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Rapping rapport with kids 
Recycler, the Rapping Robot, poses with primary school children. A funky robot which dances and raps is doing the rounds in primary schools across England teaching children about the importance of recycling. The campaign, courtesy of Recycle Now and Waste Watch,features a state-of-the-art rapping robot called Recycler and a local education officer. Reduce, reuse, recycle The robot goes into schools and raps to youngsters under seven in a special interactive show about the three Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle. After the performance, which takes about 45-minutes, each child receives a fun book to take home so they can share the recycling message with their families. Involvement and participation "It works magically," says Wendy Jenkinson, the programme manager for Waste Watch. "It's not just a robot or an education officer but an interaction of the two and the involvement and participation of the children makes it work." The 2007 tour, which has already received good feedback from schools across the country, started with St Leonard’s Primary School in London. Environment Minister, Ben Bradshaw, went to the event which saw the Recycler rapping to pupils and teachers giving them handy tips on how to put the three Rs into practice at home and in the school. More enthusiastic approach The whistle-stop tour has also been to St Matthew's Bloxam Church of England School in Rugby, in the West Midlands, where deputy head teacher, Sukie Paddem, has praised the programme. "It's an exciting way of teaching the children about recycling," she explained. "We can tell them about it but having a robot here was far more enthusiastic way of getting the involved." Recycler robots have been working in primary schools for more than 10 years delivering the three Rs message to almost 78,000 pupils. Year of green action The programme adds to the many activities in the UK designed to make youngsters more aware of green issues. Many different types of material and events have been created for schools as part of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) 2006-07 Year of Action on sustainable development for schools. Films and online events Recently, Al Gore's award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth was sent to all secondary schools in England as part of an educational pack about climate change. And in June the online conference Doorways to Sustainable Schools, will take place allowing pupils to explore sustainability issues with schools across the world.
与孩子们亲切交谈
Recycler是一名会交谈的机器人，它正在和小学生们一起玩 一个可以跳舞、可以交谈的可爱机器人正在英格兰的各小学间巡回展出，教授孩子们回收利用的重要性。 本次活动由Recycle Now 和Waste Watch发起，其特点就是一个叫做Recycler的高智能、会交谈的机器人，它同时也充当一位地方教育官员。 减少利用、重复利用、回收利用 这个机器人走进小学校，与7岁以下的孩子们进行交谈，以特殊的互动方式向他们介绍3R（即reduce－减少利用、reuse－重复利用、recycle－回收利用）。 在大约45分钟的互动完毕之后，每个孩子都可以领到一本有趣的书，然后把书带回家，这样他们就可以和家人一起来分享回收利用方面的知识。 参与其中 “它的工作方式看起来很神奇。”Waste Watch 的项目经理Wendy Jenkinson说。“它不仅仅是一个机器人，或者是一位教育官员，而是将二者结合在了一起，同时还需要孩子们的参与才能完成整个工作流程。” 巡展获得了全国小学校的良好反馈，而2007年的巡展也已经开始了，伦敦的St Leonard’s小学是第一站。 英国环境大臣本•布拉德肖曾亲临现场，观看Recycler如何与学生和老师交谈，如何就在家中和学校执行3R，给予他们有价值的建议。 一种可以调动学生积极性的方法 巡展还去了西米德兰的St Matthew's Bloxam Church of England School in Rugby（圣马太Bloxam教堂英格兰橄榄球学校），这里的副校长Sukie Paddem对此给予了赞许。 “这是一个教育孩子们了解回收利用的非常好的方法”，她解释说。“当然我们也可以告诉他们如何去做，但是换一个机器人来做的话，更能引发孩子们积极参与的热情。” 宣传回收利用知识的机器人已经在各小学校中工作了10多年，向大约78,000名学生传授了有关实践3R的知识。 年度绿色行动 为了让青少年更加关注绿色事宜，英国计划了许多活动，巡展也包含在其中。 各学校有许多不同类型的材料和活动，都是英国教育和技能部（Department for Education and Skills (DfES)）就学校可持续发展开展的“2006-07年度行动”的一部分。 电影和在线活动 最近，阿尔•戈尔主演的获奖影片《难以忽视的真相》在英格兰的所有中学进行放映，显示出教育领域对气候变化的关注。 而6月的时候，在线会议“可持续发展学校的出路”将举行，届时，小学生们将有机会和世界各地学校的学生们共同讨论可持续发展问题。 滴答网在此感谢英国驻广州总领事馆提供稿件 |
