In today's era of information explosion and technological innovation, education is undergoing unprecedented changes. The Dongying Channel of Dazhong Network has specially launched the "Education Chatterbox" column, which aims to focus on the current educational background and deeply interpret the new phenomena, new problems and new trends in the field of education. This column will be a window into the changes in education. The reporter will use sharp brushstrokes to reveal the hot topics of education, use in-depth analysis to interpret the profound meaning behind the education policy, look forward to the future development direction of education from a forward-looking perspective, and present the content of the education review with depth, warmth and attitude to the majority of readers.
Dazhong reporter Wang Lizhen reports from Dongying
At the second session of the 14th National People's Congress held in March this year, the 2024 Government Work Report was officially released. In the report, a comprehensive plan was made for the government's work tasks in 2024. The report clearly pointed out that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and strengthen the basic support for high-quality development. In this grand strategic blueprint, "vigorously developing digital education" occupies a place.
This decision leads us to a deeper thinking: the traditional education method has been difficult to respond to the thirst and expectation of modern society for education, is the "twilight" of the blackboard era really coming?
Silent change
Imagine a classroom where the teacher uses a piece of chalk to write on the blackboard. The dust was flying, and the students listened with bated breath. It is a memory shared by generations and a traditional scene of education.
The blackboard, once a familiar teaching aid, dates back to ancient Greece and Rome. At that time, teachers used slate and chalk to write and impart knowledge to students. After thousands of years of evolution, the blackboard has gradually become what we are familiar with today and has become an indispensable part of school education.
In the world of education, the blackboard is like a silent poet, witnessing the inheritance of knowledge from generation to generation.
The wheels of the times roll forward. Nowadays, this blackboard, which carries countless knowledge and wisdom, is gradually fading out of our sight. A new "tabula rasa" has quietly appeared on the stage of education. From the original LCD projection to today's interactive electronic whiteboard, whiteboard technology has undergone rapid development.
The whiteboard, like the "Four Treasures of the Study" in the new era, not only inherits the wisdom of the blackboard, but also integrates the charm of science and technology. The biggest change is that there is no longer "silence". In the cloud classroom, with just one click, complex content that could not be presented on the blackboard in the past can be displayed on the screen, and the ever-changing teaching content can be displayed with a light touch of a finger. Whether it's a vivid PPT or a wonderful video, it's all at your fingertips.
In the modern classroom, math teachers no longer need to manually draw complex geometric shapes. With just one click, a perfect shape appears on the whiteboard. The introduction and application of modern teaching technologies such as whiteboards not only improves teaching efficiency, but also makes teaching more vivid and interesting.
In the modern classroom blessed by the "whiteboard", students are no longer passive recipients. In class, they can understand knowledge more intuitively and participate in interaction through specific images on the whiteboard. In home education, students and parents can communicate with teachers and other classmates in real time through cloud classes such as computers and mobile phones.
One "cloud", thousands of possibilities
The emergence of "tabula rasa" is like a revolution in education, which not only changes the traditional teaching method itself, but also brings more possibilities to modern education.
Optimize education supervision and feedback on teaching science. The introduction of digital technology not only makes teaching more convenient, but also provides an accurate scale for education supervision. In 2023, Shandong Province will take the lead in piloting the electronic testing of the national compulsory education quality monitoring, and make a "leading gun" in the national education field.
On March 7, at the 2024 National Compulsory Education Quality Monitoring Work Conference held in Beijing, Shandong Province made a typical speech on "Adhering to Digital Empowerment, Scientific and Standardized Organization, and Comprehensively Promoting the Electronic Monitoring of Compulsory Education Quality", summarizing the experience and achievements since the pilot, and making a useful and detailed reference report for the national education work.
Subvert the form of teaching and realize home-school co-education. The introduction of electronic technology in the field of education has also made "home-school co-education" no longer an empty talk. With the help of electronic teaching tools such as WeChat, DingTalk, and Tencent Classroom, teacher-student interaction and home-school interaction have become more frequent and in-depth. Through real-time feedback, online discussions, and other features, parents can also keep abreast of their students' learning.
