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Integrating ICT into Education n
I. Introduction
The computers are there! If you come to Chea Sim Sonthormok High School, we have a computer Lab which is rarely used. Since lecturers have not designed their courses to use computers, most student can’t use computer and don’t have a basic skill in using technological tools. They don’t know at all how to use computer and apply technology to help them in learning and perform well in class. It means we have a lot to do in this area in order to help teacher and student adapt to new teaching environment involving ICT integration. We need to encourage lecturers to incorporate the use of computers in their delivery. However, the old traditional way of teaching has still dominated; even though the computers are there they are not put into use. For this reason, we group decide to choose this high school as our project aiming to apply ICT into administration, class room and teaching environment.
A. Basic principle of ICT in Education
Since the advanced technology shrink the world to be a global and globalization has brought a lot of effect among countries, each country has to adopt, interact and implement their individualism to one another, such as culture, language, tradition, trading, economic, policy, technology, so and, and so forth. Consequently, free job markets require qualification candidates who are knowledgeable in skills, language and basic understanding of technology. In fact, technology provides convenient conception in doing some tasks and the variety of information can help users to make effective decision. For all these reason, the government has encouraged schools to integrate ITC in their teaching in order to achieve the specific goal in contributing effective and efficient education to students. Students are not only able to learn in school but also to learn from various sources which are available on the Internet. ICT help students access to education easily and extensively, strengthen the relevance of education to the increasingly digital workplace, raise educational quality to real life, motivating to keep learning, facilitate the acquisition of basic skills. Moreover, Integrate ICT in school helps teacher perform better and reduce border in teaching.
B. Objective
To promote the use of ICT in Education
Introduce students common and easy way of learning
Provide the variety of sources around the world
Help local student connect to the world through forum or journal
Develop the educational system in Cambodia
C. Benefits When Apply ICT in Education
General benefits
Greater efficiency throughout the school
Communication channels are increased through email, discussion groups and chat rooms
Regular use of ICT across different curriculum subjects can have a beneficial motivational influence on students’ learning
Benefits for teachers
ICT facilitates sharing of resources, expertise and advice
Greater flexibility in when and where tasks are carried out
Gains in ICT literacy skills and confidence
Easier planning and preparation of lessons and designing materials
Access to up-to-date students and school data, anytime and anywhere
Enhancement of professional image projected to colleagues
Computer use during lessons motivated students to continue using learning outside school hours
Benefits for students
Higher quality lessons through greater collaboration between teachers in planning and preparing resources
More focused teaching, tailored to students’ strengths and weaknesses, through better analysis of attainment data
Gains in understanding and analytical skills, including improvements in reading
Development of writing skills (including spelling, grammar, punctuation, editing and re-drafting), also fluency, originality and elaboration
Encouragement of independent and active learning, and self-responsibility for learning
Flexibility of ‘anytime, anywhere’ access
Development of higher level learning styles
Students who used educational technology in school felt more successful in school, were more motivated to learn and have increased self-confidence
Students found learning in a technology-enhanced setting more stimulating and student-centered than in a traditional classroom
Broadband technology supports the reliable and uninterrupted downloading of web-hosted educational multimedia resources
Opportunities to address their work to an external audience
Opportunities to collaborate on assignments with people outside or inside school
Benefits for parents
Easier communication with teachers
Higher quality student reports – more legible, more detailed, better presented
Greater access to more accurate attendance and attainment information
Increased involvement in education for
Increased knowledge of children’s learning and capabilities, owing to increase in learning activity being situated in the home
Parents are more likely to be engaged in the school community
D. Background
Chea Sim Sonthormok High School is a public school in which our group chooses to integrate ICT. This school provides general education from grade 7 to 12. There are 5 buildings which consist of 104 classes enable to load more than 20000 students. Nowadays, in the school there are 18000 students, 200 teachers and 10 staffs. There is One computer lab in building A and main office located in front of the basketball court on the left. The school’s address is on Kampuchea krom highway (at the coner of Sonthormok traffic light)
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II. ICT in School
1. Problems facing:
• There is no internet
• Student and teacher are poor in English, so they can’t use computer and the Internet
• Student and teacher don’t have general knowledge in using basic technology
• Teachers are not willing to change to ICT because they think it is complicated, and it will take a lot time to learn.
• There are not enough computer and technological devices to use
• There are not enough energy to use for technology devices
• There is no any computer specialist to teach how to use computers properly
2. Policy: In school, we should apply technological tools and software to integrate the ICT in class room. Very often merely ICT was merged into school curriculum which mainly was a traditional education strongly based on teacher-center. Students totally depend on teacher who will arrange the curriculum, handouts, course outline, examination and sometimes study books. Those syllabic are not challenge enough to compete with foreign students who study worldwide education via ICTs Tools.
