Information and Communication Technology in scienceSSI 3013

MALAYSIAN SMART SCHOOL

NAME MATRIC NUMBER

DARVINA LIM CHOO KHENG D20101037508

DAYANG SUFINAH BINTI DATU TENG D20101037517

VIVIANA VELENTHIA MICHEAL D20101037453

Introduction

What is smart school?Learninginstitutions thatare reconstructedto fit the globallyevolving world ofinformation andtechnology

Reinvented in terms of teaching and learning practice and school management

Equipped with technology and good facilities

Interconnected with other schools and national authorities by secured networks

Smart School InitiativeSmart School Initiative

• Produce a thinking technology-literate work force

• Provide all round development of the individual

• Provide opportunities to enhance individual strengths and abilities

• Increase participation of stakeholders• Democratize education

• Produce a thinking technology-literate work force

• Provide all round development of the individual

• Provide opportunities to enhance individual strengths and abilities

• Increase participation of stakeholders• Democratize education

Teaching And Learning Component

1. Curriculum 2. Pedagogy

3. Assessment 4. Teaching And

Learning Materials

Teaching And Learning Component considered from point of

Curriculum

Pedagogy ●Appropriate mix of learning strategies to ensure

mastery of basic competencies and promotion of holistic development# Encouragement of learning activities to promote creativity and experimentation with content-independent subjects while maintaining sufficient rigour in content dependent subjects# Overall, trend towards student-centre learning

activities with increase in age and maturity● Allowing for individual differences in learning styles to

boost performance● The classroom atmosphere is compatible with different

teaching-learning strategies

Assessment

Teaching And Learning Materials

Technology enablers

1. Classrooms with multimedia courseware, and presentation facilities, and e-mail or groupware for collaborative work.

Technology has many roles to play in Smart School, from facilitating teaching and learning activities to assisting with school might include the following:

Implementation Waves

Wave 1 – The Pilot (1999 - 2002)

Partnership

MoE – Provide educational expertiseTSS – Setting up the infrastructure and developing applications and teaching-learning solutions to fulfill the requirement and objectives of Smart Schools MDC – strategic the position and role in the ICT growth and development process of MSC for build up the partnerships with the industry sector.

Wave 2 – The Post-Pilot (2002 - 2005)

• Infrastructure and measures such as computer lab, SchoolNet, coursewares, e-material and the Teaching-Learning Science And Mathematics In English (PPSMI), an education policy is conducted to the whole Malaysia’s schools.

• At this wave, the steps of leveraging all ICT initiatives are taken. For examples, EduWebTV and School Access Centre are set up and made full use of them.

• Smart School Qualification Standards (SSQS), a monitoring tool is used to measure the utilization of ICT in schools. This SSQS focusing on 4 domains:

Wave 3 – Making All Schools Smart (2005 - 2010)

• SSQS Star Ratings:Advanced Plus (5*)Advanced (4*)Median (3*)Basic Plus (2*)Basic (1*)

• In 2010, MoE has awarded ‘Smart School’ rating to 8147 schools. This means they have achieved at least three stars.

Wave 4 – Consolidate And Stabilise (2011 - 2020)

Catalyst Schools Programme:

• Expected to generate the “Mutiplier Effect” to speed up the process of achieving the 5 star ranking by other schools.

• The inception of Smart School in Malaysia is a big leap in our local education to achieve our nation Vision 2020.

• The continuous effort towards making it’s a big success requires fully involvement of all the stakeholders.