E学在树人：教师们的观点

目前全社会都在承受着新冠病毒所带来的强烈冲击，北京市私立树人·瑞贝学校的校园同样处于暂时封闭状态。我们从2月17日起将全校的课堂搬到了网上！树人的教师们提前数周开始准备教学计划，录制教学视频，一起合力创新，帮助学生通过在线的各种方式取得沉浸式的学习效果。

我校的目标是——无论是从心理上、生理上还是学习上，确保将新型冠状病毒对学生的影响降到最低。

尽管新冠病毒的爆发对社会带来了难以预料的困难，但树人学校对我们的教职工、家长与学生群体感到无比骄傲。在线上教学开始以来，各方的支持与合作非常全面，且取得了显著的效果。

教师们录制了数以百计的教学视频，家长们悉心帮助着孩子们在家学习，同学们充满热情地完成了学习任务，并且与教师分享他们的学习成果。

树人·瑞贝学校的外教们在这几天的“网红主播”初体验后，分享了一些他们关于在线教与学的观点。

2A班的班主任老师Sheralee Torrance认为线上教学的体验非常不错。她非常享受为学生录制教学视频，而且认为在线学习对学生有着独特的好处，那就是每一名学生都能够按照自己的节奏来学习。在线教育为学生提供了充分的灵活性，可以根据需要加快或放慢速度，也可以得到教师个性化的关注。她说：

“学生们可以发消息给我进行提问，我便能够一一进行回复。每当学生们将作业发给我的时候，我会为每一位同学写好一段评语，祝贺他们完成了学习任务。”

我校国际班协调人Cheryl Knobel分享了她的几个观点：

“为线上教学而做准备的时候感觉很酷。这与课堂教学差别很明显，因为我们需要想象学生正坐在你面前，并且要时常暂停下来给他们思考的时间。在备课的时候也需要更加细致，要考虑在线上讲述是否够清晰，确保学生能够掌握教学内容。这时，教师更像是一名引导者与展示者，而学生们将承担更多的责任。他们会按照自己的速度以及方式来学习，这种形式很有趣。

教师们也在学习如何驾驭电子科技，如何使用现代技术把教学变得更有趣。未来如果有学生无法出勤时，我们可以沿用今天的教育经验，这是一个非常宝贵的学习机会。

在疫情隔离的这段时间里，我们仍然能够与同学们取得联系，这令我感到非常幸运。当一切恢复正常之后，我们都会成为更好的老师，因为我们已经取得了驾驭现代科技的知识——这些也是同学们在21世纪必须要掌握的能力。现在，我们已经为学生们准备好了许多技巧和方法，以帮助他们在未来使用电脑时更加得心应手。你所申请的大学需要你发送一段视频文书？他们还要你在线面试？别担心，老师们都知道怎么做！”

6A班的班主任老师Chris Parker补充道：

“目前为止，使用电子技术作为教学的基础工具让我感到很享受。我一直认为自己非常擅长在课堂当中运用现代科技，但是现在的经历告诉我，在高科技教学上我还有很多需要学习，同时线上教学就是增强我在这一方面能力的最佳方式。我期待能够掌握更多的技巧，继续精进自己的教学水平。”

中学部的英语教师 Garcia老师补充道：

“为学生准备网课是很有意思的一件事。我喜欢在PPT里加入一些有关互联网的笑话，而且还受到了同学们的欢迎！同学们每天会将他们的学习成果发在微信群里，看到之后我感到非常开心，树人学校拥有许多创意天才！”

国际高中部的Collins Moga老师相信在线教学就是教育的未来：

“在线教学为我们提供了更多发挥创造力的机会。随着科技水平不断提高，新的工具不停地诞生，学生们会获得更多的好处以及更多的学习与参与的机会。我预计在未来线上学习很有可能会成为唯一的接受正规教育的方式。”

这一场没有硝烟的抗疫战对每一个人的生活与命运都带来了或多或少的影响，但我们仍然要以积极昂扬的态度来面对困难。疫情把我们逼成了“网红主播”，我们就要发挥在线教育其得天独厚的优势，帮助每一名树人学子度过这意义非凡的几个月，让这段经历成为他们一生中难忘的财富。

