On April 16, 2024, the Shanghai Advanced Technical School convened a "Special Conference on the Singapore TED Project for International Exchange and 2024 TED Project Presentation Meeting" in Lecture Hall 502 of the school building, with over 40 teachers and students from across the school in attendance.
Firstly, Ms. Chen Yaqiong from the school office introduced to the teachers and students present an overview of the ITE (Institute of Technical Education) in Singapore, its teaching characteristics, and the content, organizational method, and purpose of the TED (Technical Engineer Diploma) project. She also emphasized the cooperation mode and history of our school's collaboration with the Singapore TED project.
In 2024, the team led by Mr. Liu Wei from the Manufacturing Engineering Department brought the project titled "Solar-Powered Low-Level Road Lighting Device" to Singapore to participate in the TED Technical Engineer Exhibition and exchange. During the meeting, Mr. Liu shared with the teachers and students about the exchange in Singapore, including the preliminary preparations for the project, the overall review of the exhibition process in Singapore, as well as the exchanges, learning, and enterprise visits there. Mr. Liu expressed that this exchange in Singapore had broadened the team's innovative thinking and enabled team members to learn innovative ways of thinking from countries with different cultural backgrounds and development concepts, thereby promoting educational and teaching mutual assistance in the cultivation of innovative talents on both sides.
TED project team members Mr. Zhu Haoyu and Ms. Li Jing'en, who went to Singapore for exchanges in 2024, shared their practical insights and experiences from the exhibition process. Both students stated that although the process of designing and making the project was full of challenges and hardships, it had given them valuable cross-cultural exchange experiences and insights, and they had experienced the power of teamwork. Both students expressed their gratitude to the school for providing such a valuable opportunity and platform.
Finally, Vice Principal Xiao Qian introduced the theme and time requirements for the upcoming TED project in 2025 and expressed high expectations for the students. Vice Principal Xiao pointed out that he was pleased to see that the students who shared their experiences today all had a sense of "gratitude" and had grown in terms of project practice and innovative thinking. He hoped that all students in the future would be prepared for possible international exchange opportunities at any time in terms of "language, innovative thinking, and skills" in their daily study and life, and would continuously ponder the application of theory to practice in project implementation.
Provided by the College Office