The document discusses issues and challenges faced in implementing information and communication technology (ICT) in Malaysian smart schools. Key issues identified include lack of proper facilities and infrastructure, negative attitudes from some teachers, and students' lack of ICT knowledge. To address these challenges, the document recommends upgrading equipment, providing better technical support, intensive teacher training, incorporating games into lessons to engage students, and installing CCTV in computer labs to monitor student activities.

1. Aisyah Nazurah Binti Mohammad Tamizi
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Kamilia Binti Salehuddin
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Suzica Johnny Jusim
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2.  The Malaysian Smart School is a learning institution that has been
systematically reinvented in terms of teaching-learning practices and
school management in order to prepare students to cope and leverage
on the Information Age
 The teaching and learning environment comprises 4 components:
Curriculum, Pedagogy, Assessment and Teaching and learning
materials.

3. Issue and
Challenge
Lack of Facility
Negative
attitude of
teachers
Students lack of
knowledge

4.  Lack of technological infrastructure and teaching materials
 Especially in rural area
 The systems are not up to date
 Some of the newer courseware provided to the school cannot
be used on the older computer
 Sometimes there is not enough computers and not enough
courseware
 Lack of technical expertise to maintain the systems
 Cost of maintenance is too high
 Limited internet coverage
 It takes a long time just to open the
computer

5.  Some of teachers still not ready to change their
mindset,-they think using computer is waste their time
maybe because the processor takes longer time and
slow when they use the software in class.
 Difficult to adapt to new environments
 Prefer more traditional way to teach in the classroom
 Lack ICT knowledge and not comfortable with the use of
hardware and courseware.
 Lack exposure in using technology
 Lack proper guide to use
 It is a burden for teachers to implement
teaching using the technologies that
were provided to them.

6. • Students nowadays are passive
• Unknowledgeable and not well informed in technology and
ICT especially in rural area
 Lot of computers broke down because the students do not
know how to use it - ex: the students turn off the plug
without shut down the computers
• Loves to play games in computer rather than learning
 They secretly playing games when the teacher gives them an
ample time to do their homework via computers
• Some of the students prefer to learn in traditional way
 Feel that learning process using the whiteboard/blackboard is
more effective and easy.

7.  Replaced and upgraded the computer and provided better coordination
between the various agencies involved in the smart school
 Each school need to have a system integration engineer who has a
broad range of skills including software and hardware engineering and
interface protocols.
 Making lesson plans in advance, thinking through projects and owning
a personal calendar can help in this kind of situations.
 The teacher needs to be a careful mix of intensive training and
counselling to help teachers adapt to the new environment
 The teachers should implement their teaching with a lot of games as it
is equivalent to the 21st century education
 Students have become accustomed to new technologies and are always
eager to learn new skills and discover fun activities.
 CCTV need to be installed in the computer laboratory to ensure the
students do not play during learning process