The Future Classroom initiative at the University of Tsukuba Elementary School uses STYLISTIC Tablets to enable new ways of learning

Future classroom project shows how ICT can benefit education.

Customer

The University of Tsukuba Elementary School traces its history back to a primary school established in 1873 in Tokyo that was affiliated with Japan’s first national teacher training college, which eventually became the University of Tsukuba. The University of Tsukuba Elementary School has been at the forefront of advances in primary education in Japan. Every year the school is visited by more than 10,000 educators from Japan and abroad. The school’s educational philosophy and techniques are introduced at numerous educational institutions.

Challenge

The progress of ICT is expected to be a catalyst for innovation in education. The Japanese government’s target is to create an educational environment where every student has a networked device by 2020.

Solution

The school launched the Future Classroom demonstration project in June 2013 to promote effective use of ICT in education.

Benefit

• Classroom is equipped with a multiscreen display on which the teacher’s tablet screen and students’ tablet screens can be shown
• Equipment encourages children to actively participate in class
• Teacher can send assignments to the children’s tablets
• Enabling productive group discussion and collaborative learning

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