Lesson 3

Lesson 3

Educational Technology in the Asia Pacific Region

           

New Zealand Strategy It foresees schools to be: Improving learning outcomes for students using ICT to support the curriculum Using ICT to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of educational administration Developing partnerships with communities to enhance access to learning through ICT Singapore Learning resources  Wide range of educational software for instruction use of relevant internet resources for teaching-and-learning Convenient and timely procurement of software materials

Malaysia Classrooms with multimedia, presentation facilities, e-mail, and groupware for collaborative work Library media center with databases for multimedia course ware and network access to the internet Computer laboratory for teaching, readily accessible multimedia materials Hong Kong 40 computers for each primary school and 82 computers for each secondary school computer rooms for use by students after normal school hours

Australia

• Fast local and wide area networks linking school across the state and territory
• Substantial  number of computers in schools, ensuring adequate access
• Continuing teacher training in the use of technology for instruction
• Technical  support to each  school
• Sufficient  hardware  and software
• Digital library resources
• Technology  demonstration as models for school

 

DISCUSSION

1.      How do Philippine schools compare with schools in progressive countries in the Asia Pacific region?

Ø  The schools in the Philippines are still developing but it isn’t not progressing much due to the lack of support and funding of government to education. Other Asia Pacific regions are more progressive due to support of the government for the progression of their education…

2.      The plan of the department of education is to supply computers to public elementary and high schools at a ratio of 1 schools-1 computer. How adequate or inadequate do you find this plan considering that the public school system in the Philippines has an average of 1,000 students in each school?

Ø  The DEPED’s plan is really inadequate because 1,000 students cannot learn by just using one computer. It a lot more effective if the school and government provide enough computers in the school so learners can practice on how can they the computer properly.

3.      What can be the proposed so that the Philippines can cope up with its neighbors on IT education?

Ø  So that our country Philippines can cope up with its neighbors on IT education, it is better to have more advanced technologies. It is better to educate students starting from elementary on the computers we are using so that they may be able to use it in the future since we are in a modern generation. The Government should support and gives funds in the progression of education. Many countries are progressing due to the development of their education. If the government does this, we could easily cope up with our neighboring countries.

4.      Filipinos, including students, are hooked up on cell phone texting. Is this enough for information skills literacy for our citizens and youths? Mention the benefits and disadvantages of our texting culture.

• Text Messaging is silent communication between two individuals. You can send text messages to each other without other people being able to hear what is being said. Text messaging has its advantages than over making a regular phone call on your cell phone. They enable you the privacy to exchange messages with each other without fear of other people knowing what you and another individual are talking about. You can also send pictures in text messages instantly. But there are a lot of disadvantages of texting. Texting can be addictive, some student instead of studying, they’re more focus on texting. Another disadvantage is being illiterate, if a person is used to texting by the use of jejemon, he / she be used on writing on a wrong grammar.