SBI 3013

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGY

CHALLENGING
IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT IN
SMART SCHOOL
GROUP MEMBERS:

1) NAJAT BINTI MD MUHTAR (D20152071966)

2) NOOR NADIA BINTI ALIAS (D20152071973)
3) NOR ERLINA BINTI MOHD SAHI (D20152071991)
 SMART SCHOOL
Definition: Smart school is a learning institution that
has been systemically integrated with ICT in terms of
teaching-learning practices and school management
in order to prepare children for the Information
Age. (MalaysiaGov., 1997).
Malaysia has developed a successful road map for
development of smart school system.
Encourages an active thinking process. This
system must encourage students use
personal computers (PCs), the Internet and intranets
as research and communication tools.
 Smart school
hardware, software
and courseware was
found to be under- Lack of trainings
utilized

Lack of technological
infrastructure and
teaching materials in
school in rural area

CHALLENGES

Lack of
Negative attitude of
democratization in
teachers
education
Time constrain
 Lack of technological infrastructure and
teaching materials in school in rural area

Limited internet connection

Limitation of infrastructure, such as computer
labs lead to ineffectiveness of technology
supported teaching and learning.
Shortage of computers
Smart school hardware, software and courseware was
found to be under-utilized
Some teachers are not keen on using the courseware
-lack of ICT knowledge
-not comfortable with the use of hardware and courseware.
-prefer traditional way of teaching which is chalk and talK.
The design of the courseware does not accommodate for
students with differing needs and learning abilities.
Courseware lacks proper guidelines to use.
Software used in school and MOE is causing problem:
-to key in data
-cannot be used by schools computer
-the processor takes a longer time and slow.
-the hardware is out of date
-lack of knowledge can cause damage to computer
 Lack of democatization in education

Students have no choice in their

education.

Student dont have enough time to

manage themselves.
 Lack of training
Some teachers cannot teach
effectively

Experienced teachers lack of ICT

knowledge.
(5) Negative Attitude Of Teachers
Experienced teachers lack of ICT knowledge.

(6) Time constraint

Students felt that learning using computer is
very time consuming
Teachers have to prepare earlier if they want
to use the computer lab for teaching and it
will disturb the process of teaching and
learning.