INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCES

MR.AZMI IBRAHIMNAME MATRIC NUMBER

NORHAFIZA HARON D20101037425

NOR FARIHA ABU BAKAR D20101037427

AINI MOHAMAD D20101037431

SMART SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION

• A learning institution that has been systematically reinvented in term of teaching-learning practices and school management in order to prepare children for the Information Age.

SMART SCHOOL OBJECTIVES

Development of individual (intellectual,

physical, emotional, and spiritual)

Create opportunities to enhance individual

strengths and abilities

Democratizing education

Increasing involvement of stakeholders

Produce a thinking and technology literate

workforce

Smart Schools Initiatives, Focusing On The Teaching And Learning

Component

Smart Schools Curriculum- Achieve the goals of National Philosophy

of Education- Achieve overall and balanced development- integrating of knowledge, skills, values and

correct use of language across the curriculum

Pedagogy - Appropriate mix of learning strategies to

ensure mastery of basic competencies and promotion of holistic development

- Process- Modes - Tasks- Establish a culture for learning

Teaching-Learning Materials

- to fully support the new teaching- learning strategies- cost effective,- cosmetically - technically adequate

Assessment - Readiness - Progress - Aptitude- Integration of technology as a tool to facilitate

assessment - Will be conducted in various forms

- classroom assessment- school based assessment - centralized assessment

Technology Enablers• Technology alone will not make Smart School.• Improve: Teaching-learning strategies,

management, administrative process, capable, well-trained personnel.

• Purpose: To make lesson more interesting, relevant, and meaningful.

• Classrooms, library/media center, computer laboratory.

Progress• The milestone for the Smart School Flagship

has 4 waves:– Wave 1(The Pilot)(1999-2002)– Wave 2(The Post-Pilot)(2002-2005)– Wave 3(Making All School Smart)(2005-2010)– Wave 4(Consolidate and Stabilise)(2010-2020)

• Smart School implementation comprises two phases:– Pilot Project phase– Broad roll-out phase

• 87 pilot schools involved in Pilot Project phase which tested 3 models of technology.

• Broad roll-out phase, the government of Malaysia is expected to play the role of architect and driver for the Smart School project in the ways to:– Prepare the guidelines and provide the basic

amenities to schools according to their individual needs.

– Actively encourage all school to become Smart School on their own initiatives by using their own financial resources and expertise.

• The Pilot Project tested the Smart School Integrated Solution(SSIS) via a few components.

• When the Pilot Project was successfully concluded in 2002, a consortium of evaluators made up of experts from the local universities was commissioned by the MoE/MDeC partners to conduct an evaluation of the project.

• This evaluation works began in April 2003 and report of finding was published in 2004.

PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES SINCE OF INCEPTION OF SMART SCHOOLS IN

MALAYSIA

Teacher training

Multimedia infrastructure

Learners attitude

Material

Administrator’s role

Teacher training Intensive training and counseling to assist

teacher adapt with new environment.The training must have focus considerable

attention to change mindset of teachers.Involves such as renovate training programs,

significant additional infrastructure and mobilization of expertise: local and foreign.

Now, teachers will be instrumental in creating conditions that will promote self-directed

learning.

Multimedia infrastructure..The hardware and software: demand a heavy

investment on it.Required the creation of interlinked national and

local databases and resource centre.Successful planning, installation and maintenance

required a radical change in approach. Required funding: new schools with all it’s

multimedia infrastructure, maintenance, upgrading facilities.

Too passive

• Fully hoping to teachers

Must play

active role

• Determine the direction of their learning by participate of the activities

Transition to global

environment

• Nurture skills of creative problem-solving

• Learn to make a right decisions

MATERIALS

Sustainable supply for future: constantly

replenished and updated

Developed for all subjects in curriculum

Provide for higher fliers: average and

slow learners.

ADMINISTRATOR’S ROLE AS EFFECTIVE MANAGER

Improve efficiency and access to all concerned

Networking facilitate

involvement of parents and

community :effective partners

The school management

must be computerized

and on-line

CONCLUSION This Smart School initiative can revolutionize learning beyond our

grasp today.Ensuring the successful

implementation of the Smart Schools will required a long-term

implementation plan which set the performance target that will be to met

by the major players.