Thursday, June 30, 2011

LB #3: Educational Technology in the Asia Pacific Region

To help educators feel secure that they are taking the right steps in integrating the use of technology in education, it would be good to know that during the last few years, several progressive countries in the Asia Pacific Region have formulated state policies and strategies to infuse technology in schools. It would be helpful to see how these countries applied the ICT policies and strategies. Click on the links to examine the prevailing ICT policies and strategies of the five progressive states/city.
- New Zealand 2001 ICT Goals and Strategies (http://www.tki.org.nz/ict/)
- Australia IT Initiatives (http://www.deet.gov.au/schools/Adelaide/text/htm)
- Malaysia Smart School-level Technology Project (http://www.ppk.kpm.my/smartschool/)
- Singapore Masterplan for IT in Education (http://www.moe.edu.sg/iteducation/masterplan/welcome.htm)
- Hong Kong Education Program Highlights (http://www.info.gov.hk/emb/eng/prog_high/schoolprog.html)

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  1. To help educators feel secure that they are taking the right steps in integrating the use of technology in education, it would be good to know that during the last few years, several progressive countries in the Asia Pacific Region have formulated state policies and strategies to infuse technology in schools. using technology in the classroom

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