Nurturing Future Makers
Jiangsi Teachers and Students in Action
Induction doors in public places
Traffic lights on the road
Car reversing radar
Delivery robots in restaurants
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The era of artificial intelligence has arrived!
Are you ready?
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Line-following car
Let the car drive along a specific trajectory, that’s the principle of delivery robots!
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Writing Robot
As the machine moves, each stroke, each character, fills a page in no time……
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Intelligent Reminder
Procrastinating on homework? Head too close to the book? The intelligent reminder helps you solve it!
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Origin
Origin
In September 2016, the Ministry of Education issued “Core Competencies for Chinese Students’ Development”. The core competencies of the information technology subject include: information awareness, computational thinking, digital learning and innovation, and social responsibility in the information society. Against this macro background, schools urgently need to offer a course that can cultivate students’ computational thinking, hands-on skills, and innovative awareness.
In addition, most machines in real life have begun to be controlled by programs, achieving intelligent services. Therefore, it is necessary for students in the new era to master some programming knowledge. Thus, Jiangsi Primary School has launched the “Arduino and Maker” course – using Arduino nano boards and various sensors combined with graphical programming software (Arduino IDE, MBlock) to achieve creative production. “Arduino and Maker” is a course directed towards the core competency of “computational thinking”, aiming to enhance students’ innovative ability, comprehensive design ability, and hands-on practical ability, thereby cultivating students’ ability to identify and solve problems.
Course Implementation
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Optimize Hardware Environment
In recent years, the school has continuously optimized the hardware environment to promote the in-depth development of the course.
In 2017, the first batch of 15 Arduino smart kits was purchased.
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Arduino
Smart Kit
In 2018, the 3D printing classroom was completed.
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3D
Printing Classroom
In 2019, it became a national demonstration base school for youth artificial intelligence education.
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Artificial Intelligence Education
Base School
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Artificial Intelligence Education
Base School
In 2020, the innovation laboratory is under construction.
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Innovation
Laboratory
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Selected Teaching Content
The school’s technology group of three backbone teachers formed a course teaching team, continuously researching, exploring, and jointly compiling a unique school-based teaching material: covering LED, sensors, intelligent vehicles, and remote communication units. The school is the earliest and only school in the urban area to systematically offer ARDUINO courses.
Teacher
Kong Xiaowei
Teacher
Zhang Xiao
Teacher
Zhang Qinqin
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Innovative Teaching Methods
The course learning prioritizes project-based learning, guiding students to explore and innovate. In class, teachers assign a relatively independent task to students, allowing them to break down the task and summarize the algorithm process. After analyzing the algorithm process and building the hardware, the final step is to compile the program in the software.
● Hardware Assembly
In class, whether it’s structural modeling or sensors, even a single screw, all must be completed by the students themselves.
● Algorithm Analysis
Teachers break down the task and summarize the algorithm process to help students understand the workflow of automation control. (Taking “Flashing Light” as an example)
● Independent Exploration
Students solve corresponding problems through independent exploration (Taking the “Car Movement” lesson as an example).
● Program Compilation
After analyzing the algorithm process and building the hardware, the final step is to compile the program in the software. The course uses graphical programming, where graphics representing different functions are pieced together like building blocks, avoiding cumbersome language code, greatly reducing the difficulty of programming, especially suitable for elementary school students to learn.
The two programs that seem the same actually differ. The left program delays 100 milliseconds inside the loop, while the right program delays 100 milliseconds outside the loop. The different delay positions lead to completely different results from the two programs, which is a manifestation of computational thinking!
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Achievements
Achievements
This school’s “Arduino and Maker” course, established in 2017, has cultivated for four years and has been recognized as: 2020 compulsory education curriculum reform project, national youth artificial intelligence education demonstration base, district’s top ten excellent courses, district’s boutique course. Teachers have taught district-level public classes on robotics multiple times and written papers that won first prize in district special papers; students have won awards in various science and technology competitions over 70 times… The “Arduino and Maker” course has become a model course among many boutique courses at Jiangsi Primary School.
Course Honors
Student Maker Works
There are no limits to what you can imagine! The maker course leads students to unlock the present and perceive the future —
This is a beautiful pursuit, and also a powerful practice!
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