3. Vision: The school will be able to change form teacher-center to student-center. Moreover, student will be able to use ICTs to improve their study and they will be qualified to compete with foreign students in finding career in local and foreign countries.
4. Strategy: the school will encourage teacher to go training and apply ICTs in classroom. For students, they will have course to use computer, internet and free software through specific New Technology infrastructure and connectivity course outline in order to gain technological experience in using ICTs in their learning. Moreover, they might have special course to practice and use ICTs to apply in their main subject like math, physic…etc.
III. Process
For Teachers
For the successful implementation of ICT, teacher trainees, teachers and teacher- educators need to be trained in the following dimensions. The commercially available training programs are designed to provide exposure only to system software, some of the application software and the basics of internet.
1. Awareness phase: The input should be to make the teachers aware of the importance and possibilities of ICT-the current trends and future projections.
2. Learning theories and technology integration: Traditional and modern view of learning, shift from teaching to learning, constructivism, role of ICT in lifelong learning.
3. Basic hardware skills: Hands on experiences in operating
a) The PC and laptops-switching on, shutting down, and networking,
b) Storage devices- using floppy drive, CD ROM drive, flash drive, and burning CD-ROM ,
c) Output devices-using printers and speakers,
d) Input devices-using keyboard (Including shortcuts), mouse, modem, scanners, web cam, digital camera, camcorders, date loggers and
e) Display devices- data projectors, and interactive white boards.
4. Understanding system software: Features of desktop, starting an application, resizing windows, organizing files (Creating, editing, saving and renaming), switching between programs, copying etc.
5. Using application/productivity software: Word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, publishing, creation of Portable Document Format (PDF) files, test generation, data logging, image processing etc.
6. Using multimedia: Exposure to multimedia CD ROMs in different subject, installing programs, evaluating CD ROMs, approaches to using CD ROMs, creating multimedia presentations.
7. Using internet: e-mail, communities, forums,: subscription to mailing lists, e-mail and internet projects, web searching strategies (navigating, searching, selecting, and saving information ) videoconferencing, designing web pages, freeware and shareware, evaluating website resources, virtual fieldtrips, learning opportunities using the web, and netiquette.
8 Pedagogical application of ICT tools: Specific use of application software in different subject, appropriate ICT tools and pedagogy, unit plan integrating ICT tools, approaches to managing ICT-based learning groups, assessment of learning, electronic portfolio and assessment rubrics, creating teacher and student support materials, supporting students with special needs.
9. Introduction to open source software: Concept, types, advantages, working on open sources application software.
10. Social, legal, ethical and health issues: Advantages and limitations of computer use, privacy violations, copyright infringement, plagiarism, computer security (hacking, virus, misuse, abuse and staying safe) healthy use (seating, light, sound, radiation, exercise)
11. ICT for professional and personal productivity: ICT for administration, record keeping, reporting and transfer of information, attendance, research, careers in computers and professional development opportunities.
To Student
For the successful implementation of ICT, students need to be trained in the following dimensions. The commercially available training programs are designed to provide exposure only to system software, some of the application software and the basics of internet.
1. Using application/productivity software: Word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, publishing, creation of Portable Document Format (PDF) files, test generation, data logging, image processing etc.
2. Using internet: e-mail, communities, forums,: subscription to mailing lists, e-mail and internet projects, web searching strategies
3. Basic hardware skills: Hands on experiences in operating
4. Using Internet: they can search somethings that relate to their study for so link social network such as facebook , twitter ….
5. Learning how to fix hardware: they can fix some problem if is happen
6. Know about school website: school website can show them some recent news that happen in their high school or finding schedule or login to look their information
IV. Plan and education system
1. Prepare the big work shop which show to all students and teachers to know about our goal why we set up ICT and what will they need to do for joining this project.
2. Teacher will get one laptop for each and need to train for our trainers that we hired and need to learn many things that we told above.
3. Showing to students about ICT
4. Study system
a.) Using Hybrid integration that why student have enough time to be with IT and they have many practice time in their study.
b.) We need to train them:
Typing (English-New Time Roman, Khmer-Limon and Unicode)
How to use Microsoft office
How to use web browser ( school’s website, e-mail and checking internet)
Using other application that relate to their study
c.) Every courses teacher must use ICT tools in their course such as slide power point, plays movies relate to subjects
d.) We need to build our school website which content Courses, online exam, school information, education system, and data base of students and teacher.
e.) Students and teacher have their own ID
f.) Student and teacher have their own mail
g.) Teacher can have test online base one school website and student need to use theit ID to login for having test.