学校简介

北京市私立树人·瑞贝学校（原名“北京市私立树人学校”）成立于1993年，是北京市成立最早的民办中小学之一，现已有27年校史。学校设有幼儿园、小学、初中和高中，开设十五年一贯制的学历教育，同时招收中外籍学生。学校由大学教授王建超联合原北师大实验小学校长、原人民大学附中校长、原清华大学附中校长等国内知名校长与教育家共同创办领导，自2006年以来保持中外校长共同管理。

树人·瑞贝学校是一所寄宿制学校，校园内共有5座教学楼、5栋学生宿舍楼以及3间学生食堂，校园实行封闭式管理，并设有校医室、24小时警卫与全方位监控设备，确保为学生提供安全、健康的学习与成长环境。

树人·瑞贝学校为3至18岁的学生提供丰富的学术课程，满足学生国际化、个性化发展的需求。

ELearning at Shuren: Teachers’ Side

As in view of special circumstances this term our campus remains closed, Shuren education goes online from February 17th! Our teachers have been working hard preparing weeks in advance mapping out teaching plans, recording teaching videos, and coming up with creative ways to engage learners via a variety of means online.

It’s been our goal to ensure that the coronavirus outbreak has a minimal impact emotional and psychological wellbeing of our students, including their education.

Although the flu outbreak presented unexpected difficulties, we are very proud of our teachers, parents, and students. Teamwork and support on all fronts have made this experiment successful so far.

Teachers have created hundreds of teaching videos; parents have supported student learning at home; children have enthusiastically completed assignments sharing their work with teachers.

Our foreign teachers share thoughts on online learning and teaching.

Sheralee Torrance, International 2A classroom teacher, says that her experience with online teaching at Shuren has been very positive thus far. She enjoys making exciting videos for the students, and thinks that online learning really benefits children because children all learn at a difference pace. Online education allows flexibility in how fast or slow a learner needs to go and can receive individualized attention from the teacher. She says:

“They are able to send me messages asking questions and I can respond to each learner individually. Once learners send me their activities, I can send them each a nice message congratulating them on great work.”

Cheryl Knobel, International Program Coordinator shares her thoughts:

“It has been a really cool learning experience preparing the online lessons. It is different from a classroom because you have to imagine the students there with you and pause to give them time to think. And you have to be more detailed in your preparations to make sure you are being clear and creating a lesson that can be understood. The teacher becomes more of a guide and presenter. It’s exciting to give the responsibility to the students and trust them to learn at their own pace and in their own way.

We teachers are also learning about technology and how to use computers to make our lessons interesting. What a great opportunity for us to learn how to create lessons for students who are unable to come to our class.

We are so lucky to have this opportunity to still reach our students in this time of quarantine. And at the end of it all, we will be better teachers, because we have gained knowledge in technology—those skills our students will need to succeed in the 21st century. Now we have learned some tips and tricks to help them when they need to use computers in their future. Will they need to send a video essay in a college application? Will they need to have an interview online? Don’t worry, your teacher knows how!”

Along similar lines, 6A classroom teacher Chris Parker, says:

“So far, I have enjoyed using technology as the cornerstone of teaching and learning. I have always thought that I’m very capable at utilizing technology in the classroom, but this experience has proved to me that there is so much more to learn about technology-based learning, and teaching online is one of the best ways to improve that side of my teaching. I am looking forward to learning more and growing as a teacher.”

Mr. Garcia, our middle school English teacher, adds:

“It's been fun making online lesson for the students, I love adding Internet jokes to My PPTs and I'm glad the students appreciate them!I'm glad to see my students sending pictures of their work to the WeChat groups, we have some creative kids at Shuren!”

Our International high school teacher, Mr. Collins Moga expresses confidence that online learning is the future of education:

“Online teaching provides opportunities to explore creative ways to educate children. As technology continues to improve and new tools arise, students will benefit from experiences that allow more engagement to occur. Online teaching and learning will most likely be the only way to receive formal education in the future.”

This war against the coronavirus has more or less impacted everyone’s life, but we should face the challenge with a positive attitude. The disease made us become “live streamers”, so we will try our best to bring the advantages of online education to the full, to help all Shuren’s students to flourish in the upcoming weeks, and make this memory to be an important treasure of their lifetime.