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Educational Technology in

the Asia Pacific Region


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To provide confidence to educators that they are taking the rightsteps in adapting technology in education, it is good to know that duringthe last few years, progressive countries in the Asia Pacific region haveformulated state policies and strategies to infuse technology in schools. Thereason for this move is not difficult to understand since there is now apervasive awareness that a nations socio-economic success in the 21stcentury is linked to how well it can compete in a global information andcommunication technology (ICT) region. This imperative among nationshas therefore given tremendous responsibilities on educators to create aneducational technology environment in schools.

And since it is understood that state policies will continue to change,it is helpful to examine prevailing ICT policies and strategies of fiveprogressive states/city, namely New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia,

Singapore and Hong Kong.

New Zealand 2001 ICT Goals and Strategy(Weblink for more a detailed document)http://www.tki.org.nz/ict/
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Strategy

It foresees schools to be:

Improving learning outcomes for students using ICTto support the curriculum.

Using ICT to improve the efficiency and effectivenessof educational administration.

Developing partnership with communities toenhance access to learning through ICT.


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Goal

Government with the education and technologysectors, community groups, and industry envisionsto support to the development of the capability ofschools to use information and communicationtechnologies in teaching-and-learning and inadministration.


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Focus areas

Infrastructure for increasing schools access to ICTsto enhance education.

Professional development so that school managers

and teachers can increase their capacity to use ICT.


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Initiatives

An On-line Resource Center with a centrallymanaged website for the delivery of multimediaresources to schools

A computer recycling scheme A planning and implementation guide for schools

ICT professional development schools/clusters

Australia IT Initiatives

(http://www.deet.gov.au/schools/Adelaide/text/htm)
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In the Adelaide Declaration on national goals forschools, information technology is one of the eightnational goals/learning areas students should achieve.Students should be confident, creative and productive

users of new technologies, particularly ICTs, andunderstand the impact of these technologies on society.

The plans for achieving the national goal for IT areleft to individual states and territories with theEducational Network Australia (EdNA) as the

coordinating and advisory body. Across the states andterritories, the common features to planning, fundingand implementation strategies are:


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Fast local and wide area networks linking schools acrossthe state and territory

Substantial number of computers in schools, ensuringadequate access

Continuing teacher training in the use of technology forinstruction Technical support to each school Sufficient hardware and software Digital library resources Technology demonstrations as models for schools

Malaysia Smart School-level Technology Project(http://www.ppk.kpm.my/smartschool/)
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Technology plays many roles in a Smart School fromfacilitating teaching-and-learning activities to assisting

with school management. Fully equipping a schoolincludes:

Classrooms with multimedia, presentation facilities, e-mail, and groupware for collaborative work

Library media center with database for multimediacourseware and network access to the internet

Computer laboratory for teaching, readily accessiblemultimedia and audiovisual equipment

Multimedia development center tools for creatingmultimedia materials. Computer studies as a subject.


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Studio/theatrette with control room for centralized audiovisualequipment, teleconferencing studio, audio room, video and laserdisc video room.

Teachers room with on-line access to courseware catalogues anddatabases, information and resource management systems andprofessional networking tools, such as e-mail and groupware.

Server room equipped to handle applications, managementdatabases and web servers.

Administration office capable of managing databases of studentsand facilities, tracking student and teacher performance andresources, distributing notices and other information electricity.

Singapore Masterplan for IT in Education(http://www.moe.edu.sg/iteducation/masterplan/welcome.htm)
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The Masterplan has four key dimensions:

Curriculum and assessment

A balance between acquisition of factual knowledgeand mastery of concepts and skills

Students in more active and independent learning Assessment to measure abilities in applying

information, thinking and communicating.


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Learning Resources

Use of relevant Internet resources for teaching-and-learning

Convenient and timely procurement for software

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Teacher Development

Training on purposeful use of IT for teaching

Equipping each trainee with core skills in teachingwith IT

Tie-ups with institutions of higher learning andindustry partners


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Physical and Technology infrastructure

Pupil computer ration of 2:1

Access to IT in all learning areas in the school

School-wide network, and school linkage through

wide area network (WAN), eventually connected toSingapore ONE (a broadband access service forhighly-speedy delivery of multimedia services onisland-wide basis)

Hong Kong Education Program Highlights

(http://www.info.gov.hk/emb/prog_high/schoolprog.html)
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Government aims to raise the quality of school education bypromoting the use of IT in teaching and learning. The IT initiatives are:

On average, 40 computers for each primary school and 82 computers foreach secondary school

About 85,000 IT training places for teachers at four levels Technical support for all schools An Information Education Resource Center for all schools and teachers An IT coordinating for each of 250 schools should have sound IT Plans Computer rooms for use by students after normal school hours An IT Pilot Scheme to provide schools with additional resources. Review of school curriculum to incorporate IT elements

Development of appropriate software in collaboration with government,the private sector, tertiary institutions and schools Exploring the feasibility of setting up an education-specific Intranet


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Enrichment Activity

Groups are separately assigned to access ITmasterplans of each state/city and to make a reportto the class on the most remarkable IT features in theplan.


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Self Help

On a cartolina paper, each group will devise ageographical sketch/drawing with graphic and cut-out illustration of IT features of assignedcountry/city.


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Discussion

1. How do Philippine schools compare with schools inprogressive countries in the Asia Pacific region?

2. The plan of the Department of Education is to supplycomputers to public elementary and high schools at a rationof 1 school 1 computer. How adequate or inadequate do you

find this plan considering that the public school system inthe Philippines has an average of 1,000 students in eachschool?

3. What can be proposed so that the Philippines can cope upwith its neighbors on IT Education?

4. Filipinos, including students, are hooked up on cellphonetexting. Is this enough for information skills literacy for ourcitizens and youths? Mention the benefits anddisadvantages of our texting culture.

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