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Educational Technology in the Asia Pacific Region: Educational Technology in the

Asia Pacific Region
PowerPoint Presentation: To provide confidence to educators that they are taking
the right steps in adapting technology in education, it is good to know that du
ring the last few years, progressive countries in the Asia Pacific region have f
ormulated state policies and strategies to infuse technology in schools. The rea
son for this move is not difficult to understand since there is now a pervasive
awareness that a nation s socio-economic success in the 21 st century is linked to
how well it can compete in a global information and communication technology (I
CT) region. This imperative among nations has therefore given tremendous respons
ibilities on educators to create an educational technology environment in school
s. And since it is understood that state policies will continue to change, it is
helpful to examine prevailing ICT policies and strategies of five progressive s
tates/city, namely New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Ne
w Zealand 2001 ICT Goals and Strategy ( Weblink for more a detailed document) ht
tp://www.tki.org.nz/ict/
Strategy: Strategy It foresees schools to be: Improving learning outcomes for st
udents using ICT to support the curriculum. Using ICT to improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of educational administration. Developing partnership with com
munities to enhance access to learning through ICT.
Goal: Goal Government with the education and technology sectors, community group
s, and industry envisions to support to the development of the capability of sch
ools to use information and communication technologies in teaching-and-learning
and in administration.
Focus areas: Focus areas Infrastructure for increasing school s access to ICT s to e
nhance education. Professional development so that school managers and teachers
can increase their capacity to use ICT.
Initiatives: Initiatives An On-line Resource Center with a centrally managed web
site for the delivery of multimedia resources to schools A computer recycling sc
heme A planning and implementation guide for schools ICT professional developmen
t schools/clusters Australia IT Initiatives ( http://www.deet.gov.au/schools/Ade
laide/text/htm)
PowerPoint Presentation: In the Adelaide Declaration on national goals for schoo
ls, information technology is one of the eight national goals/learning areas stu
dents should achieve. Students should be confident, creative and productive user
s of new technologies, particularly ICTs, and understand the impact of these tec
hnologies on society. The plans for achieving the national goal for IT are left
to individual states and territories with the Educational Network Australia ( Ed
NA ) as the coordinating and advisory body. Across the states and territories, t
he common features to planning, funding and implementation strategies are:
PowerPoint Presentation: Fast local and wide area networks linking schools acros
s the state and territory Substantial number of computers in schools, ensuring a
dequate access Continuing teacher training in the use of technology for instruct
ion Technical support to each school Sufficient hardware and software Digital li
brary resources Technology demonstrations as models for schools Malaysia Smart S
chool-level Technology Project ( http://www.ppk.kpm.my/smartschool/)
PowerPoint Presentation: Technology plays many roles in a Smart School from faci
litating teaching-and-learning activities to assisting with school management. F
ully equipping a school includes: Classrooms with multimedia, presentation facil
ities, e-mail, and groupware for collaborative work Library media center with da
tabase for multimedia courseware and network access to the internet Computer lab

oratory for teaching, readily accessible multimedia and audiovisual equipment Mu

ltimedia development center tools for creating multimedia materials. Computer st
udies as a subject.
PowerPoint Presentation: Studio/ theatrette with control room for centralized au
diovisual equipment, teleconferencing studio, audio room, video and laser disc v
ideo room. Teachers room with on-line access to courseware catalogues and databa
ses, information and resource management systems and professional networking too
ls, such as e-mail and groupware. Server room equipped to handle applications, m
anagement databases and web servers. Administration office capable of managing d
atabases of students and facilities, tracking student and teacher performance an
d resources, distributing notices and other information electricity. Singapore M
asterplan for IT in Education ( http://www.moe.edu.sg/iteducation/masterplan/we
lcome.htm)
The Masterplan has four key dimensions:: The Masterplan has four key dimensions:
Curriculum and assessment A balance between acquisition of factual knowledge an
d mastery of concepts and skills Students in more active and independent learnin
g Assessment to measure abilities in applying information, thinking and communic
ating.
Learning Resources: Learning Resources Use of relevant Internet resources for te
aching-and-learning Convenient and timely procurement for software materials
Teacher Development: Teacher Development Training on purposeful use of IT for te
aching Equipping each trainee with core skills in teaching with IT Tie-ups with
institutions of higher learning and industry partners
Physical and Technology infrastructure: Physical and Technology infrastructure P
upil computer ration of 2:1 Access to IT in all learning areas in the school Sch
ool-wide network, and school linkage through wide area network (WAN), eventually
connected to Singapore ONE (a broadband access service for highly-speedy delive
ry of multimedia services on island-wide basis) Hong Kong Education Program High
lights ( http://www.info.gov.hk/emb/prog_high/schoolprog.html)
PowerPoint Presentation: Government aims to raise the quality of school educatio
n by promoting the use of IT in teaching and learning. The IT initiatives are: O
n average, 40 computers for each primary school and 82 computers for each second
ary school About 85,000 IT training places for teachers at four levels Technical
support for all schools An I nformation Education Resource Center for all schoo
ls 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 S
cheme 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
Enrichment Activity: Enrichment Activity Groups are separately assigned to acces
s IT masterplans of each state/city and to make a report to the class on the mos
t remarkable IT features in the plan.
Self Help: Self Help On a cartolina paper, each group will devise a geographical
sketch/drawing with graphic and cut-out illustration of IT features of assigned
country/city.
Discussion: Discussion How do Philippine schools compare with schools in progres
sive countries in the Asia Pacific region? The plan of the Department of Educati
on is to supply computers to public elementary and high schools at a ration of 1
school 1 computer. How adequate or inadequate do you find this plan considering
that the public school system in the Philippines has an average of 1,000 studen

ts in each school? What can be proposed so that the Philippines can cope up with
its neighbors on IT Education? Filipinos, including students, are hooked up on
cellphone texting. Is this enough for information skills literacy for our citize
ns and youths? Mention the benefits and disadvantages of our texting culture.