Learning to be a robot in labor technology class, this middle school in Shanghai will improve the learning of artificial intelligence science

Educational robots, intelligent aircraft, and computer programming have entered the classroom, and artificial intelligence has allowed the technical classes of high school students to move out of tradition and into the future.

On April 13, a reporter from The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from the unveiling ceremony of Shanghai Nanyang Middle School's "National Youth Electronic Information Science Popularization Innovation Education Base" that the "century-old school" Nanyang Middle School will conduct labor skills and development courses. Robotics and artificial intelligence courses are comprehensively introduced and innovation laboratories are built to improve students' scientific skills and innovative qualities, and promote science and technology education to become the core internal driving force for the development of students' comprehensive quality.

On April 13, 2018, Nanyang Middle School students conducted an interactive demonstration in the artificial intelligence class. The pictures in this article are all pictures by The Paper reporter Zang Ming

Exposure to VR, programming, and performing robots in class

The curriculum reform of Nanyang Middle School is in line with the general direction of national education reform.

At the beginning of 2018, the Ministry of Education issued the "General High School Curriculum Plan and Curriculum Standards for Chinese and Other Subjects (2017 Edition)". The focus of the "new curriculum standards" is to add artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, big data processing, etc. Specifically, the compulsory information technology courses for high school students enrolled in the fall of 2018 have greatly improved their knowledge in programming, computational thinking, and algorithms. Thinking requirements, as well as knowledge requirements such as artificial intelligence, open source hardware, and cyberspace security.

According to Chen Macro, secretary of the Party Committee of Nanyang Middle School, the artificial intelligence course of Nanyang Middle School will add artificial intelligence elements to the existing "Basic Robot Technology Teaching" course to form an expanded course of "Creative Intelligent Robot Production", as well as artificial intelligence and Course content such as intelligent applications under the Internet of Things is divided into elementary and advanced levels and is open to students of different grades and academic abilities.

The Paper reporter saw at the artificial intelligence interactive demonstration site that first-year high school students wore professional glasses and used VR, 3D printing, etc. to learn the operation of the virtual reality device zSpace and feel the heart structure under stereoscopic vision. They also experienced a car programmed for driverless driving.

On April 13, Nanyang Middle School students conducted an interactive demonstration in the artificial intelligence class.

Chen Macro said that in the future, students in Nanyang Middle School's labor skills classes and expansion classes will be exposed to drones, VR, 3D printing, programming, performing robots, etc. in innovative experimental sites to comprehensively improve their artificial intelligence science learning.

The innovative experimental sites include "innovative teaching area" and "open practice area". Among them, the innovative teaching area is a place for daily learning and display, divided into 2 artificial intelligence innovation classrooms and 1 display space; the open practice area is a place for verification of relevant innovative design works.

Xia Junzheng, the chief science and technology instructor of Nanyang Middle School, is a teacher in the labor and technical class. He told reporters that after a period of time in the basic class, high school students can complete some simple and basic robot works; students who are interested in robots can further combine their own Students with special interests can form teams to design robot works similar to driverless intelligent transportation.

“The Artificial Intelligence Innovation Laboratory will help students improve their thinking and innovation abilities in practice, enable them to discover and enhance their expertise in interesting artificial intelligence courses, and allow them to establish scientific qualities in a rigorous yet happy atmosphere. and ambition to cultivate innovative talents in the field of artificial intelligence." Chen Macro said.

On April 13, Nanyang Middle School students conducted an interactive demonstration in the artificial intelligence class.

Let technology companies create tailor-made artificial intelligence courses

Nanyang Middle School, a "century-old school", has the right time and place to introduce artificial intelligence.

Nanyang Middle School is a demonstration school for science and technology education in Shanghai. It is also located on the Xuhui Riverside - Xuhui District is striving to build an artificial intelligence industry cluster with global influence, focusing on building a "one core, one pole and one belt" science and technology innovation space. ” refers to Xuhui Riverside.

This time Nanyang Middle School has become the "National Youth Electronic Information Science Popularization Innovation Education Base", which is even more harmonious.

Yang Jin, deputy secretary-general of the Popularization Working Committee of the China Electronics Society, said that this education base will serve as the first comprehensive practice unit in Shanghai for the China Electronics Society’s National Youth Electronic Information Intelligence Innovation Competition and Youth Robot Technology Ability Assessment, and will have priority in China’s The Institute of Electronics provides free science popularization resources, systematic training of maker teachers, and research reports on science popularization education development.

At the unveiling ceremony, Nanyang Middle School also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Zhenzhan Education Technology Co., Ltd. The latter will tailor artificial intelligence courses for the school’s students; build an innovation laboratory to research educational robots, intelligent aircraft, and computer programming ; Cultivate relevant teachers.

In addition, at the unveiling ceremony, Wang Anhua, deputy secretary of the Xuhui District Youth League Committee, said that the "2018 Xuhui District Youth Intelligent Innovation Carnival" will be held in May through a number of interactive activities, such as "Mechanical War Arm", "Football Derby", "Jedi Gun King" and other games allow children and parents to understand artificial intelligence and practice their hands-on skills, observation skills and innovative thinking skills.