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Yandex Textbook is a free digital educational platform for teaching basic school subjects based on Yandex technologies.

2023

Launch of an educational program for informatics teachers

Yandex launches a program for computer science teachers and students of pedagogical faculties called "Personnel Reserve." Representatives of the company reported this to TAdviser on August 28, 2023. As part of this educational program, which is part of Yandex Textbook, Yandex has combined all its activities for teachers in one project, and also added new formats.

Yandex launches an all-Russian educational program for computer science teachers

The most active participants will be able to obtain the status of a teacher certified by Yandex Textbook. The program will provide participants with access to modern knowledge of information technology and pedagogical practices, helping teachers to develop professionally, the company said.

"The IT world is changing rapidly, so it is important to constantly update technology knowledge and learn new things. The Yandex Textbook team and I are launching an all-Russian educational program for computer science teachers. Our goal is to help them stay up to date on the latest technological trends and be able to put that knowledge into practice. Ultimately, all this is aimed at giving students skills that will be useful to them in the future, "explained Elena Kraevskaya, head of Yandex Textbook.

The program is designed for the entire academic year, from September 1 to May 31. School teachers of computer science and students of pedagogical faculties from anywhere in Russia can participate in the "Personnel Reserve" - for this it is enough to register in the Yandex Textbook. In their personal account, they are waiting for tasks that will need to be completed during the school year.

Project participants will be able to take advanced training courses, conduct lessons, diagnostics and Olympiads for schoolchildren, participate in professional competitions and a mentoring program. For these activities, teachers will receive points that will open them access to additional events of the "Personnel Reserve." In addition, participants who score one hundred or more points will participate in a professional competition, the main prize in which is a full-time internship at Yandex and a cash prize from Yandex Textbook.

Among the active users are more than 200 thousand teachers and over 4.3 million students

According to Yandex, as of August 2023, more than 100 thousand tasks were presented on the Yandex Textbook educational platform. All materials were developed by experienced methodologists taking into account the FSES of Primary and Basic Education. The service is actively used by more than 200 thousand teachers from 40 thousand schools in Russia and more than 4.3 million students.

Preparation of an educational neural network for the study of informatics

Yandex The Textbook platform prepares an educational one neuronet that will help children and adolescents learn. to programming It will allow schoolchildren of different ages to solve problems at to computer science a comfortable pace and will adapt to the level of knowledge of each student. Yandex announced this on August 3, 2023.

The technology will analyze how the child performs tasks, find problem areas and reasons for their appearance, and also offer personalized tips that will help you learn the material and develop the necessary skills without stress.

Yandex specialists and computer science teachers are working on the creation of an educational network. They will train a neural network based on YandexGPT (YaLM 2.0), answering tens of thousands of frequently asked questions on computer science and programming on the Yandex Textbook resources.

Teachers and tutors in computer science can join the project and complete the training of the neural network. To participate, you need to leave an application on the site, complete a test task and complete an interview. Trainer teachers will be able to choose a convenient remote work schedule for themselves. Participation in the project takes from 20 to 40 hours a week and is paid.

Free educational service based on the neural network will appear in the public domain in 2024. All registered users of Yandex Textbook will be able to use it.

2020

Yandex.Textbook is a free online service that collects more than 45 thousand (data for March 2020) tasks in mathematics and the Russian language for grades 1-5. The service allows the teacher to save time preparing for classes and checking tasks, ensure the personalization and individualization of the educational process, create collections of cards with tasks aimed at working out subject skills in children.

Building a platform for full distance learning

On March 17, 2020, Yandex announced the construction of a platform for full distance learning. It will combine tools for interactive video broadcasts of classes and class communication with a teacher, as well as video tutorials from leading teachers in all subjects. The service will be available throughout the country for free in March 2020. It is integrated into all Yandex educational products. At the first stage, Yandex invests more than 200 million rubles in creating the platform. The first version of the solution will be launched in Moscow together with the city government and the Center for Pedagogical Excellence.

