Synthesis Week 3/18

我们很高兴地宣布Synthesis Teams将在下周三月25日推出三项重大升级！同时，我们也有每周Teams和Tutor的更新。
We’re excited to announce three big upgrades to Synthesis Teams starting next week on March 25th! We also have weekly updates across Teams and Tutor.

Teams 项目更新 |
Teams Program Updates

新游戏时间 | New Play Times

我们将于下周一，即3月25日开始开设新的每周游戏时间，以更好地适应您孩子的时间安排，具体时间为太平洋时间周一上午10点至中午12点（北京时间周二1点至3点），以及3月29日星期五下午1点至下午3点（北京时间周六4点至6点）！感谢上周参与我们调查的每一位家长。
We’re opening new recurring Play times to better fit your child’s schedule starting next week on Monday, March 25th from 10am-12pm PT and Friday, March 29th from 1pm-3pm PT! Thanks to everyone who responded to our survey last week.

学生社区 | Student Houses

我们将推出学生社区，帮助学生在Synthesis建立紧密联系的社区。学生本周将看到社区的介绍，并更有可能与一组固定的同伴一起玩耍并共同实现目标。在团队创建时，我们仍将优先考虑学生最亲密的朋友；学生社区只是他们Synthesis社区的额外层面。学生社区将从3月25日星期一开始，通过一项竞争任务启动：在接下来的两周内为您的社区取得最高的游戏得分。这些排行榜将为游戏增加更持久的竞争力，并鼓励学生围绕共同目标团结起来。
We’re introducing student houses to help students form a tight-knit community at Synthesis. Students will see houses teased this week and be much more likely to play with a consistent set of peers and achieve common goals together. We will still prioritize a student’s closest friends during team creation; the student house is just an extra layer to their Synthesis community. The student houses will kick off with a competitive mission starting on Monday, March 25th: achieve the highest game score for your house over the next two weeks. These leaderboards will add more lasting stakes to the games and encourage students within their houses to rally around a common goal.

游戏将准时开始 | Play Will Start Punctually

我们知道与朋友一起玩是一种神奇的体验，可以加速您孩子的成长。因此，从3月25日星期一开始，我们将采取一项时间表，帮助您的孩子更频繁地与朋友联系。这将使得我们能够创建最令人兴奋的团队，包括您孩子的室友在内的竞争和合作游戏。
We know playing with friends is a magical experience and accelerates your child’s growth. That’s why starting Monday, March 25th we’re moving to a schedule that will help your children connect with their friends more often. This will make the most exciting teams possible, including competitive and collaborative games with your child’s housemates.

从下周一，即3月25日开始，每个小时的游戏会话都将准时开始。
Starting next week on Monday, March 25th, each hour-long Play session will start punctually at the scheduled time.

• 登录会话的时间窗口将从会话开始前5分钟到会话开始后10分钟，就像讨论一样。
  The window to log into a session will be between 5 minutes before the start of the session to 10 minutes after the session starts just like Discussions.
• 例如，对于下午3点的会话，登录时间为下午2:55至下午3:10。
  For example, 2:55pm-3:10pm for a 3pm session.
  • For those in certain timezones, the login would be 3:25pm-3:40pm for a 3:30pm session.
    对于某些时区的人来说，对于下午3:30的会话，登录时间可能会是下午3:25至下午3:40。
• 您的门户上的游戏会话将显示为间隔1小时的时间段，而不是单一的多小时时间段。
  The Play sessions on your Portal will be visible as discrete 1-hour timeslots rather than the single multi-hour block.
• 您的孩子仍然可以在一周内参加尽可能多的游戏会话。如果他们错过了一个小时的登录时间窗口，他们可以在下一个时间窗口立即加入。
  Your child will still be able to attend as many Play sessions as they’d like during the week. If they miss the login window for one hour, they can join immediately during the next one.

就目前而言，就是这些了，但我们还有一些其他的计划——包括我们的夏季项目！
That’s all for now, but we have some other things in the works – including our Summer Program!

