Award-winning App Assists BCIS|奖学金获奖者: 聚焦当下, 乐成科技达人如何用编程改变未来？

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How did BCIS come to have Apple-award winning apps that our students use to plan their schedules and activities? Meet the outstanding scholarship students who developed these apps, and who inspire other students to dive into the world of technology every day: Tom, Hower, and Wallington! These three Grade 12 students have been challenging themselves with app design and development, as well as sharing their knowledge with other students throughout the school since seventh grade. BCIS has awarded all three of them with scholarships for their dedication to sharing their passion with the school community.

A demonstration of Tom's Apple award-winning app

Tom, Hower, and Wallington are the brilliant minds behind the “EAsLINK” and “Student Bulletin” applications that can run on the iOS systems of any Apple device. EAsLINK is a platform that allows students to advertise and register for the many Enrichment Activities (EAs) that are offered at the school. Traditionally, these activities relied on posters and word of mouth for signups, but EAsLINK streamlined this process, and made it more sustainable. As Hower says, “EAsLINK also made it much more accessible for students who try to find an EA to join since they can easily see all EAs in our school in one location.”

EAsLINK helps students find and sign up for Enrichment Activities

The Student Bulletin app sustainably solved a similar school problem. This app provides a clean UI that displays important events to students and can seamlessly send out alerts of upcoming events to them. Tom describes how the app updated the process of alerting his classmates to school activities, stating, “Student Bulletin replaces the old, archaic Student Bulletin wiki page, and has features such as push notifications, calendar, and batch send emails.” Thanks to its outstanding design, Student Bulletin even won an Apple WWDC21 Swift Student Challenge Award! Both wonderful apps found ways to improve the experience of students at BCIS, but they were not the only contributions these scholarship recipients made to the community.

Student Bulletin provides a clean UI that alerts students to important events

Every week during the time when students meet for their Enrichment Activities, Tom, Hower, and Wallington can be found in the Design and Technology lab, along with other students participating in their Circuit EA. This EA is designed to help students, especially younger ones, get their first hands-on experience in building hardware. “We realized that many people don’t have a lot of experience with technology. Because they don’t have any experience in this, they just assume that they can’t have any experience. It’s difficult to get started.” describes Wallington. The Circuit EA is an amazing opportunity for students to dive into the field of technology and has inspired many young learners to begin to build their own creations.

The students in the Circuit EA have created such wonderous projects as working circuits and glow tube clocks. They are even currently constructing a 3D printer! New students to the activity first learn the basics of working with tools and soldering, before coming together to collaboratively create a big project like the 3D printer. The design lab at BCIS has everything the young innovators need, from tools to materials, and is a fantastic workspace. As Hower explains, “Without this equipment, we would not be able to complete lots of the projects we worked on during our EA.”

With all the inspiring opportunities for hands-on design, it is no wonder that the Circuit EA draws a large crowd of students in the Middle and High School. Tom, Hower and Wallington’s amazing achievements are worthy of praise in their own right, but the fact that they share their passion with so many other students truly makes them stand out! This is a major reason why all three of them were chosen to receive Merit Scholarships from BCIS, further helping them to pursue their dreams in technology, and inspire others to do the same. 

BCIS is currently accepting scholarships applications for the 2022-23 academic year, so apply now for your chance to join us and make an impact!

青年是最富朝气，最富梦想的未来领导者和建设者。作为一所IB世界学校，乐成一直致力于启发并培养充分体现与践行乐成使命与愿景，且才识卓越的学子，培养有个性、有创意、有才识的学子，激励每位学生学有所成、回馈社区，并积极推动乐成校友会的建设与发展。基于这样的目标，乐成面向9-12年级的学生设立创始人奖学金，学术奖学金和才华奖学金项目，以助燃学生的求学热情与潜质，助力他们发现、发展并表达自己的创意与思考，提升他们的认知能力、治学梦想与情怀。乐成鼓励学生直面挑战并勇敢征服困难，能够从失败中吸取教训并坚持下去，通过发掘创新的解决方案，处理复杂问题，展现出优秀的批判性思维能力，尊重与关注他人的意见，带领社区成员与全球公民做出积极改变。

