Enjoy Children's Day in the Metaverse! ... Ulsan Education Office Hosts Another 100-Year Elementary Children's Day Celebration

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] To celebrate the 100th Children's Day, the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education is holding the ‘Another 100 Years of Elementary Metaverse Children's Day Commemorative Event.’

The event was held to allow children to participate as the main characters of the Ulsan elementary education curriculum and freely express their thoughts.

The Children's Day commemorative event using the metaverse platform ‘ZEP’ allows any student in the Ulsan area to easily access it on smart devices such as phones and computers via mobile web without installing a separate app by scanning a QR code or accessing a URL.

An official from the Office of Education said, “To mark the 100th anniversary of Children's Day, we planned a unique metaverse Children's Day event to position Ulsan children as the main characters of elementary education in the development of the Ulsan elementary curriculum and in preparation for the ‘2022 Revised Curriculum’ to be applied from grades 1-2 in elementary schools in 2024, including school elective subjects.”

Based on the experience of elementary school teachers using digital devices in classes, various student-centered teaching and learning methods were applied to online learning tools to implement ‘Another 100 Years of Elementary Metaverse ZEP.’

The metaverse world, starting in front of the Office of Education building, is designed to allow experiences of common, elective, and special activities against the backdrop of many local landmarks such as Taehwa River and Taehwa River National Garden, Gongweontap, Ulsan Grand Park, and Jeongja, Jinha, and Ilsan beaches.

Children study the proper use of smart devices and etiquette in cyberspace before participating in each activity within ZEP.

Each activity is linked to various online class tools such as Padlet, Naver Form, Tinkerbell, and YouTube, designed to help children’s interest and writing of their thoughts.

In the common activities, children can learn about the origin and meaning of Children's Day, sing the Children's Day song, write congratulatory letters, introduce the wonderful words of So-pa Bang Jeong-hwan, and participate in quizzes.

In the elective activities, children can express their thoughts and opinions by talking about the gifts they want to receive on Children's Day, writing about the character traits that children in Ulsan must have, the actions they should practice, and submitting subjects they want to learn at their school.

In the special activities, children can propose a big picture called the vision of Ulsan elementary education together with friends, teachers, and parents.

Welcoming May, a month of great changes in educational recovery and daily life recovery, the commemorative event, directly created by elementary school teachers working together, can be easily enjoyed with teachers and parents in classrooms and homes for seven days from the 2nd to the 8th.

Kim Kyung-hee, head of the Elementary Education Division at the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “This will be a meaningful 100th anniversary Children's Day that marks the beginning of another 100 years, where students, faculty, parents, and citizens solidify the educational system for future-oriented Ulsan elementary education.”

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