Archive Consultation Papers and Consultancy Reports Information Technology for Learning in a New Era Five-Year Strategy 1998/99 to 2002/03

Annex C Key Features of IT Plans Introduced in the Mainland and Other Countries Year of introduction IT training for teachers Hardware and networking Curriculum and resource support Mainland 1996 To require 50% to 70% of secondary school computer teachers to have qualification of tertiary (or equivalent) or higher level, and all primary school computer teachers to have qualification of secondary or higher level, by 2000. To train up all school administrators and equip them with basic computer knowledge, by 2000. To train up all non-computer teachers to use computers to assist teaching by stages. To allocate at least 15, 20, and 25 computers for every primary school, junior high school, and senior high school respectively, by 2000. To seek to facilitate multi-media learning, learning through satellite, collaborative learning through LAN, learning through Internet etc. at different levels. To seek to actively use IT to assist teaching. A revised computer curriculum has been implemented in primary and junior high schools since 1998. The National Primary and Secondary Computer Education Research Centre, established in 1992, tests new technology and serves as a nation-wide centre for software development and teachers' training. Singapore 1997 To train up all teachers by 2002. To reach the pupil-computer ratio of 2:1 for every school by 2002. To link all schools through WAN, which will eventually be connected to the high-speed backbone of Singapore ONE, by 2002. To provide all teachers and pupils from Primary 4 and above with e-mail accounts. To enable a student to spend up to 30% of curriculum time using IT. The Ministry of Education will provide a central clearing-house service to source, review and recommend software titles (Recommended Software List) and web-sites for schools. To establish Digital Media Repositories to provide media clips, web pages and courseware snippets for multimedia resource-based learning. Japan 1990 To train up all teachers by 1999. To reach the pupil-computer ratio of 16:1 for every school by 1999. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Education sponsored a two-year Ò100-school projectÓ in 1995. Under the project, about 110 schools have been installed with communication lines, communication equipment and client service machines. The participating schools took part in various IT projects by utilising the networking facilities provided. A new round has started in 1997. To identify multi-media applications that will raise the quality of education, science, culture and sports. To make available 2 500 educational software titles to schools. United States 1996 In 1996, the U.S. President announced the Technology Literacy Challenge, envisioning a 21st century where all students would be technologically literate. The challenge is placed before the nation as a whole. The federal government's role is to provide the momentum to support state and local efforts to meet the challenge. Building on the available technology activities, the 5-year, US$2 billion Information Literacy Challenge Fund has been available for applications since 1997. The fund could spur states, local communities, and other involved parties to step forward, produce matching dollars and in kind contributions, and cooperate with one another in achieving the following 4 goals' - To provide all teachers with training and support in helping students learn through computers and the information highway. To provide modern multimedia computers in all classrooms. To connect every classroom and library to the Internet by 2000. To incorporate effective software and on-line learning resources in school curriculum. Sources of information: Ãö ©ó ¦L µo ¡u ¤¤ ¤p ¾Ç ­p ºâ ¾÷ ±Ð ¨| ¤­ ¦~ µo ®i ºõ ­n (1996-2000 ¦~ ) ¡vªº ³q ª¾ Ãö ©ó ¡u ±N ¥þ °ê ¤¤ ¾Ç ­p ºâ ¾÷ ±Ð ¨| ¬ã ¨s ¤¤ ¤ß §ï ¦W ¬° ¥þ °ê ¤¤ ¤p ¾Ç ­p ºâ ¾÷ ±Ð ¨| ¬ã ¨s ¤¤ ¤ß ¡v ªº ³q ª¾ ¡u ¤¤ ¤p ¾Ç ­p ºâ ¾÷ ½Ò µ{ «ü ¾É ºõ ­n ( ­× ­q ½Z ) ¡v ¤¤ ¤p ¾Ç ­p ºâ ¾÷ ±Ð ¨| ªk ³W »P ¤å ¥óû¿½s ¤¤ °ê ¸ê °T ¬ì §Þ ±Ð ¨| ªº ²{ ª¬ »P µo ®i µ¦ ²¤ , Hong Kong Association for Computer Education, 1997 Year Book http://www.moe.edu.sg/iteducation/masterplan/summary.htm "Master Plan for IT in Education in Singapore" "Japan,s Case Studies of Using the Internet in Schools" , Taku Sugimoto, Utilization of Computer Networks in Schools, 1996 "Report of the Task Force: Educational Software and Multimedia" , European Commission, 1996 http://www.ed.gov/Technology/Plan/NatTechPlan/ "Getting America,s Students Ready for the 21st Century" "Getting America,s Students Ready for the 21st Century" , Sara Armstrong, Utilization of Computer Networks in Schools, 1996