5. Application using in our ICT
In our high school there are many places that use computer and server for their own role. That why to set up our application we have two type:
a.) General application for all PC
Window 7 ( License)
Ø Microsoft office 2007( License)
§ Microsoft word
§ Microsoft excel
§ Microsoft Power Point
§ Microsoft Out look
§ Microsoft Access
Ø Adobe Acrobat PDF (license)
Ø Brower
§ Internet Explorer
§ Mozilla Firefox
§ Google Chrome
Ø Anti-Virus Kaspersky 2012 license
b.) Application for specific place ( Lab, IT manager room, E-library)
Ø There are many applications that store in IT manager room, if any place need application to use in their learning we have our staff to set up for then immediately. Moreover, for teachers’ Laptop that we provided our staff must control both hardware and software and update many applications such as anti-virus.
1. IT Manager Room
IT Manager Room is the place that it stores many things related to the IT tools such as software, hardware, accessories, etc. So in this case, Computer Lab and E-Library are control by the IT Manager. If the teachers or students need the things that related to IT, they must go to the IT Manager ask for help or suggest something.
Implementation ICT in Education
a. Computer Lab
Computer Lab is the room that trains all of the students about the ICT for education. Most of the subjects in the education program, they need IT programming to use for researching and do the presentations or etc. In Computer Lab, we have set up 50 PCs for using. So every students need have to study computer, how to use the computer, how to research the internet that easy to find the resources, how to set up the ICT Programs.
Computer Lab Designed
b. E-Library
E-Library is the standard library that we use the IT program to control and support the educations. Every document in the library, we used the electronic things to study and researching. We have set up 25 PCs to support all of the students, if the teachers or students need some documents, they can go through the E-Library and search it.
E-Library System
C. Tools
The IT Manager Room is the place that share everything that support for technologies and Internet connection. The IT manager need to control and purchase the new technologies such as Personal Computer (PC), Laptop, LCD Projectors, Printer, Photocopier, Accessories.
d. Software:
Software is the very important for implement ICT in education. So if the teachers or students need the software that related to their subjects, they can go to IT Manager Room ask the technician to install it. Once more thing, if the teachers or students do not understand how to use it, the technician must train them in immediately.
e. LCD Projector
LCD Projector need to have every class in high school because every courses need to show the slide or videos related to the subjects. When the LCD Projector has problems, the teacher need tell the technician that they can fix it in immediately or change the others one. We want to mention in this point, every tools and hardware we already have in the stock that we can fix or change in the situation or urgent that it make easy for us.
Used LCD Projector in Classroom
f. Internet Connection:
For the Internet Connection, we need to install the Broadband and Wireless. The reasons why I divided it in two lines because it makes us easy to use whether the officers, teachers, students are used in the same time.
Internet Connection Process
V. Installation model
A. Classroom:
v Hybrid model:
We will apply each course with Hybrid model that is the combine of horizontal and vertical model.
v Hardware:
- Computers: DELL Vostro 230MT
- LCD: Sony_VPL_EX100
- Speakers: Imation SPK 70
- Printer: HP LaserJet P1102W (Black ink only)
v Software:
- OS: Ms. Window 7
- Application: Ms. Office 2010, Ms. Encarta 2009 & 2011, Dictionaries, Adobe Photoshop, QuickBooks
- Tools: Skype, Web engine (Google chrome, Firefox), Adobe reader and player
- Internet: Digi company, speed: 1Mbp, capacity: Unlimited
B. Computer Lab:
Computer Lab is the room that trains all of the students about the ICT for education. Most of the subjects in the education program, they need IT programming to use for researching and do the presentations or etc. In Computer Lab, we have set up 50 PCs for using. So every students need have to study computer, how to use the computer, how to research the internet that easy to find the resources, how to set up the ICT Programs.
v Hardware
According to the data we collect from the schools, there is one computer lab where students can use computer; however, since the number of computer are not enough, some students need to use one computer with 3 or 4 people. Therefore, we have to buy more computers. We will repair broken computers, buy a number of technological devices and install new software.
- Computers: 5PCs (DELL Vostro 230MT)
- LCD Projector: Sony_VPL_EX100
- Speakers: Poeschel WDW-330 (Wall speaker)
- Printer: HP C4680 (Print Color and Build in Scanner)
v Software
- OS: Ms. Window 7
- Application: Ms. Office 2010, Ms. Encarta 2009 & 2011, Dictionaries, Adobe Photoshop, QuickBooks
- Tools: Skype, Web browser (Google chrome, Firefox), Adobe reader and player
- Internet: Digi company, speed: 256kbps-256kbps, capacity: Unlimited
C. Educational office:
v Hardware
- Computers: 5PCs (DELL Vostro 230MT)
- Server:
- Speakers: NANSIN Mutli-Media Speaker V-3000
- Printer: Canon Laser Shot LBP 6000
v Software
- OS Window 7
- Microsoft Office 2010
- Adobe Photoshop
- Peachtree
- QuickBooks
- Browsers: Google Chrome, Opera and Firefox
- Internet: Digi company, speed: 1Mbps, capacity: Unlimited
Note:
vITC Policy:
a. students(block not important website, limit download speed, allow to use application in computer, limit time using)
b. teachers(define specific website, sharing documents, do plan to use computer software, unlimited speed and download)
IV. Monitoring and Evaluation
A. Training:
Be able to achieve the ICT integration in lessons, teachers and students are required participating unprofessional development programs that the main purposes focus on integrating ICT in instruction. These Programs concentrate on how to help teachers get information on the internet and basic skills of computing and enable to prepare lessons for ICT class. For students, they will have basic knowledge of how important ICT is and how to use ICT to improve their study.
