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Future School – USA, UK and Singapore
Tiong Ting MingChief Information Officer (CIO)Inti Universal Holdings Bhd
Framework for 21st Century Skills
4th Sep 2009
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Knowledge Navigator•A concept described by former Apple Computer CEO
John Sculley in his 1987 book, Odyssey.
• It describes a device that can access a large
networked database of hypertext information, and use
software agents to assist searching for information.
•a tablet style computer with numerous advanced
capabilities, including an excellent text-to-speech
system with no hint of "computerese",
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Knowledge Navigator
•A gesture based interface reminiscent of the
multitouch interface used on the iPhone and an
equally powerful speech understanding system.
•Allowing the user to converse with the system via
an animated "butler" as the software agent.
• It was criticized as being an unrealistic portrayal
of the capacities of any software agent in the
foreseeable future, or even in a distant future.
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Knowledge Navigator
•For some however this video prototype was
and/or still is a source of motivation for their work.
•They see it as a goal set in a future they might
help create one day.
•The advent of the Internet and the World Wide
Web and several devices marketed by Apple's
competitors would indeed fulfill some of the
visions of the Knowledge Navigator
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Knowledge Navigator
•Movie - Knowledge Navigator By Apple Inc
•Movie - iPhone By Apple Inc
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Smart School - 1995
•Teaching-Learning Materials
•Smart School Management System
•Support services
•Systems integration
•Professionally Trained Teachers
•Smart School Assessment System
•Technology Infrastructure.
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Smart School
•Movie – Malaysian Smart School by TSS
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Building School for the Future (BSF)
•Building Schools for the Future is a 15-year strategic national investment programme
▫3,500 schools across 150 local authorities
•£2.2bn per annum of capital investment
•Transforming education and delivering 21st Century standards in secondary schools across England
•Equip all with new ICT infrastructure, equipment and shared learning platforms
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Building School for the Future (BSF)
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•Microsoft Corp’s worldwide Innovative Schools
programme works with governments, educators
and partners around the world to build schools
that meet the challenges of 21st-century
learning.
•School of the Future Website:
•http://www.microsoft.com/education/
SchoolofFuture.mspx
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Future School
•First Future school in the world - 2006
•USA: Philadelphia School of the Future
•Type of school: Public secondary (ages 14–18)
•Number of students: 170 (to be 750)
•Location: Philadelphia
•Neighbourhood high school with comprehensive
curriculum (not special admit)
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Future School•New construction in West Philadelphia.
•Approximately $63 million total construction budget
•Microsoft contribution primarily human capital,
partnership development support and Microsoft
Consulting and Support (MCS)
•Best practices and innovations to be shared worldwide.
•School opened 7 Sept 2006
•Movie – Future School, USA
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•The lessons learned from these schools helped
Microsoft to evolve the Innovative Schools
programme to expand to 12 locations around
the world.
•They will continue to be an essential part of the
programme, acting as ‘mentors’ to the
following 12 schools:
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1. Brazil – Insituto Escola Lumiar
2. Canada – Literacy@School
3. Chile – Centro Educacional Erasmo Escala
Arriagada
4. Finland – Ritaharjun Yhtenaisperuskoulu
5. France – École Chateaudun
6. Germany – Ottobrunn
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7. SAR Hong Kong – Fung Kai No 2. Primary School
8. Ireland – Dunshaughlin Community School
9. Mexico – Escuela Secundaria Technica Estata No
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10.Qatar – Al-Bayan Independent School for Girls
11.Sweden – Bjorknas School
12.UK – Bowring Community Sports College
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•Singapore: Crescent Girls School
•Type of school: Public secondary (ages 13–16)
•Number of students: 1239
•Location: Singapore
•One of the original schools to participate in
Microsoft’s BackPack.NET initiative in Singapore.
•BackPack.NET
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Future School•Collaboration between the Infocomm Development
Authority of Singapore (IDA) and Microsoft Singapore
•Goal: to enhance the learning experience through
technology in education
•Launched in October 2003, five-year initiative
•Encourages student-centric learning using Tablet
PCs, digital-inking applications and other innovative
technologies
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Crescent Girls School
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Learning Space
Crescent Girls School
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Physic Lesson with Tablet PC
Crescent Girls School
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Interlocking Chairs and Tables
Crescent Girls School
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Teacher’s Bench
Crescent Girls School
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Manga Art Lab
Crescent Girls School
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Manga Art Lab
Crescent Girls School
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Teacher’s Bench
Crescent Girls School
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Virtual Exercise with Nintendo Wii
Crescent Girls School
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Digital Music Lab
Crescent Girls School
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Amphitheatre
Crescent Girls School
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Eco Park
Future School
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A Bendemeer Secondary School student intent on a class activity during a design and technology lesson
Bendemeer Secondary School students learning their mother tongue using tablet PCs during a Tamil language lesson
Star Education Fair Sunday August 24, 2008
IT-wired schools
Stories by TAN EE LOO
Future School
•Collaboration between the Infocomm
Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and
Microsoft Singapore
•Movie – Future School
• International Conference on Teaching and
Learning with Technology (iCTLT)
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•2008
•Five FutureSchools@Singapore
1. Canberra Primary School,
2. Beacon Primary School (New)
3. Crescent Girls’ School,
4. Jurong Secondary and
5. Hwa Chong Institution
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Future School• Innovative teaching methods and engaging lessons
•Widespread use of Information and Communications
Technology (ICT).
• In alignment with IDA’s iN2015 vision for Education
and Learning, MOE plans to select and develop up
to 15 schools by 2015 in a few phases.
•Movie – iN2015 - Intelligent Nation 2015
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