为了创造一个良好的线上学习环境, 在此, AIC给予学生与家长以下的建议:

In order to provide a good online learning environment, AIC hereby gives students and parents the following suggestions:

由于目前的情况，我们都需要过渡到居家网课的学习模式。虽然取得学业成功的一般要素仍然包括努力学习和专注研究，但环境已经发生了改变，并且存在一些新的挑战。学校无法立即对学生的学习、就寝时间和对电子设备进行有效管理。所以，这种经历正在考验我们自我管理的能力技能和自我激励的水平。 

Due to the current circumstances, we have needed to all make a transition to taking our classes online from our homes. While the common components for school success still include hard work and focus on our studies, the environment has changed and there are some new challenges. The school isn’t immediately available to enforce study, bedtimes, and the management of electronic devices, so this experience is putting to test your self-management skills and testing your level of self-motivation. 

网校有一些缺点。例如： 

There are some aspects of online school that serve as a disadvantage. For example: 

1. 缺乏社交生活——我听过你们中的很多人说，在家呆久了，是有多么的无聊。一位学生告诉我，这可能是第一次有这么多学生对返校学习感到如此地兴奋。我们想念朋友，可能甚至想念老师。

   Lack of a social life – I have heard from many of you about how boring it has been to be stuck at home for so long. One student told me that this might be the first time so many students will be so excited to come back to school. We are missing friends, and possibly, even teachers. 

2. 与老师接触更少——至少感觉是这样的。现在，你需要通过即时通讯软件或电子邮件联系老师，但这和走进教室获得所需的帮助是不一样的。 

   Less access to teachers - … Or at least it feels that way. Teachers are now just an IM or email away, but it’s not quite the same as being able to go into the classroom and get the help you need.

3. 缺乏动力——在网校取得成功最重要的个人因素可能是自我激励。你没有朋友和老师督促你完成作业。你没有一个让你学习、睡觉或抛开其他干扰的计划表，而且家里真的有太多让你分心的事情了。你必须为你的学习承担更多的责任。这当然是IB学习者要做的，但这并不容易。 

   Lack of motivation – Probably the most important personal factor for success in an online school is self-motivation. You don’t have friends and teachers pushing you to complete your work. You don’t have a schedule that makes you study or go to bed or put aside other distractions, and there are so many distractions at home. You must take more responsibility for your learning. This, of course, is what IB learners do, but it doesn’t come easy. 

4. 看电子屏幕时间过长——关于这一点，我已经发出了一封信。我相信你们很多人都感受到盯着笔记本电脑（手机、平板电脑等）几个小时的后果。 

   Too much screen time – I have already sent out a message about this. I am sure many of you are feeling the effect of staring at your laptops (phones, tablets, etc.) for hours at a time. 

5. 锻炼太少——再加上在学习时需要吃零食（我敢肯定，这样做，我不是唯一的）。 

   Too little exercise – Together with the need to snack while studying (I am sure I am not the only one ;). 

如何帮助孩子应对网络学习（家长篇）：

How to assist children to cope with online learning:

让孩子使用电子产品学习对孩子的意志力是一种很大的考验，开展线上网络课程时，家长该如何应对呢？

It is a great challenge for children's willpower to let them learn by using electronic products, how should parents respond to online courses?

1. 首先，家长要降低焦虑的心态。要相信大部分的家长都会有相同的想法和焦虑，担心孩子们网课的效果不好或者孩子的意志力不够坚定。在此情况下，家长需要做到的是找到解决的办法而不是盲目的焦虑和责备孩子；

   First, parents should reduce anxiety. We should believe that many parents have the same thoughts and anxiety, Most of them would worry about their children not being able to focus during online classes which turns out a bad result of learning. However, if this is the case, what parents really need to do is to find a better way to assist their children, but not to blindly worry and blame them;

   
   

2. 有条件的话尽量与孩子的作息时间保持一致，让孩子在规则感下学习。在学校里有老师约束孩子们的行为作息，回到家中则要靠家长要以身作则的自律，给孩子树立好的学习榜样。特别是疫情期间也受到隔离，需要居家办公的家长，更要给孩子树立榜样；

   It is a good suggestion to keep consistent with the child's work and rest time, so that the child can learn by the sense of rules. In school, teachers restrict children's behavior and rest, while at home, they rely on parents' self-discipline to show their children a good example.  Especially during the epidemic, parents who are working from home could give a chance to set a good example for their children;

   
   

3. 在家和孩子一起“学习”。家长居家隔离期间可以“学习”硬笔书法或阅读人文书籍等，与孩子的学习频率尽量保持一致。“学习”的内容不建议和孩子的出入较大，容易给孩子造成心理上的不平衡。在辅导孩子学习时，建议减少手机或娱乐设备的使用频率；

   "Study" with children at home. Parents can "learn" hard pen calligraphy or read humanities books during home isolation, which should be consistent with their children's learning frequency as far as possible. The content of "learning" is not recommended to be too far off of what the child is learning, it is easy to cause psychological imbalance to them. When tutoring, it is suggested to reduce the frequency of using mobile phones or entertainment devices;

   
   

4. 多和孩子进行讨论，让孩子有“青出于蓝而胜于蓝”的信心，有助于培养孩子学习的积极性。家长需要发现网课学习的优点并把合适的价值观传递给孩子,从而建立孩子对网课学习的期待。在孩子取得成效的时候，要及时反馈孩子学习取得的一些效果；

   Have more discussions with children, so that children have the confidence of "green comes out of blue and is meant to be better than blue", which helps to cultivate children's enthusiasm for learning. Parents need to find the advantages of online learning and pass on appropriate values to their children. So as to establish children's expectations for online learning. When children achieve improvements, they should timely feed back some results of their learning;

   
   

5. 理解孩子该有的情绪状态，提供消极情绪的出口。在使用网络设备时，需要给孩子设定规则，给孩子设立奖惩制度。在居家学习时也要注意劳逸结合，做好时间的分配

   Always be alert on understanding the child's negative emotions, and to provide understanding of the child's negative emotional state. When using network equipment, we need to set rules for children and set up a reward and punishment system for them. When studying at home, we should always pay attention to the scale of work and rest, teach them to do a good job in allocation of time.

感谢一众师生为线上课排除万难, 付出的努力, 也感谢在这艰难时期,各位家长的支持与信任, 相信不久我们便会重聚!

Thanks to all the teachers and students for their efforts to overcome all difficulties in online class, as well as the support and trust of all parents in this difficult period. We believe we will be back together soon!