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
systemmust encourage students use
personalcomputers (PCs),the Internet and
intranets as research and communication tools.
 Smart school
hardware,
software and
courseware was Lack of trainings
found to be
under-utilized
Lack of
technological
infrastructure and
teaching
materials in
school in rural CHALLENGE
area S

Lack of
Negative attitude
democratization
of teachers
in 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-the hardware is out of date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.