This document discusses information and communication technology in Smart Schools in Malaysia. It outlines the objectives of Smart Schools which include developing students holistically and preparing them for the information age. It also discusses the curriculum, pedagogy, teaching materials, and assessment used in Smart Schools. Some challenges in implementing Smart Schools include the need for extensive teacher training, adequate multimedia infrastructure, developing appropriate learning materials, and ensuring administrators play an effective managerial role. Overall, Smart Schools aim to revolutionize learning but long-term planning is required for successful implementation.

1. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCES
MR.AZMI IBRAHIM
NAME MATRIC NUMBER
NORHAFIZA HARON D20101037425
NOR FARIHA ABU BAKAR D20101037427
AINI MOHAMAD D20101037431

2. SMART SCHOOL

3. 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.

4. SMART SCHOOL OBJECTIVES
Development of
Create opportunities to
individual (intellectual, Democratizing
enhance individual
physical, emotional, education
strengths and abilities
and spiritual)
Produce a thinking and
Increasing involvement
technology literate
of stakeholders
workforce

5. Smart Schools Initiatives, Focusing On
The Teaching And Learning
Component

6. 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

7. 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

8. Teaching-Learning Materials
- to fully support the new teaching- learning
strategies
- cost effective,
- cosmetically
- technically adequate

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. • 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.

13. • 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.

14. PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES SINCE OF
INCEPTION OF SMART SCHOOLS IN
MALAYSIA

15. Teacher Multimedia
training infrastructure
Material Learners
attitude
Administrator’s
role

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Too • Fully hoping to
passive teachers
Must • Determine the
play direction of their
learning by
active participate of the
role activities
• Nurture skills of
Transition to creative problem-
global solving
environment • Learn to make a right
decisions

19. Developed for all
subjects in curriculum
Sustainable supply
for future: constantly Provide for
replenished and higher fliers:
updated average and
slow learners.
MATERIALS

20. ADMINISTRATOR’S ROLE AS
EFFECTIVE MANAGER
Networking The school
Improve facilitate management
efficiency and involvement of
parents and
must be
access to all
community computerized
concerned
:effective partners and on-line

21. 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.