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Blended learning The future will rely heavily on the Internet Robbins, a senior consultant with the Ministry of Education, emphasized that schools are a link in "blended learning", and community organizations can better mobilize...

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Blended learning will rely heavily on the Internet in the future. Robins, a senior consultant with the Ministry of Education, emphasized that schools are a link in "blended learning", and community organizations can better mobilize external resources to help low-achieving students overcome obstacles. In order to improve the academic performance of primary and secondary school students across the United States, the federal Department of Education has specially established the "Neighborhood Alliance Center" to encourage non-profit community organizations and religious groups to cooperate with schools to help students learn, especially students in low-achieving schools, and to expand donations to schools from community organizations and religious groups. Michael Robbins, senior adviser to the Department of Education, pointed out in a speech in San Francisco on the 19th that the Department of Education’s “Neighborhood Alliance Center” cooperates with the White House to launch action plans to improve student attendance, improve student behavior, and improve student performance. It is hoped that each school can designate a person who is familiar with the community to be responsible for contacting religious groups and non-profit organizations, assisting the school in raising funds, and finding volunteers to help with school chores. The Ministry of Education is also planning a "blended learning" teaching model. In addition to traditional classroom teaching, digital teaching can also be carried out with the help of network technology. This teaching model requires the assistance of community organizations so that students can learn at home, school, library, museum, and online community anytime and anywhere. Robbins pointed out that the Ministry of Education will announce the curriculum design and evaluation of "blended learning" in August this year, and hopes to receive strong support from community organizations. Robbins gave an example of a community organization that established a "Big Brothers and Big Sisters" volunteer teacher group. The "brothers and sisters" ask three questions to the students they tutor every day: "What did you do in school today?" "What was your homework today?" "Where do you need help most?" They do not rely entirely on the students to answer these questions. The students' teachers are all contacted by email, so these "brothers and sisters" know what homework the students they tutor have to do and what they don't understand. The math teacher will even tell the student's "brothers and sisters" in the community organization through email that the student is not familiar with multiplication. The email contains a link directly to a bunch of multiplication problems. Education experts believe that "blended learning" will help students study seriously, help them find out possible future careers, know how to plan for the future, and better understand what they need to learn. Robbins recommends interested parents and teachers visit www.goorulearning.com to learn more about how to use 21st century technology to help students learn.

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