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| Sponsor Track 4A i) SMART Technologies ii) Microsoft iii) Adobe |
Sponsor Track 4B i)Microsoft ii) Harnessing the Power of Spreadsheet for Teaching and Learning in Primary Schools |
| Sponsor Track 5A i) ICT in Learning Bill Chang Executive Vice President (Business Group) SingTel ii) Managing the shift to Problem Based Learning Phil Stubbs UniServity Director of Educational Development |
Sponsor Track 5B i) Learning the fun way Victor Goh Playware Studios Director of Technology & Business Development ii) Collaborative Learning Phil Stubbs UniServity Director of Educational Development |
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Sponsor Track 4A (i) SMART Technologies 21 st Century Teaching and Learning Nancy Knowlton President and Co-Chief Executive Officer Co-Founder |
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More and more countries are realizing that they need to ignite their children’s learning today in order to build a competitive workforce for the future. In her presentation, Nancy Knowlton will discuss the global environment, emphasizing that economic engines will turn tomorrow only if we ignite the will to learn in children today.
Technology is and will be pervasive globally, and it can be used to break down barriers to advancement. Countries are recognizing this and beginning to create 21st century classrooms with the latest technologies, but it is not enough to simply put technology in classrooms. We must also provide teachers with digital resources and training. Nancy will also focus on leadership factors, professional development, in-classroom considerations, the technology adoption life cycle, and what we should do if there is not enough funding to equip all of our classrooms with technology.
| Sponsor Track 4A (ii) Microsoft Microsoft – MOE Professional Development Award 2007 – Distinction Winner “The Rise of Li ‘Tledot” Mr Matthew Ong Yong Cheng |
National Education is an important area in a young Singaporean’s development. Unlike more rudimentary disciplines in which students improve over time with training, National Education is an extremely challenging subject to teach and learn. Reeling on his student’s love for technology and their fascination with the virtual world, second-year teacher from Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) , Matthew Ong Yong Cheng, accepted this challenge and created a media-rich, fun and interactive student-centered game called “The Rise of Li’ Ttledot” based on Singapore’s Total Defence core pillars—economic, psychological, military, social and civil defence. Not only does the game engage his students’ sense of national pride, patriotism, allegiance and sense of belonging to their country—human characteristics that are nurtured through sound guardianship and guidance, Matthew’s innovative lesson plan provides visual, auditory and kinesthetic stimuli to engage their various learning styles as well.
“The Rise of Li’ Ttledot” allows Matthew’s students to develop important critical-thinking abilities. To defend their adopted fictitious island of “Li’ Ttledot”, his students conduct research on the internet, sieve, analyse and evaluate the information discovered. Using a host of Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft multimedia tools such as Windows Media Player, Sound Recorder and Movie Maker, they collaboratively wrote, discussed, created and conducted video presentations in class to share their development, protection and defence plans.
At the 3rd Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland, Matthew clinched the 2nd runner-up Innovative Teachers Award for Innovation in Content. This is a worldwide recognition of Matthew’s innovative lesson plan and teaching.
(iii) Adobe Empowering Engaging Learning Experiences Titu Minhas Education Solutions Manager Adobe Systems Pte Ltd South East Asia |
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Currently he is focusing on Adobe Education Solutions for products such as Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat and Connect across the South East Asia Region. He has been instrumental in successfully implementing Adobe Connect solutions for Education clients like National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore,
Adobe believes that engaging learning experiences are the foundation of a great education. For more than two decades, Adobe’s award-winning software and technologies such as Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver have helped educators inspire a new generation of students to excel in a digital world.
• Enhance the teaching and learning experience through innovative software and curriculum, professional development
• Discover the complete Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 creative solutions for education, with design tools for print, web, interactive, mobile, and video content
• Boost students’ creativity through the use of interactive presentations, e-portfolios, digital video products, and virtual collaboration
• Simplify the creation and delivery of rapid e-learning resources, online presentations, training, conducting Web-based meetings and tracking training results
• Support classroom instruction and distance learning by using familiar tools, eg. Flash, to produce education and training materials
• Quickly combine existing learning assets with real-time interactivity for collaborative teaching and learning experiences
| Sponsor Track 4B (i) Microsoft Microsoft – MOE Professional Development Award 2007 – Distinction Winner “Wipe IT” Mrs. Tan-Lee Yoke Kew Teacher, Mee Toh School Distinction Winner, MMPDA 2007 |
English has been the official language in Singapore since the colonial days. In Singapore schools, it is the first of two languages and core subjects such as Mathematics, Science, etc. are taught in English. With recent national campaigns to raise Singapore’s Chinese language standards, the teaching of the Chinese language has become important, but it remains extremely challenging because majority of Chinese students come from English-speaking homes and many lessons in Singapore schools are conducted in English. To overcome this challenge, veteran Chinese language teacher, Mrs. Tan-Lee Yoke Kew created “Wipe IT”, a Chinese language lesson plan that makes teaching and learning the Chinese language easier and fun for both teachers and students.
