Gwangju Office of Education Accelerates Construction of 'Future-Oriented SW Classroom'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 11th that it is promoting the establishment of a ‘Future-type SW Classroom,’ a flexible and creative information education space, to improve the existing fixed information education environment.

The establishment of the ‘Future-type SW Classroom’ is a foundational project aimed at nurturing talents equipped with software and artificial intelligence utilization capabilities in the intelligent information society.

The Office of Education decided to build an information education room that is flexible and creative, moving away from the existing standardized computer labs.

Additionally, by utilizing the established space, they plan to enhance information education capabilities (computational thinking, collaborative problem-solving skills, information culture literacy) through student-participatory teaching and learning such as theme-based classes.

Last year, the Office of Education supported a budget of 600 million KRW to establish ‘Future-type SW Classrooms’ in 13 schools (5 elementary, 3 middle, 5 high schools).

This year, with the same budget, they plan to select an additional 12 schools (5 elementary, 2 middle, 5 high schools) and promote the project in connection with AI education leading schools.

In particular, they plan to form an information education support group to provide on-site support and consulting simultaneously.

Through this, they aim to emphasize the purpose of operating the Future-type SW Classroom and support the establishment of information education rooms that reflect the opinions and characteristics of school members.

Lee Byung-kwan, Director of Physical Education and Arts Convergence Education at the Gwangju Office of Education, said, “Gwangju Education Office’s information education is being promoted in a direction that cultivates information and artificial intelligence utilization capabilities necessary for the intelligent information society,” and added, “We hope our students will carry out various software and artificial intelligence utilization projects in the ‘Future-type SW Classroom.’”

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