Himeji CityYasumuro Elementary School

Overview of Himeji

Area:５３４ｋ㎡Population :５３４,５９９

（as of May 1, 2014)

Schools: elementary ６９junior high ３５high ３special needs school１

Student population:４６,８１１（as of May 1, 2014)

Himeji City mascot

“Shiromaru-hime”

Himeji Castle , a World Heritage Site

Hyogo pref.

Himeji city

YasumuroElementary School

Yasumuro Elementary school

Our school was established in 1872. (It's 142 years old!)

It’s one of the oldest schools in Japan.

The Yasumuro team

leadership team

SCHOOL SNAPSHOTType of school (private- government- charter- other) government

Email and phone (inc area code)yasumuro-elm@himeji-hyg.ed.jp079-297-5353

Size of school (student population) 785

Level of schooling (primary, secondary) primary

Location (metropolitan, suburban, regional or rural/remote) suburban

Number of classrooms 26

Total number of teachers 38

Total number of all full time equivalent staff (including administrative, support)

45

Microsoft Expert Educator(include name- year level taught- area of expertise)

Yuichiro YOSHIDA, 4th grade

Microsoft Student Ambassador details (name, grade)None

PRINCIPAL NAME: Shunichi KIKUMOTO

Comment:

My aim is to develop the students’ abilities by providing them

with a range of emotional experiences as well as opportunities

to develop basic and applied knowledge and skills in a variety

of school setting.

Profile:

1992 Postgraduate study for music education (1year)

1994 Study for chorus instruction in Budapest, Hungary

2006 Board of Education in Himeji (～2010)

2011 Principal of Bessho Elementary School (～2013)

CAPACITY BUILDING

Education Aim

To develop kindness, intelligence and fortitude.

Management Policy

To place importance on the close ties with parents and local communities, having strong awareness of our responsibility as educators, and create an active school full of passion and energy.

Task

Step 1

Step 2

Solution

Understand the subject and motivate the students

Think individuallyThink about the processExchange opinions

Discuss in pairs/a groupFind the answer individually/in a group

Reflect the process Confirm and

share results

Creating innovative lessons to cultivate the methods of Individual Learning, Collective Learning and Collaborative Learning.

Theme

Math Education Forum, which washeld at Yasumuro Elementary School on October 10, 2014, provided 350 participants with successful results of our research and many new ideas on teaching math.

We will keep going toward the next target.

It is the creation of 21st century learning in which we will combine the traditional learning methods with ICT equipment.

We have just started moving forward to that end.

We are committed to pursue the innovative teaching for the children.

Math Education Forum

on October 10, 2014

Students use a large display, document projector and tablet PCs. They enjoy the classes very much.

Collective Learning Individual Learning

The one-PC-per-student environment in the PC classroom is suitable for individual research as well as self-study.

A large display, document projector, and laptop PC is supplied for teachers in every classroom of every elementary and middle school in Himeji City.

Ordinary classroom PC classroom

Collaborative Learning

Ordinary classroom

DisplaysLaptop PCsDocument cameras

Students express and exchange their ideas to make new ones.

Exchange ideas Observe outdoors

Make new ideas

Express ideas

Online meetings

This is Himeji Style!All the elementary and middle schools in Himeji have:1 A PC room equipped with PCs for individual student use 2 Ordinary classrooms equipped with a large display, laptop PC, Document projector3 Tablet PCs for of group work

Introduction various learning styles though ICT

The same environment in all 104 schools

Fostering of information literacy through compulsory education system

Creation of inspiring classes

PC classroom

Laptop PCs

(one PC per

student)

Tablet PCs

(one PC per

four students)

Ordinary

classroom

Displays

Laptop PC

Document

projector

Close Ties＋

Interaction

Collective Learning Collective LearningIndividual Learning

・Present material・Use digital contents

・Exchange ideas ・Observe outdoors・Make new ideas ・Online meetings

・Learn PC operation・Research・Self-study

・Make teaching materials

・Produce reports

Share and provideteaching information

PC classroomOutdoor

Tablet PCs

Ordinary classroomTeacher’s room

Teacher’s ＰＣs

HimejiEducationCenter

ICT environ-ment

Learningmethod

CloudService

※Illustration from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

For children in the future

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with your current

infrastructure. See

next slide for example Analytic Services

Reporting, Insights

Operations Services

Planning, HR, Finance,

Procurement

Productivity Services

Calendar/Email,

Collaboration, Portal,

Presence, Video-

conferences, Social

Learning Services

Content, Homework,

Assignments, Personalized

Learning

Identity

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

INFRASTRUCTURE

LEARNER & STAFF ACCESS

Laptop/PCTablet Smart Board

Storage/Data Servers Network

SecuritySupport, Monitor, &

Control

Windows server 2008 R2 Windows server 2008 R2

SystemCenter 2012Endpoint protection

SystemCenter 2012Configuration Manager

Microsoft Application Virtualization

Microsoft Office365