Singapore has implemented three master plans since 1997 to integrate technology into education. The plans aimed to increase computer access for students and teachers. Currently, schools have wireless internet and most students and teachers have laptops or mobile devices. The latest plan seeks to transform learning environments through technology and equip students with skills for a knowledge economy. Singapore's Ministry of Education continues supporting technology in public schools and connecting them to high-speed broadband networks. The focus of technology is enhancing teaching and learning through new pedagogies, not just computer access itself.

1. EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY IN
SINGAPORE

2. Singapore on Technology
Ministry Of Education
Role of the Singapore Teacher
Technology Impacted Curriculum
Design In Singapore

3. • Singapore's education
institutions are considered
among the most advanced in
the world with regard to
information technology.
Singapore's Information
Technology Plan

4. • Singapore has been faithfully
implementing a master plan since 1997
for integrating technology into
education.
Masterplan 1
Masterplan 2
Masterplan 3
NOW

5. Master plan One :
(1997-2002) started out by
aiming to allow students to
have computer usage for 30
percent of their curriculum
time in fully networked
schools and at a computer
to pupil ratio of 1:2.

6. Masterplan Two
(2002-2008) moved beyond
the provision of Information
and Communication
Technologies (ICT)
resources to encourage
teachers to use ICT
profitably in teaching and
learning.

7. Masterplan Three (2009-2014)
builds on the platform laid by
the first two Masterplans to
transform the learning
environments of the students
through ICT and equip the
students with the critical
competencies to succeed in a
knowledge economy.

8. • Currently, one could expect
wireless internet connectivity in
the school compound and at
least a computer with projection
equipment in the classroom.
• But most teachers and students
have their own laptops or other
mobile ICT devices.

9. Singapore's Ministry of
Education (MOE) continues to
support its public school system
with Information and
Communication Technologies
(ICT).

10. • In the future, all Singapore
schools will be connected to
the Next Generation
Broadband Network
(NGBN), which will provide
ultra-high speed wireless
connectivity.

13. Singapore use strategy of
exposing our teachers to the
technological possibilities and
supporting them in exploring
new pedagogies with
technology.
The focus is not on technology.
It is on using technology to
enhance teaching and learning.

14. Examples of Strategy:
1. EduLab Showcase
2. Classroom of the Future
Showcase

17. • Teachers have to help students make
sense of this large volume of
information and to differentiate good
information from potential
misinformation.
• Teachers have to facilitate student
discourse in the e-discussion forums
and lead students in creating actual
usable knowledge.
• These learning activities require a high
level of facilitative and synthesizing
skills.

18. • Contact hours become more valuable and
should be focused on higher order thinking
and learning, instead of information
transmission.
• Teachers are encouraged to be change
agents of educational processes, so that
new technologies may be harnessed for
educational purposes.
• Senior teachers also play the role of
mentors to beginning teachers in the
effective use of ICT in their respective
disciplines and to champion appropriate
change.

19. • In Singapore, one of the main impacts
of technology is a shift in the mindset of
educators to discover how curriculum
and the teaching environment can
become more learner-centered through
the enabling of ICT.
• Instead of always relying on the
traditional curriculum, we now have
more experiments with modular
approaches, flipped classrooms and
learning content beyond the shores of
Singapore.

20. • One of the advantages of ICT is that
it can expand access to education.
• Through ICT, students can access
online course materials anytime and
anywhere, learning at their own
pace.
• E-discussion forums allow many
students to discuss learning content
at the same time.
• Video clips, audio sounds and
graphical presentation bring content
to life.