The document discusses the Smart School initiative in Malaysia which aims to reinvent the educational system through the use of information and communication technology (ICT). It covers aspects of the curriculum, pedagogy, teaching materials, and assessment in Smart Schools. Challenges during the inception of Smart Schools in Malaysia included lack of awareness, preparing teachers, limited internet coverage, and high costs. The concept of Smart Schools is still relevant for developing Malaysia's information society, but implementing it faces resistance that stakeholders must work to overcome.

1. SSI3013: Information and
Communication Technology in
Science
NOR FADILAH BT ZAKARIA D20101037413
NUR FARALINA ASRAB ALI D20101037415
SYAZANA BT ISMAIL D20101037417
TITLE: SMART SCHOOL

2. Introduction
A learning institution that has been systemically reinvented
in terms of teaching and learning as well as the improvement
of the school management processes.
The Smart School project was introduced as one of the
seven Flagship applications of the Multimedia Super
Corridor (MSC), a gargantuan government project that aims
at building Malaysia’s capability in the ICT area.
The Smart School Flagship aims to reinvent the educational
system in Malaysia in order to ensure the achievement of
Vision 2020.

3. Provide all-round
development of the
individual
(intellectual, physical,
emotional and
spiritual).
Provide
opportunities to
Democratise
education. Smart enhance individual
strengths and
School abilities.
Initiative
Produce a thinking
Increase participation
and technology
of stakeholders.
literate workface

4. Curiculum
Teaching
Teaching &
and
learning Pedagogy
materials Learning
Concepts
Assesement

5. CURICULUM
It has a different format in that the intended learning
outcomes are explicitly stated at different levels.
There are four knowledge to be infused in the Smart
School curriculum
The skills covered for the former are wider and include
information technology skills
PEDAGOGY
Appropriate mix of learning strategies to ensure mastery
of basic competencies and promotion of holistic
development,
Allowance for individual differences in learning styles to
boost performance
Classroom atmosphere compatible with different
teaching-learning strategies

6. Assessment
Element- Criterion-
Holistic
Based referenced
Learner- Online
centered Assessment

7. Teaching and Learning Material
Meets curricular and instructional needs, is cost effective,
as well as cosmetically and technically adequate .
Cognitively challenging, attractive, motivates students to
learn, and encourages active participation.
Combines the best of network-based, teacher-based and
courseware materials.

8. Technology as enabler
Can a Smart Schools be implemented
without IT???
• Gan (2000, p.81) maintains that, on the basis of
the conceptual definition for Smart Schools
that rests on the premise to educate Malaysian
children for and with the tools of Information
Age, “Smart Schools without IT will definitely
not be able to produce generation of IT-
literate Malaysian[s] ready for the challenges
of the Information Age”.

9. • Technology help the Smart Schools to
achieve their goals quickly and
efficiently.
• The blueprint gives examples of IT-
enriched teaching and learning practices
and their implications for IT.
• “Every computer shall have access to
the latest educational materials
available locally, as well as to external
resources” (ibid.,p.102)

10. Overview of Progress
Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4
Wave 1
SSI rolled Consolidation Makes all Consolidate
out to 87 of Smart school smart and stabilize
Pilot Schools School by 2010 Technology
principles (10000 becomes key
Smart enabler in
School) teaching &
learning.

11. Challenges Faced During Inception of
Smart School In Malaysia
1) 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 was a school for smart student only
2) Effort to prepare teachers as catalysts
- they are the core of the nation’s education system thereby
acting as changing agent for the nation
3) Limited internet coverage
- especially in rural area
4) High cost

12. Conclusion
The Smart School concept is very relevant to us as the
Information age society. However, the implementation has
its own resistance to deal with. So, various stakeholders
include Ministry of Education, teachers, parents and students
are committed to play their role effectively. Establishing a
scientific and progressive society as to fulfill Vision 2020.