IBirmingham City Schools (BCS) e-Alabama isebenzisene nombutho wasekuhlaleni ongenzi nzuzo i-Ed Farm ukwenza uhlaziyo olupheleleyo olujolise kwi-STEM lwethala leencwadi lesikolo iSouth Hampton K-8. Le projekthi, eyeyokuqala yohlobo lwayo kwilizwe lase-Alabama, yakhelwe phezu kwentsebenziswano ecwangcisiweyo eyasekwa phakathi kwe-BCS ne-Ed Farm ukususela ngo-2020 ukuvala izikhewu zezakhono zedijithali. Isuka kwithala leencwadi eliqhelekileyo elalinencwadi ezingama-20 000, le ndawo entsha eyilelwe umfundi idibanisa ubuchwepheshe banamhlanje nezixhobo zokufunda, kubandakanywa:

• Izixhobo zerobhothiki nezokubhala ikhowudi
• Iiskrini eziluhlaza zokuvelisa imidiya yedijithali
• Ii-iPad nezixhobo ezisebenzisanayo
• Iifelowuship ezikhethekileyo zootitshala kunye nabafundi

Eli nyathelo libonisa utshintsho kwimfundo olusuka “ekufakweni kwezixhobo” okungenanzulu — apho izikolo zifumana ihardware ngaphandle kwezicwangciso zexesha elide zokuyidibanisa — lusiya kwiimodeli zemfundo ezizinzileyo ezixhaswa zizakhiwo. Ngokubandakanya abafundi be-K-8 ngqo kwinkqubo yokuyila indawo ephathekayo, le projekthi ijongana nokungalingani okusengcanjini ekwabelweni kwezibonelelo ze-STEM, ngakumbi kuluntu olubekelwe bucala kutyalo-mali lobuchwepheshe kwimbali. Ibonisa indlela amathala eencwadi ezikolo aqhelekileyo anokuguqulwa ngayo abe ziindawo zokufunda ezisebenzayo, ezikulungeleyo ikamva, endaweni yokuba ngamagumbi okugcina iincwadi angashukumiyo.

Kwiinkokeli zezikolo zoMzantsi Afrika eziqhuba ukusekwa kwekharityhulam yesizwe yeKhowudi neRobhothiki, le modeli ibonisa indlela izakhiwo zesikolo esele zikhona, ezinjengeendawo zamathala eencwadi ezingasetyenziswa ngokwaneleyo, ezinokuhlaziywa ngayo ngokucwangcisiweyo zibe ngamaziko obuchwepheshe asebenzayo.