Digital transformation initiatives in schools: ideas and how to implement them

What is a digital transformation initiative?

It is a solution that uses digital technology to do something specific better: livelier teaching, faster management, more convenient service for residents.

It need not be new software. A new way of using simulations, 3D models, QR codes or learning games that fits your class, school or locality is a valuable initiative too.

What makes a good initiative?

• Solves a real problem

  Start from a specific difficulty of students, teachers or residents, not from the technology.

• Something new

  Different from the unit's previous practice, or a creative application of good practice from elsewhere.

• Trialled with results

  Applied in a class, school or area for a while, with comparative figures.

• Easy to scale

  Others can follow it at reasonable cost and effort.

How to find initiative ideas

• Look at daily difficulties

  Which lessons students struggle with, which tasks take too long, what residents often ask.

• Ask the beneficiaries

  What students, parents, colleagues and residents need to make things easier.

• Use existing tools

  Digital materials, simulations and free platforms can solve the problem at low cost.

• Learn from good models

  Look at other schools and localities, then adapt to your situation.

Initiative ideas for kindergartens

• Story time with parents via QR codes

  Weekly stories and songs recorded as audiobooks and shared by QR code.

• 360° corner about the home region

  Show 360° photos of local landscapes and sites on a big screen.

• Weekly activity album

  Share class activity photos with parents safely.

Initiative ideas for primary schools

• Virtual experiments for science lessons

  Interactive simulations for predict–test–explain.

• Weekend review games

  Lesson quizzes and crosswords played in class or at home.

• Gallery of student work

  A 3D exhibition of drawings and writing parents can view remotely.

• Virtual tours of local heritage

  Local history and geography lessons with 360° tours and worksheets.

Initiative ideas for secondary schools

• 3D models for hard-to-picture topics

  Solid geometry, cell structure and molecules with rotatable 3D models.

• Students create digital resources

  Student groups make videos, digital maps or exhibitions on a lesson topic.

• Self-practice question bank

  Chapter question sets with instant feedback.

Initiative ideas for communes and wards

• Procedure Q&A assistant

  Answers common procedure questions, with a QR code at the one-stop desk.

• Digital map of heritage and revolutionary sites

  A map and 360° tours of local sites for public education and tradition.

• Digital neighborhood notice board

  QR codes on notice boards to weekly notices and role models.

Presenting the initiative's results

• Before and after

  The same indicator measured before application and after the trial.

• Countable figures

  Students, sessions, views, scores, processing time, satisfaction.

• Real pictures and feedback

  Activity photos, products and feedback from students, parents and residents.

• Wider applicability

  Conditions for other classes, schools or localities to follow; estimated cost.

Using a digital product to illustrate the initiative

Reviewers are more easily convinced when they can try it themselves. A good digital demo has:

• A link and QR code

  So reviewers can open it at once on a phone or computer.

• Works well on phones

  No installation, fast loading, readable text.

• The unit's own content

  Photos, materials and stories from your class, school or locality.

• Usage figures

  Views, plays and QR scans as evidence of impact.