SPARK Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools: A Report on Policy Insights from the Governors' Forum Series

Each year too many children start kindergarten unprepared to learn. Many will never catch up. The reasons for this are complex, but this much is clear: The multiple systems – from family to schools to government – that should be supporting young children too often are failing to do so. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation seeks to change that, and to permanently improve systems that affect children's learning.As policymakers look for ways to improve student outcomes by creating "seamless" systems of education starting at preschool, communities have been getting it done. SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) — a fiveyear initiative funded by the Kellogg Foundation — has contributed a unique, community-based perspective to the national conversation on what it takes to effectively link learning systems. In particular, SPARK examines what it takes at the beginning of the education pipeline to link early learning to the early grades. The goal is to make sure that children are ready for school and that schools are ready for them — a formula critical for a lifetime of successful learning.SPARK efforts are deeply anchored in the community and are designed to assure that children are successful both before and after they enter school. The strategy of working with schools, early care and education providers, families and community partners has yielded a set of proven ways to align local systems of education — approaches that have been tested in diverse rural and urban communities in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio and Washington, D.C. What SPARK community-based sites have done to create connections across local systems of learning stands to influence larger school reform issues and state policy discussions about what is needed to create a more holistic learning experience for children — one that results in academic success at grade three and beyond

Aplikasi Augmented Reality Sistem Pernapasan

Pendidikan adalah usaha sadar dan terencanauntuk mewujudkan suasana belajar dan prosespembelajaran agar peserta didik secara aktifmengembangkan potensi dirinya untuk memilikikecerdasan ataupun keterampilan yang dibutuhkan.Metode belajar konvensional digunakan pada pelajaranbiologi untuk kelas XI SMA IPA materi sistem pernapasan.Dalam materi sistem pernapasan bagian-bagian materiyang dipelajari kebanyakan membahas bagaimana sistempernapasan itu berjalan didalam tubuh, sedangkan siswamempelajari materi sistem pernapasan melalui gambardidalam buku, ini membuat siswa kesulitan dalammemvisualisasikan sistem dan organ pernapasan tersebutberjalan sesungguhnya. Augmented Reality adalahteknologi yang dapat menggabungkan objek 3D ke dalamlingkungan nyata Tidak seperti Virtual Reality yangsepenuhnya menggantikan kenyataan, namun AugmentedReality hanya menambahkan atau melengkapi kenyataan.Pada kasus ini materi sistem pernapasan yang dipelajariakan divisualisasikan dalam bentuk 3D. Metode yangdigunakan pada penelitian tentang Augmented Reality iniadalah metode Marker Based Tracking. Pada penelitian inidigunakan Blender, Unity 3D, Vuforia untuk membangunaplikasi. Aplikasi berbasis Android. Berdasarkan hasilpengujian User Acceptance Test diketahui persentase nilaiAcceptance mencapai 100%, ini berarti aplikasi dapatditerima. Dari Pre Test ke Post Test yang dilakukan aplikasiyang diimplementasikan teknologi Augmented Realitykepada 2 kelas siswa SMA XI IPA semester 2, kelas yangmenggunakan bantuan aplikasi memperoleh peningkatanpersentase nilai lebih tinggi dari kelas yang tidakmenggunakan aplikasi. Yaitu 66% untuk kelas yangmenggunakan aplikasi, dan 62% untuk kelas yang tidakmenggunakan aplikasi. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa aplikasidapat menampilkan objek 3D, dan dapat membantu siswauntuk meningkatkan pemahaman siswa pada materi sistempernapasan