Singapore’s five high-tech schools

I was reading today’s headline of The Straits Times during a break in The HP Enterprise Media Summit in Shangri-la Hotel Singapore this morning: “5 schools to lead new push for high-tech classrooms“.

Tham Yuen-C wrote:

FIVE schools have been selected to spearhead the use of technology such as blogs, video conferencing and podcasts in classrooms as part of a project that could eventually extend to all schools here.

The FutureSchools@Singapore programme will see students equipped with computers and tablet PCs, while teachers will use tools such as 3-D software, games and digital music players to teach subjects including English, Chinese, mathematics and science.

As we know, FutureSchools is part of the Government’s iN2015 IT masterplan vision to transform education through infocomm technology.

It’s really a big step for the young generation of Singapore to be the next IT leaders in the region. Two thumbs up!