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APP Aims to Help Shy Students Speak Out
From CRIENGLISH.com
两名复旦大学计算机科学技术学院大三学生公布一套他们自行开发的“课堂互动神器”——在线展示系统“展客zenkr”。课堂上，老师用手机控制PPT放映、提问、写板书；学生则根据老师的提问参与投票、回答问题，甚至被老师“叫”起来发言。
The APP, 'zenkr', allows students to participate in clas[参与课堂], not through a show of hands[举手], but by communicating through their smartphones[通过智能手机进行(课堂)交流].
Users scan a QR code[二维码] projected[投影] on screens with their smartphones or other devices and then answer questions.
The results are then collated[整理;核对] and shown to the professor.
"I feel that the traditional way of the class is low in efficiency[效率低下], when questions are asked but no one answers. Secondly, many of our generation are relatively more introverted[内向的], so this traditional way of taking part in class is not something that makes us more comfortable."
Zhang Xinyu, along with co-designer[合作设计者;共同] Ding Shu, came up with the concept to try to help increase communication[增加交流] between students and their teachers.
The juniors[大三] at Fudan University in Shanghai are both majoring in Computer Science[计算机科学(与技术)].
Sun Weiwei, Associate Professor[副教授] with Fudan's Computer Sciences department, says the app has helped her better judge[更好判断] which students in her program are understanding the course material[理解课程材料/内容].
"The most obvious think is that[一个突出的感觉就是] it's made communicating more efficient in my class[把课堂交互/交流的效率提高了]. Before the students created the app, I would really only hear from a few in my lectures. But now, I know I have a better idea of how all my students are understanding what I'm trying to teach them."
'Zenkr' is now being used in more than 40 different classes at Fudan University, New York University in Shanghai, as well as certain high schools in the United States.
"We normally[正常;普遍地] have a lot of questions that need answering during class. But many of my fellow students[同学们] are afraid to ask questions when taking part in the lectures because they're worried about 'losing face[丢脸].' But with the new app, if our instructors[教练；讲师] ask us if we have any question, at least we're able to inform our teachers whether or not we understand the material."
'Zenkr' is currenly free of charge[免费], but is only available through invitation[只有通过邀请才能获得(下载)] from the app's inventors.
At this point, neither the students or Fudan University have plans to try to make the app a commerical venture, despite being approached by a number of possible investors[可能的投资者/潜在的].
For CRI, this is Li Jianhua.
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