Advantages, Disadvantages and Challenges of implementing Smart School

1. PBL- MalaysianPBL- Malaysian
TBC 3013
Information and
Communication
Technology in Biology

2. What are the advantages, What are the advantages,
disadvantages and challenges of disadvantages and challenges of
implementing Smart School? implementing Smart School?
How to overcome those How to overcome those
challenges?challenges?

3. AdvantagesAdvantages
Interactive learning was improved
◦Contact other student through email
◦Using smart board
Give students a hands-on approach to classroom concepts
Equipped with the latest technology
◦Provide a range of education software for teacher, school and colleges
◦Various methods of teaching and learning are use
Curriculum is more flexible and open (More on self-evaluation)
◦Learning lesson are student –centered
◦Promote self-learning to creative and independent
◦Can be learn in variety way as they like

4. DisadvantagesDisadvantages
Higher cost
◦Government spend a lot of electronic facilities and new book
Not much democratization in education
◦Student have no choice on what to learn and when to sit for
exam
◦They don’t have enough time to study and understand the
lesson as they have different ability to learn
Lack of technological infrastructure and teaching
materials in school in rural area.
◦Don’t have much chance to be expose to technology
◦Limited internet connectivity

5. Challenges and Challenges and
method to overcomemethod to overcome
1. To have affective e-learning in classroom
- Students bored with old time learning method
oUsing more effective materials and technology
Smart board
Educational TV (ETV)
oHardware and courseware (and all new
courseware developed will be web-enabled)

6. 2. Awareness of society
-They feel Smart School are same with normal school
-Doesn’t know much about Smart School
-Many people had the notion that the smart school was a school
for smart students only
o Have “Smart School Promotional Programme”
To put it in the right perspective
Increase awareness of society
Familiarity of Smart School toward public
Gain confidence from public

7. 3. Effort to prepare teachers as catalysts
- They are the core pillar of the nation’s education system
thereby acting as agents of change for the nation
oRigorous training course for teachers and
administrators
Teachers undergoing retraining in FIVE skills
Learning Skills
Creative and Critical Thinking
Fasilitating
Assessement and Evaluation
Techologically competent

8. 4. Limited internet coverage
-especially in rural school
oSchoolNet Project
To provide internet broadband facilities