Tools for remote lessons

On March 30, 2020, Yandex.Textbook, which is used by teachers from more than 22 thousand schools in Russia, will have tools for remotely conducting lessons. Teachers in all subjects will be able to use them. Teachers will be able to conduct interactive video broadcasts, check homework and receive feedback from students using chats and voice messages. To do this, the teacher will only need to register in Yandex.Text.

For lessons in the Russian language and mathematics, not only tools for remotely conducting classes will be available, but also all other features of Yandex.Textbook, including tasks. They meet educational standards and allow you to work out the entire school curriculum. Yandex.Textbook tasks can be performed by children from any device, and teachers receive online statistics and the ability to adjust the learning plan based on the feedback received.

For teachers, the "I am a Teacher" project will prepare a series of training courses and practical recommendations for organizing distance learning.

Online lessons in all subjects of the school curriculum

On April 1, 2020, Yandex, together with the Center for Pedagogical Excellence, will launch a full-fledged online school for grades 5-11. It will be available to all schoolchildren of the country in Yandex.Ether and. Yandex.Tutor The network of classes and teaching staff are formed by experts in the field of material development USE and OGE and leading school teachers. Moscow The services will display sections with translations and their records in all subjects of the curriculum. For changes, entertainment and educational videos are provided. Broadcasts will take place during school hours in order to maintain the usual routine of children and parents. For elementary grades, lectures will also be held in certain subjects. For students of the ninth and eleventh grades, teachers-compilers of USE tasks will broadcast seminars on preparation for the OGE and USE with personal recommendations and tasks in Yandex.Rehearsals.

Yandex and the Center for Pedagogical Excellence will also launch a series of master classes from leading scientists. At them, schoolchildren and their parents will get acquainted with the modern world of science. Master classes will be held online.

"In this situation, we want to help parents, teachers and students who are faced with the need to switch to distance learning. Our main task is to keep the educational process as familiar and convenient as possible for all participants. To do this, an operational working group has been formed in the company, development is proceeding in an accelerated mode. We expect that our services will be able to help at least 5 million schoolchildren continue their studies, " noted Elena Bunina, CEO of Yandex in Russia

More than a million users connected to the Yandex.Textbook service

On January 20, 2020, Yandex announced that more than one million students were connected to the Yandex.Textbook digital educational project platform. According to them, the use of the platform allows you to make lessons more interesting and unusual, to attract the attention of schoolchildren without distracting them from their studies.

The modern content of the lessons helps to increase the educational results, motivation and self-esteem of students. To follow this in practice, we conducted a study in conjunction with the HSE. The results showed that schoolchildren who use Yandex.Textbook have a better attitude to school and consider Russian language and mathematics useful subjects for life. In addition, it was proved that only ten completed tasks in Yandex.Textbook per week significantly improve the results of children in mathematics lessons. And a particularly strong effect is observed among poorly performing children, - said Evgeny Lurie, director of the Yandex.Textbook project

As part of the Educational Initiative, Yandex plans to further develop this project by increasing the number of subjects and the number of schools connected to it. In particular, within three years the company is going to bring the number of items available in Yandex.Textbook to ten. The list will be replenished with natural science disciplines, foreign languages ​ ​ and computer science.

Teachers have already begun to actively use the "Music Lesson" - this is a joint project for students in grades 1-9 from Yandex.Textbook, Yandex.Music and the Directorate of Educational Programs in the Field of Culture and Art. Department of Education of the city of Moscow Lesson scripts offer a variety of genres and styles: from medieval music to contemporary, electronic engineers rap and improvisation, and helps in conducting classes. voice assistant Alice

Alice also actively helps children in grades 1-5 in the study of mathematics - especially for this, they launched the skill "I love mathematics" in the voice assistant, which copes with tasks from Yandex.Textbook.

In 2019, together with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education, Yandex launched the Cultural Marathon, an all-Russian educational project dedicated to introducing schoolchildren to Russian and world culture. More than a million schoolchildren took part in it.

In addition, the company, together with universities and institutes of advanced training, launched the project "I am a Teacher," which operates in 25 regions. With its help, teachers are taught to use technologies and software solutions that help in the educational process. More than 13,000 teachers have been trained since February 2019.^[1]

Links

Link to the website of the Yandex Textbook platform

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