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What are my students lacking?
Academic• Low
English literacy
• Low numeracy
Soft skills• Lack of
critical thinking skills
• Lack of problem solving skills
Aspirations• Clueless
about future career goals
• Many interested in STEM jobs but do not know where to start
Perceptions• Schools are
not preparing them for jobs in the future
• School is not fun
• Computers = games and facebook
National Agenda
2006 2008 20130
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ICT Market in Malaysia
RM (‘
bill
ion)
• NKEA to bring Malaysia to high-income nation• ICT Market growth
exceeds GDP growth• Generates
quaternary industry (K-economy) for the country
National Agenda
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
ICT students enrollment in tertiary institutions
Public University Private University TotalDeclining ICT graduates in the country
In fifteen years we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing. We’ll be looking back and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner.
It would be wonderful if every kid wrote computer programs and understood how computers work. It would certainly make you a better thinker.
Project Vision
• English literacy • Coding knowledge• Numeracy skills
• Interest in STEM jobs• Entrepreneurship• Lifelong skills
• Computational thinking skills• Confidence in dealing with complex problems• Persistence to work through difficult problems• Team work
Achievement
Affect
Access
• Field trips• TS Incubator for start up• Mini internship
• Fund-raising activities by the students• Student hackathon• TS Consulting• Pitching practice• Twice per week coding class that
uses Exploring Computer Science (ECS)’s curriculum
• Holiday classes• Intensives
Project Summary
Timeline
Preparation• Making the necessary
connection• Recruiting students• Preparing the
curriculum
Execution• Execution of the
curriculum• Recruitment of
volunteer teachers
Enrichment• Enrichment of the
students' experience in the project
Conclusion• Sustainability and
scaling up preparation
National movement
Key Performance Index
Program completion rate of 90%
TS Consulting
Completes at least 3 assignments
TS Incubator Launch of 2 start ups
What we need:
• Volunteers to help tutor
• Mentors for students’ start up
• Guest speakers for INSPIRE series talk
• Laptops• Microprocessors
(Eg. Raspberry or Arduino)
• Robotics supplies (Eg. Lego Mindstorm EV3)
• Corporate sponsorship• Corporate support