"Teach students according to their aptitude, and teach without class. "Digital education technologies also play an important role in personalizing teaching and differentiating learning. Through intelligent analysis of students' learning data, teachers can provide personalized teaching plans according to the characteristics and needs of different students.
When big data is like a wise man to gain insight into students' learning behaviors and habits, and recommend the most appropriate learning resources and paths for them, when artificial intelligence is like a tutor, it can achieve accurate teaching evaluation and feedback...... Looking to the future, the integration of technology and education will be like a spring water, and its landscape will become more and more broad. We have reason to believe that artificial intelligence, big data and other technology giants will work together to shape a more intelligent and personalized new world of education.
Break through geographical restrictions and promote educational equity. Although the tabula rasa rasa may be the key to breaking the gap between urban and rural education. In a modern society where the gap between urban and rural education is becoming increasingly obvious, it is a challenge to introduce high-quality educational resources to rural areas to ensure that every child receives education equally. The introduction of modern educational technologies such as whiteboards has brought hope.
The nationwide "Internet + Education" poverty alleviation project allows excellent urban teachers to teach rural students and solve the problem of insufficient teachers. This form of education is flexible, interactive, and adaptable to different age groups and subjects. In the past, children in rural areas could only rely on simple textbooks and oral teachings from teachers to get a glimpse of the vastness of the world, but now, with the touch of a teacher's fingertips, they can open this "window of the world" that was difficult to open in the past.
With the help of electronic whiteboards, educational resources have been integrated and optimized like never before. Like a trickle, it gathers into a sea and benefits all directions. This sharing and integration of resources has made education more equitable and accessible.
Science education ≠ high-tech education
From the past to the present, the way of education has been constantly changing. Although modern educational technologies such as whiteboards shine in the field of education, although the pearl is good, it still needs to be sharpened. In the modern teaching scene, traditional teaching tools such as blackboards still occupy an important position.
In the context of the rapid development of digital technology, how to ensure the efficiency and quality of education while avoiding excessive pressure on children has become a common concern of the education department and parents. In the 2024 Shandong Provincial Education Work Conference, it was emphasized that it is necessary to continue to consolidate the results of the "double reduction" work. The "double reduction" reduces not only the "weight" of students' homework, but also the "burden" of educational anxiety in the information age.
In many urban classrooms, the application of a large number of digital education technologies has made the connection between home and school closer, but it has also become an invisible tentacle that clamps children's freedom. In the past, students only attended classes in offline classes at school, and they still needed to complete paper homework when they went home, but now, various online classes, electronic homework punching, etc., have caused many children and parents to fall into an endless "digital whirlpool".
Excessive electronicization has become a free shackle for children in urban primary schools, while individual rural primary schools are facing other difficulties. Although the "Internet + Education" poverty alleviation project implemented over the years has "connected" most rural primary schools, the digital divide between urban and rural areas still cannot be ignored. Some remote areas and schools may also face the twin constraints of insufficient human and technical support. Just as the ancient law changers needed to adapt to the new system, rural educators needed to learn how to navigate the fast horse of technology, and students needed to adapt to this new way of learning.
Driven by the wave of digital education, the "twilight" of the blackboard may have begun to appear, but it is not the end, but a new beginning. In the future, whiteboards and other digital teaching tools will gradually dominate, but whether they can really play their due value still requires our joint efforts and wisdom.
In order to give full play to the role of "whiteboards", it is necessary to continue to explore and practice, and improve functions and application scenarios. In addition to increasing its rural coverage, it is essential to strengthen the training and support of rural educators. How to effectively combine online and offline education resources to achieve a balanced development of urban and rural education is a challenge we need to face. We should embrace this "cloud" and make good use of the wings of digitalization to promote the phoenix nirvana in the field of education.
However, while pursuing scientific and technological progress, we must not forget the original intention of education - fairness and inclusiveness. The spring rain moistens things silently, and high-quality educational resources should also be like rain, benefiting urban and rural areas and nourishing the hearts of every child. Let's work together to build a fairer and brighter future for education with digital education as the engine.
Editor-in-charge: Zhao Jing
Reviewer: Ma Baotao