ICT and the Tablet PC in Kaiyo Academy

ICT and the Tablet PC in Kaiyo Academy NEXT Project SOF 11/1/2007 Publication School of the Future World Summit 2007 INNOVATION IN THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Kazuko Matsui

The location of Kaiyo Academy

Kaiyo Academy Established by 80 companies (Toyota, JRTokai, Chubu. Electric. Power etc. ) The school was opened in Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture in April 2006.

Kaiyo Academy l A private boarding junior & senior high school for boys like Eton College in Britain　　　　

　Kaiyo Academy The School motto l Nurturing students with bright hopes who will lead Japan in the future l Nurturing students that can flourish in international society based on the traditions and culture of Japan 　　　　　　

ICT in Kaiyo Academy Wireless LAN in schools l 1 notebook PC for each teacher/staff and student l Mobile Information Terminal (PAS) 　Electronic key, Check out in library, 　Shopping at the school shop l

ICT in Kaiyo Academy In all classrooms, a notebook PC on the teacher’s desk and a projector screen l Three PC classrooms 　　　・Desktop PCs 　　　・Notebook type Tablet PCs 　　　・Macs　 l Thinclient system Centralized management of applications by a server→ Simplification of client PC maintenance l

Video 1 of Kaiyo Academy

As a Communication Tool l Information bulletin board by the journal Teachers / Staffs ⇔ Teachers / Staffs Teachers ⇒ Students School ⇒ Parents 　　 l Information exchange by Email Students ⇔ Parents Students ⇔ Teachers ⇔ Parents　

Introduction of a communication tool Kaiyo Academy Portal Site

Information Bulletin Board Journal

As a Reservation/Application Tool l Meal reservation/menu display /drinking and eating record display by PC l Coming home application from parents l Going out application from students

Meal Reservation

Application for coming home/going out

Improvement of administration efficiency of school by ICT (Paperless) Using a school register management system l Display of flexible time schedules for each student l Entry test results, reviews/grading for daily performance in a class and in the dormitory life for individual students l Display of individual test results and report cards in the portal site for parents. l Automatic creation of Summary of instruction / health records with digital stamp.

ICT Use by Teachers　　English Class l Using Tablet PC by both a teacher and students, the teacher explaines and writes words/sentence in the PC displayed on the projector. Students also note them on their PC with pen. l Textbook audio material are played by the Tablet PC. l Scanned English reading material is displayed by the projector. (Handouts of the same contents printed in color are distributed to students. )

ICT Use by Teachers Social Studies Class l Scanned Diagrams, drawings and pictures of reference books are saved in a common folder. Each teacher takes the data into software such as Power. Point and display them by the projector to explain the material in class. l Prepared materials (paper) are projected with projection cameras in class. l Picture materials with DVDs and video players are played for use in class.

ICT Use by Teachers 　Science Class PPTslides corresponding to the class are displayed by the projector from the Tablet PC and key points 　and important matters are written in it by pen. l l The experimental results and data of each group written in the Tablet. PC, are instantly shared. l By using the projection camera, experimental results (e. g. extraction of crystal etc. ) and answers of tests are displayed. l Scanned Diagrams and pictures from science reference books are into PC for projection and explained in a way which is easy to understand. (To review key points, slide shows are utilized. )

ICT Use in Study by Students ・ Currently, students use ICT to study in class and on their own at the dormitory. l Listening practice with voice files of Basic English and Testing English Proficiency on the server. l Internet use in geography class. l Thinking by using mathematic software in math class. l Study with the Internet and Encarta encyclopedia. l Creation of ppt slides for review and sample questions before the test.

PC Use by Students during Class Use of individual PCs during class is not very often. 1. It is preferable to use PCs more not only as a communication tool but also as a tool for study. 2. Entry by keyboard is inconvenient. It does not allow for drawing. 3. Training by writing in notebooks what was written on the whiteboard is very important for 1 st and 2 nd year junior high school students. As a solution for 1．2．3 tasks. 　 Tablet PCs seen in a school visit to Singapore (Backpack. Net). We have used 3 Tablet PCs a trial since Sep. 2006.

Introduction of 33 Tablet PCs l Prepared 33 Tablet PCs in PCroom 2 in the middle of September 2007. l One. Note of MS, Fun with Construction and Heu. Campus of Heu. Lab 　↓ 　　To verify the effect on study with Tablet PCs in one class. Currently, 80 students use Tablet. PCs in English and Chemistry class. 　　　　　　

Establishment of IT Department Newly established IT Department from April 2007 l 3 teachers, 1 house master, and 1 IT expert staff l l l Promotion of ICT education Management and maintenance of PC and PAS Setting of user group access authorization Setting of filtering and the Internet Creation of a system for the NEXT Project

Future Research Task 1 ⇒Increase the number of teachers who use Tablet PCs in class l Purchase of 8 Tablet PCs for teachers l Full use of ICT by teachers in class 　Since ICT has already been used in science, English, social studies and mathematics (in one unit only), its use in mathematics and Japanese class will be expected.

Future Research Task 2 l Consider the use of individual notebook PCs for students in class. l Verify whether the learning results are better for paper notebooks or for Tablet PC notebooks.

Video 2 Classes in Kaiyo Academy

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