Secondary eLearning | Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur

We take our students’ health and well-being seriously. In addition to academic and emotional support, we also offer our students a range of non-subject specific, skills-based activities including online learning courses from a range of providers, coaching training, academic research skills, international cultural studies, Higher Education support and well-being/recreation activities among others.

Our incredibly dedicated teaching staff sit alongside our diligent and eager students using their well-honed digital skills to keep learning on track through these difficult times in which change is currently the only constant. What hasn’t changed, however, is what and how we teach and students learn - the principles of excellent pedagogy remain the same.

In addition to our excellent  Learning & Teaching programme, our teachers use a variety of online resources to create a distinctive learning experience for their classes.

• Seesaw allows students to discuss submitted assignments with their teachers enabling them to respond instantly to advice and set targets for future learning. This is particularly well used in our languages faculty and was at the heart of our 2019 International School Award nomination. You can read more about our Learn2Master programme here.
• Screencastify is used to pre-record explanations for students to follow in their own time in order to allow them to work at their own pace or simply refresh their memories of a key skill/process.
• Kahoot is a quick and easy way of creating competitive quizzes - great as a quick, low-stakes recap at the start of a lesson or to check prior learning in order to inform future lesson planning. (You can also find great general knowledge quizzes to play as a family at home!)
• Flipgrid allows students to video their replies to questions or to demonstrate their work in response to a given challenge within a particular group. It essentially promotes the free and easy exchange of ideas which allows students to appreciate a range of viewpoints. 
• Insert Learning allows teachers to annotate, manipulate and interrogate website information, instantly turning selected internet content into a bespoke sequence of learning rooted in the real digital world.

Here are a selection of our interesting blogs on virtual learning, happy reading!

Using Technology to Enhance Assessment

Alice Smith Learning Coach shares some of the ways teachers are using technology and innovative teaching strategies specifically to improve quality and impact...read more

Maintaining Social Connections

At a time of restricted social connection, our technological age offers us new routes to stay connected. As we limit our in-person social engagement, we may need to be more proactive to keep social interactions a part of our daily routine. Creative uses of technology can go a long way towards keeping us from getting too stir crazy...read more

Connect the World Through Music

Belgian composer, Steven Verhelst, has written a short 40 second piece, 'Song For Health' in support of our incredible healthcare and public service workers at the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. A Level student at the Alice Smith School, Max Howling spent his afternoon recording it as a horn quartet. Click image to listen to this moving piece. Read more about Max's exceptional achievements...read more

Keeping Learning on Track

Here are a small selection of the ever-changing palette of online resources we use every day. As ever, they are just tools and they really only come to life in the hands of our teachers and students. ...read more

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