Teachers have used ICT to support teaching for many years but all too often such technology-enriched curriculum lacks teacher-student connectivity and engaged learning. “Wipe IT” changes this precept of dumb computing and goes one step further by using visual and drawing capabilities provided by Microsoft PowerPoint, Draw and Windows Media Player to help students learn and understand the different strokes of Chinese characters, pronunciation and even engage peers to provide help when their children encounter difficulties. Accompanied by real-time visuals of different strokes in action, and phonics of how each word would sound, students are engaged and have shown to learn faster.
At the 3 rd Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland, Mrs. Tan-Lee demonstrated her work to a host of international teachers and attracted attention from teachers in Europe and the US.
| Sponsor Track 4B (ii) Harnessing the Power of Spreadsheet for Teaching and Learning in Primary Schools Goh Gek Kheng Belinda HOD ICT/MRL, Nan Hua Primary School Teo Swee Huang Teacher, Mayflower Primary School Sharon Chee Wei Ling Teacher, Chongzheng Primary School |
The use of spreadsheet as an educational tool is an area with great potential for exploration. Educators from different Primary Schools will be sharing practical lesson ideas that leverage on the unique and useful features of spreadsheet to support investigation and knowledge construction. In addition, they will also share their experiences on successful lesson implementation.
| Sponsor Track 5A i) ICT in Learning Bill Chang Executive Vice President (Business Group) SingTel |
Bill Chang joined SingTel in November 2005 as Executive Vice President of Business. The Business group serves SingTel’s domestic and overseas corporate customers with a full range of cost effective telecommunication services and customised end-to-end solutions.
Bill has more than 15 years management experience in leading ICT companies and is actively involved in industry task forces and advisory work.
He currently serves in the advisory committees of various institutions. He is the Deputy Chairman of WDA Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund, a Board member of the Workforce Development Agency (WDA), and sits on the Board of Governor for Singapore Polytechnic. Bill was a member of the ICT sub-committee which was part of the Government’s Economic Review Committee (2003), SiTF Councillor (2002/2004), Chairman of SiTF-AAC Internet Data Centre Committee (2001), and executive committee member for Think Tank (1999/2000).
Before joining SingTel, Bill was the Managing Director of CISCO Systems’ Advanced Services Group in Asia Pacific. He was responsible for the company’s operations in 13 regional countries.
Bill graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University in 1990. He is married and has two children.
This presentation aims to demonstrate SingTel’s role and strategy in shaping the future learning landscape in Singapore. We will share examples on how schools can use infocomm innovatively in teaching and learning to achieve the desired learning outcomes and Teach Less, Learn More. The second part of the presentation is a roundtable discussion with school representatives to discuss their ICT experiences in teaching and learning.
| Sponsor Track 5A ii) Managing the shift to Problem Based Learning Phil Stubbs UniServity Director of Educational Development |
Phil joined UniServity following a successful career as a Curriculum Advisor for both Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Local Educational Authorities in the UK. He has a background in both Primary and Secondary education and 4 years experience in school leadership. He is now managing collaborative learning projects throughout Asia supporting schools in personalizing the learning experience for all learners and connecting learners around the globe.
Problem Based Learning
This presentation will draw on our experience of working with schools in Singapore and around the world to demonstrate the potential of the cLc to support
Problem Based Learning.
We will share examples of students collaborating with diverse learning partners to solve authentic problems. We will show how use of our next generation learning management system is allowing schools to break down the traditional barriers to learning; creating new opportunities for collaboration, engagement and knowledge creation.
| Sponsor Track 5B i) Learning the fun way Victor Goh Playware Studios Director of Technology & Business Development |
Victor Goh wears two hats as the Director of Technology & Business Development at Playware Studios and has most recently launched Playware’s ‘Game Based Learning Labs’ initiative. He has recently completed his PHD in Business Administration, is an award winning technology entrepreneur and a course chair for two modules of university courses specializing in Artificial Intelligence & 3D mathematics. His over two decades of involvement with technology development and higher education both provide a strong foundation and help drive Playware’s quest for innovation in education technology & methodology
Exciting, immersive augmented reality in your classroom.
As Singtel’s development partner in the ‘Games for Learning’ space Playware is bringing together cutting edge technology and development methodology to create the future of learning tools and applications. In a short preview of things to come Victor will be sharing some details on two of the most anticipated learning tools being developed in Singapore and discuss how they will impact education.
| Sponsor Track 5B ii) Collaborative Learning Phil Stubbs UniServity Director of Educational Development |
Phil joined UniServity following a successful career as a Curriculum Advisor for both Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Local Educational Authorities in the UK. He has a background in both Primary and Secondary education and 4 years experience in school leadership. He is now managing collaborative learning projects throughout Asia supporting schools in personalizing the learning experience for all learners and connecting learners around the globe.
Collaborative Learning
This presentation will focus on the importance of collaboration for today’s learners. It will share examples of collaborative learning within and beyond the traditional classroom. We will demonstrate how schools using UniServity’s next generation learning management system are transforming learning; redefining learning communities and connecting learners to authentic partners from diverse communities and geographical locations to offer new meaningful opportunities for learning. We will demonstrate examples of a range of UniServity’s local and global collaborative projects and share details of how your school can become involved.