在乐成的设计与科技课程教室里，我们遇见了目前就读乐成12年级的Tom, Hower和 Wallington，作为Circuit EA（科技电路课外活动）的负责人，他们沉稳谦和、有条不紊的悉心辅导活动成员制作3D打印机，看似复杂三维建模设计在他们的解释下神奇的变得不再遥远。也正因为对于科技的热爱，让他们收获了2021年乐成才华奖学金，今天让我们来揭秘这三位科技达人的世界。

“如果你都不开始，怎么知道会不会成功呢”

正如《荀子·修身》所说的：“道虽迩，不行不至；事虽小，不为不成。”每一个成功都不是巧合，每一段友谊都因共同爱好而更坚固。七年前，Hower和Wallington每个周末都会和几个小伙伴聚在一起研究小型电路，那时候他们还难以理解电路的工作原理；Tom在中学时期发现了一本《iOS学徒》的书，从此开启了作为初学者的开发应用程序的旅途。

因为对设计和计算机科学的共同爱好，在2016年，Tom, Hower和Wallington三人在乐成创立了Circuit EA（科技课外活动组织）。从最开始难以理解电路的工作原理，到如今的应用自如，和课外活动组织成员共同制作无人机、LED电子显示屏和太阳能电池板等高科技作品，他们在每一个项目中全心投入并且勇于挑战。Wallington告诉我们，“当别人说这个很难的时候，我总是觉得真正开始踏出第一步之后，你就会觉得没有这么难。如果你都不开始，怎么知道会不会成功呢。” 这也反映了乐成鼓励和培养学生在求学路上充满好奇心，乐于探索；在学习过程中应用和发挥创新思维，勤于探究，勇于冒险的教育教学理念头。而每一个成功者都有一个开始，勇于开始，才能找到成功的路。

聚焦现实问题，用编程改变未来

作为“EAsLINK”（课外活动组织平台）和“Student Bulletin”（学生公告平台）在iOS系统上乐成相关应用程序背后的设计者，Tom, Hower和 Wallington在设计时践行乐成使命精神，身体力行地为实现世界的可持续发展做贡献。EAsLINK的设计初衷是为了让学生们更好的找到并加入学校的课外活动组织（EAs）。在原有基础上，三人简化了流程，并优化了兼容性，课外活动组织者除了在学校周围张贴海报信息，还可以方便快捷的将课外活动信息EAsLINK平台上。

EAsLINK设计平台展示

Student Bulletin设计平台展示

除此之外，电子公告平台Student Bulletin也在乐成社区大受欢迎，Tom告诉我们，“设计Student Bulletin的目的是以可持续的方式使信息的传播过程更畅通，所有乐成社区成员在这里都可以通过这个平台及时了解并发布社区发生的事情。” 这款应用程序还因出色的设计，获得了ACAMIS的Jim Koerschen奖项并用收获的2500美元进行了项目扩建。Tom今年也以出色的设计收获了苹果WWDC21 Swift学生挑战奖。

Tom苹果WWDC21 Swift学生挑战赛获奖作品展示

曾想，有多少人儿时的爱好或梦想，在长大后总是因为缺乏毅力而没有结果？面对这个问题，我们从三位获奖者的身上看到了一种坚持热爱的力量，遇到的一切挑战都是实现变革的机遇，而遇到的每个问题都是一种行动号召。乐成提供给学生的是能够让他们创造未来的教育，能够适应未来变化的教育，可以运用所学面对变化和挑战、得出解决方案的教育。学习要链接个人经历并建立在先前的知识和理解之上，让学习发生在真实社会和社区中，真正成为解决现实问题的工具。

正如乐成校长Tom所说的，“瞬息万变的世界要求教育工作者不能一味地做同样的事，我们应该着眼未来，不断反思，保持创新，以此更好地为学生持续赋能，让他们不仅可以从容面对未来变化，更拥有在不断变化的环境中创造未来的能力。”

这正是BCIS始终坚持的：未来教育不是未来的教育，而是帮助学生创造未来的教育。启发并培养充分体现与践行乐成使命精神的才识卓越的学子，北京乐成国际学校（BCIS）2022-23学年奖学金计划即将面向9-12年级学生开放申请，请密切关注，我们期待更加卓越的勇士加入BCIS，尽情绽放你的光彩!

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