Shinsegae I&C to Offer AI and SW Education Donations for Teens, Leading Efforts to Close IT Education Gaps
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Shinsegae I&C announced plans to offer AI and SW education donations for teenagers.
The program targets 60 schools and about 3,100 teenagers in rural areas nationwide, including Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi; Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi; and Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province, where AI education infrastructure is relatively limited.
The education will run through December and will support AI application skills and career exploration through the 'Junior AI Exploration Team' and 'RetailTech AI Classroom.'
Shinsegae I&C announced plans to carry out AI and SW education donations for teenagers. The goal is to nurture future AI talent. The program is aimed at students in regions where AI education infrastructure is relatively limited. The regions include rural areas nationwide such as Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi; Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi; and Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province, covering 60 schools and about 3,100 teenagers. The program will run through December.
Shinsegae I&C is pushing ahead with this education donation program in light of the relatively limited AI education infrastructure in rural areas. Accordingly, it has fully revamped its educational programs starting this year. The revamp comes as AI technology is spreading more rapidly across industry and daily life.
The existing program focused on coding and IT experiences. The revised direction centers on developing the ability to use AI. The strengthened program includes fostering AI thinking skills, understanding the underlying principles, and hands-on practice with real-world AI application cases.
In line with this, Shinsegae I&C will operate the 'Junior AI Exploration Team.' The 'Junior AI Exploration Team' is an AI career-experience program for elementary and middle school students in regions across rural areas nationwide where AI education infrastructure is lacking. The program combines education to improve AI application thinking skills with career counseling. Hands-on activities include autonomous-driving cart and AI checkout counter board games, as well as a VR experience of an unmanned convenience store. Through this, it aims to help participants understand the possibilities of AI applications and explore careers in related fields.
Shinsegae I&C will also run 'RetailTech AI Classroom,' an advanced AI education program linked to the free semester system at middle schools in rural areas nationwide. The program is designed so that teenagers learn the principles of AI analysis and AI vision technology, and participate in PBL (Problem-Based Learning) using Google's web-based learning tool, Teachable Machine.
Yang Yoon-ji, CEO of Shinsegae I&C, said the company fully revamped its educational programs in line with making AI an essential skill for future generations. She added that the goal is to support teenagers in directly using AI, building technology-based thinking skills, and discovering their potential, while expanding opportunities to experience future technologies and explore career paths regardless of regional or educational disparities. She also said the company plans to continue expanding its education donation efforts based on Shinsegae I&C's technological capabilities and field experience.
Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Kwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408139
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