Challenge Base Learning
- Innovative products from Apple
- Mobile Learning
- What's "Think Different"? The ideas: 是那些具有独立的思想的人； 是那些有勇气抛弃世俗的眼光特立独行的人； 是那些具有空杯心态愿意学习新事物的人； 是那些不甘庸庸碌碌、为了追求个人理想而不懈努力的人；是那些想改变世界的人。
(vi) 新加坡未来学校 Collaboration with SST, a FutureSchool in Singapore
(vii) INTEL Collaboration and its research
4. How to activate "Future Learning"?
(i) Leverage on resources from the university as well as Apple & Intel
(ii) Hardware considerations (notebook, classroom, wireless connection, etc)
(iii) Software considerations (VClass system, teaching & learning platform, Apple's Vodcast)
(iv) Employment of academic staff
(v) Professional development: Apple's technology, visioning, university + Apple+ study trips to Singapore
(vi) Parents Meeting, Students' survey, etc
5. The Thinking:
- 做正确的事永远比正确地做事更重要！Doing the right thing is always more important than doing things right.
- 做教育要目光长远。
- 无用之大用
- 今天我们的学校和教育如果不生活在未来，明天我们的孩子就将生活在过去！
