Samsung Electronics will operate "Smart School" for 1,523 students in 10 schools nationwide

Samsung Electronics announced on March 20 that it will operate the 2022 Samsung Smart School in a total of 10 schools (1,523 students), including 8 elementary schools and 2 special-education schools that need to establish a digital education environment.

Samsung Smart School, which was launched in 2012, is a CSR program that bridges the digital education gap and improves the future capabilities of teenagers by supporting Samsung Electronics' IT devices, specialized learning solutions/content, and teacher training to schools in areas with relatively poor educational environments such as the islands and mountain areas.

Samsung Electronics has built smart schools in 98 schools and 193 classrooms nationwide.

□ Integrated support for IT device/solution/contents

"2022 Samsung Smart School" expanded support for Samsung Electronics' IT devices and reorganized programs in all fields such as solutions/content/education so that it could be more practical to narrow the digital education gap.

Samsung Electronics inspected more than 250 domestic and foreign "Samsung Smart School" sites between 2019-2020 and listened to the voices of the educational sites and actively reflected them in the reorganization plan.

△ In line with the needs of the educational field, which requires smooth communication between teachers and students as well as students and students, along with the use of various learning contents, the number of smart school classes has increased from one to two per school, and IT devices support has also been expanded.

In the smart school classroom, three interactive displays 'Samsung Flip', 'Galaxy Chrome Book' (one per two persons), and 'Galaxy Tab' (one per one person) are included so that the group-type project class can be done rather than the lecture class.

In addition, it was newly designed to freely change the classroom structure to suit the characteristics of the subject, such as project classes and individual classes. The desks and lockers optimized for a flexible class environment have been provided by Samsung Electronics as well.

△ In addition to existing subject contents such as math, English, and science, it provides a variety of exclusive contents, including "Digital Citizen Education" that enhances students' digital identity, relationship, and communication, and "Do Brain," a solution that helps students treat cognitive learning through games.

In particular, Do Brain was selected for the first "C Lab Outside" contest held by Samsung Electronics in 2018 to foster external startups and developed exclusive content for smart schools in cooperation with Samsung Electronics.

△ The number of educational programs for school teachers participating in Samsung Smart School will be increased from once a year to twice a year to enhance their ability to utilize IT devices and educational solutions/content.

Samsung Smart School Supporters, composed of the doctors in pedagogy, will visit the school once a month to provide consulting on the overall operation of the class and provides educational models suitable for each school's situation.

□ "Samsung hopes students are educated without restrictions on the region or environment and grow into talented people in the future. “

The 10 schools were selected as they are highly utilized Smart School and placed in urgent places to improve the digital education environment among 98 schools that have participated since 2012.

These schools conducted a pilot operation in the second semester of 2021 and showed good results, and from this year, they will start classes with "Samsung Smart School."

Song Sun-sook, principal of Cheongsong Elementary School in Cheongyang-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, who piloted Samsung Smart School in the second semester of 2021, said, "For good education, we always had to pursue new learning methods and take the lead, but there were many difficulties due to conditions. Thanks to Samsung Smart School, Cheongsong Elementary School is able to lead future education in the local education field."

■ 2022 Major Schools Participating in Samsung Smart School

▶ Yeonmu Elementary School in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do province

Yeonmu Elementary School, located near Suwon Hwaseong Fortress in Paldal-gu, Suwon City, is located in the metropolitan area, but it is an old downtown area, and the educational gap between urban schools was widening. Although more than 270 students are attending school, the digital teaching environment was so poor that only 12 tablets can be used.

In 2021, it was selected as "Samsung Smart School" and built two classrooms and supported various smart devices, allowing all students to build digital capabilities that meet the level of each grade while using smart schools evenly.

▶ Eunkwang School in Yeongam, Jeollanam-do

Eunkwang School is located in the rural area of Yeongam, Jeollanam-do, and is a special-education school attended by students with visual and intellectual disabilities.

For students to become independent and explore various jobs, they had to gain a lot of hands-on activities and social experiences, but there were many restrictions, such as moving for two to three hours to go to the city center.

After being selected as the "Samsung Smart School," it was provided with the latest IT devices and special school learning contents, expanding the scope of experiences such as safety education and job experience necessary for students.

▶Seosang Elementary School in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do.

Seosang Elementary School located in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province was a small school in crisis because there were only five enrolled students.

It was selected as the "Samsung Smart School" in 2013 and was able to improve students' digital capabilities with wireless networks, tablets, and electronic blackboards, and since then, the number of students has gradually increased to 12 enrolled students and total of 72 students this year.

In 2021, Samsung Smart School was selected as an excellent school, and it was able to actively conduct curriculum convergence classes and project classes using IT devices.

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