g. Support:
We faced the challenge of financial in hiring computer specialist so to deal with this problem few teachers are selected to undergo training with the aim that these teachers will serve as trainers to other teachers in the school. However, we still need some helps from computer specialist when the teacher trainers can’t deal with any problems. One more thing, we can ask for help from NGO and government to provide volunteers who have skills in the computer and technology filed or some specialists doing specific workshop and school trips.
B. Implementation
All the principals of the schools confirmed that training programmes for the schools focus on giving teachers basic ICT skills and the school has to provide any support to assist teachers for integrate ICT in their instruction. The complexity of the problems we confront is that mathematics classroom in this school lack ICT infrastructure and application software, and in term of an environment with less generalized application that require a technology readily available and user friendly applications among mathematics classrooms which potentially support students’ higher thinking ability in mathematics.
V. Duration and Budget
A. Duration:
1. Framework:
The initial project will last for 1 year. We are going to install technology device which distribute convenient way in integrate ICT in each classroom. In the office, we install a server, internet and technology equipment which is demanded for study content management system for secretary need.
2. Long-term:
The next project will last for 2 years. After one year, we will analyze on the feedback which we get from our project. We will do some changes and install the advanced technology in school in order to achieve our goal in implement ICT in education. Teachers who are good at technology will be allowed to train in other exchange programs abroad or to join workshop which conducts by fresh graduated from other developing countries.
B. Budget:
1. Hardware:
- Computer: 5
- LCD: 2
- Speaker: 10
- Printer: 1
- Switch: 1
- Cat6: 3 boxes
|||| Canon Laser Shot LBP 6000
$149.00
Excellent Print Performance
• Print speed at 18ppm (A4 size)
• 2400 x 600dpi (max. resolution)
• First print-out in 7.8 seconds
• Quick warm-up time
DELL Vostro 230MT
$475.00
- Intel® Dual Core Processor E5800(3.2GHz, 2MB, 800Mhz FSB)
- HDD 500GB / RAM 2GB DDR3
- Chipset Type Intel G41 Express
- Integrated Intel® GMA X4500
- LCD Monitor 18.5" IN1930
- Optical Drive: DVD+RW
- DELL USB Keyboard
- Mouse / Mouse Pad
* O.S: DOS (Free Software Installation)
- 1 Year Warranty (Part & Labor)
NANSIN Mutli-Media Speaker V-3000
$19.00
Control panel: 2.1 Channel,
Power Output: 3Wx2+8W RMS
S/N: ≥75dB
Frequency response: 45Hz～20KHz
Distortion: ≤0.2%
Separation: ≥65dB
Woofer Speaker unit: 4"
Satellite Speaker unit: 2.5"x2
Subwoofer size: W160xD200xH200(mm)
Satellite size: W80xD160xH80(mm)
Carton size: L610xW365xH500(mm)/6sets
Poeschel WDW-330
$10.00
TP-LINK 48-Port 10/100M Switch
- 48-port 10/100M Switch, 48 10/100M RJ45 ports,
- 1U 19-inch rack-mountable steel case
$84.00
TP-LINK 150Mbps Wireless + ADSL2
-150M Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router,
- ADSL/ADSL2/ ADSL2+, Annex A, with ADSL spliter,
- 2.4GHz, 802.11g/b, Built-in 4-port Switch,
- With detachable reverse SMA connector Antenna
$32.00
CAT 6
- Telephony Voice Wiring
-10 Bases-T Ethernet Networking
-100 Base-T4 Ethernet networking
-Gigabit Ethernet - 1 GB/s Speed over networks
$130.00
2. Software:
- Microsoft Offices
- OS Window 7
- Adobe Photoshop
- Peachtree
- Math Lab
- QuickBooks
- Learning Management Software(LMS)
- Content Management Software (CMS)
- Open source software(Linux-SIS)
- Internet: Digi company, speed: 256kbps-256kbps, capacity: Unlimited
- Browsers: Google Chrome, Opera and Firefox
C. Service: 200$
VI. Conclusion
Subject-specific teachers’ ideas to learning software for specific mathematics content indicated that they would want to attend such courses if available because that course would help them to provide extensive knowledge and example to their student. As a result, their students not only learn from teachers but also from sources which are available on the Internet.

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