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游戏 | Play
自然选举 | Natural Election

详情 | Details

竞争团队之间是否可以合作？这是一个经典的博弈论问题，本周我们将对此进行测试。与上周类似，团队将努力将他们的动物候选人推向市长宝座。但与上周不同的是，将有一个可选的房间，他们可以与其他团队成员交谈。学生们会分享信息吗？还是保密？他们的激励是否一致？还是会引起冲突？
Can cooperation happen between competing teams? It’s a classic game theory question, and this week, we put it to the test. Like last week, teams will be trying to propel their animal candidate to the office of mayor. But unlike last week, there will be an optional room where they can speak with members of the other teams. Will students share information? Or hold back? Will their incentives align? Or cause conflict?

这是一个让学生练习协商的机会，更重要的是，让他们有机会从自己家中的低风险舒适环境中体验真实世界的全球动态。
It’s a chance for students to practice negotiation, and beyond that, an opportunity for them to experience real-world global dynamics from the low-stakes comfort of their own home.

反思 | Post-play

以下是一些后续反思问题，如果您希望与您的孩子讨论这次经历的话。
Here are some follow-up reflection questions, in case you’d like to discuss the experience with your child.

• 与其他团队的玩家合作是怎样的体验？是积极的还是消极的？为什么？
  What was it like to work with players from the other teams? Was it productive or unproductive? Why?
• 如何在竞争环境中实现合作？
  How can cooperation be achieved in competitive environments?

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讨论 | Discussions
从实验室到餐桌 | Lab to Table

学生们可以在本周的讨论环节中继续练习他们的沟通技巧。我们将踏上一场通往未来的烹饪之旅，在那里，实验室培育的肉类和昆虫蛋白挑战着传统的口味，垂直农场和3D打印的盛宴重新定义着农业，可食用包装让食物与包装之间的界限消失。当学生们探索食物的伦理、环境和技术前沿时，他们还将专注于解释他们的推理。
Students can continue practicing their communication skills in this week’s Discussion session. We’ll go on culinary journey into the future, where lab-grown meats and insect protein challenge traditional tastes, vertical farms and 3D-printed feasts redefine agriculture, and edible packaging dissolves the line between food and wrapper. As students explore the ethical, environmental, and technological frontiers of food, they’ll also focus on explaining their reasoning.

欢迎来到未来的餐桌。祝您用餐愉快！
Welcome to the dining table of tomorrow. Bon appetit!

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导师系统 | Tutor
平台更新 | Platform Update

Tutor 语音升级 – 与Jessica打个招呼
Tutor Voice Upgrade – Meet Jessica

我们理解Tutor的声音对您的学生体验来说可能是一个非常个人化的部分。我们也知道一些Tutor的声音听起来可能有点机械。为了让Tutor更具个性、生动和同理心，我们很高兴地推出了更加人性化的声音——Jessica。如果还没有介绍过，您的学生在下一堂Tutor课程开始时将会听到Jessica的声音，并有选择切换的选项。您的学生也可以随时通过在设置菜单中调整声音选项来更改Tutor的声音。
We understand that the Tutor’s voice can be a very personal part of your student’s experience. We also know that some of the Tutor’s voices can sound a bit robotic.  To give the Tutor a bit more personality, life, and empathy, we are excited to offer a more human voice — Jessica. If they haven’t been introduced already, at the start of your student’s next Tutor lesson, they will hear Jessica’s voice and be given the option to switch if they choose. Your student can also change the Tutor’s voice at any time, by adjusting the voice option in the settings menu.

尽情享受吧！
Enjoy!

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1. 下游思维（Downstream Thinking）：是一种思考方式，通常用于环境保护、可持续发展等领域。它强调考虑某个行动或决策的长期影响和可能的结果，特别是对下游环境、社会和经济的影响。这种思维方式鼓励人们在做出决策时不仅考虑眼前的利益，还要考虑到未来可能的影响，以确保所采取的行动不会对未来产生负面影响或不可逆转的损害。 ↩︎