Top 10 ICT Trends in 2015

These are the latest ICT trend in year 2015. So, are you ready for digital transformation?

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo:

Cisco Asia Pacific:

1. ‘Datafy’ now – Every company will be a digital company .. what about yours?
2. Cloud – The battle for the workload
3. Mobile – Opening more pipes to data .. to you
4. Cybersecurity becoming a Business Process
5. It’s About Software Baby
6. Switching and SDN – it’s all about the network .. it’s really that simple
7. Video and Pervasive Screens – Watching whatever, wherever, whenever
8. Go park yourself – Transportation overhauls itself and connected cars rev up
9. New Tech – What to watch out for
10. Industry Consolidation and Adaption Continues – Are you surprised?

By Kevin Bloch, Cisco Chief Technology Officer, 

Australia and New Zealand, Jan 2015

Information Age:

2015’s most critical information technology trends:

1. Internet of Things investment will continue to increase 
2. Big data requires big investment in infrastructure and skills 
3. More business operations will gravitate to the cloud 
4. Cyber security industry must invest in skilled talent

By Ben Rossi, , 6 January 201

Sourced from Mark Braund, CEO, InterQuest Group

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Latihan Bimbingan di Sekolah Transformasi

Selepas latihan Modul 1 dan 2 pada bulan Ogos 2015, Bahagian Pendidikan Guru (BPG) melaksanakan latihan bimbingan secara bersemuka bersama-sama Rakan Educational Leadership and Instructional Team (ELIT) di sekolah bermula pada 13 September sehingga 30 Oktober 2015. Rakan ELIT dikehendaki melaksanakan latihan tersebut mengikut Jadual Pemetaan Rakan ELIT, iaitu mengikut tarikh dan sekolah yang telah ditetapkan. Latihan ini bertujuan untuk mengadakan perbincangan bersama-sama pihak sekolah dalam merangka Pelan Intervensi Program Sekolah Trasformasi berpandukan Modul 1 dan Modul 2 Latihan Rakan ELIT.

Pada tempoh tersebut, Trainer daripada LeapEd akan melawat ke sekolah untuk melihat status pelaksanaan tugasan 1 dan 2 seperti dalam Modul 1 dan Modul 2. 

Bagi memudahkan pemantauan pelaksanaan tugasan 1 dan 2, cadangan senarai semak berikut mungkin dapat membantu.

Bil.	Aktiviti	Bukti	Catatan
1.	Pelaksanaan sesi CPD: ·      Apa itu Program PreSTasi? ·      Overview of Coaching & Mentoring ·      School vision ·      PLCs	·         Bahan / slaid pembentangan CPD ·         Agenda mesyuarat staf / jadual CPD ·         Minit mesyuarat ·         Senarai kehadiran peserta ·         Gambar sesi CPD ·         Bahan promosi - banner/poster/brosur ·         Maklum balas peserta CPD ·         Refleksi sesi CPD ·         Action plan	By 12th Sept 2015
2.	Coaching & mentoring GROW in practice	·         Pelan tindakan coaching ·         Senarai coachee ·         Jadual sesi coaching ·         Kad soalan coaching ·         Refleksi coach ·         Refleksi coachee	By 28th Sept 2015
3.	Kenal pasti pihak yang terlibat (berpengaruh)	·         Senarai tugas dan tanggungjawab
4.	Bina instrumen learning walk	·         Instrumen learning walk (boleh guna pakai     instrumen SKPM)
5.	Pelaksanaan learning walk	·         Jadual learning walk ·         Instrument learning walk ·         Kumpul bukti untuk portfolio PBPPP	By 19th Oct 2015
6.	Kumpulkan data (e.g. keputusan akademik, markah SKPM, data learning walk, dsb.)	·         Instrument learning walk yang lengkap         dengan data ·         Data learning walk dalam bentuk                 spreadsheet Excel (for at least a month)
7.	Menubuh PLCs, jika belum ada Memantapkan PLCs, jika sudat ada	·         Agenda mesyuarat PLCs ·         Minit mesyuarat ·         Senarai kehadiran ·         Gambar PLCs ·         Mesyuarat focus group	By 19th Oct 2015

Program Sekolah Transformasi, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

Pengenalan

Mesyuarat Majlis Ekonomi pada 19 Februari 2015 telah meluluskan cadangan Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia untuk melaksanakan Program Sekolah Transformasi (PreSTasi) di 100 buah sekolah menengah dan rendah di seluruh negara. 

Program Sekolah Transformasi (PreSTasi) ini merupakan replikasi Sekolah Amanah (dijalankan oleh LeapEd: anak syarikat Yayasan Amanah). Objektif Program Sekolah Transformasi ialah:
1) Mengaplikasikan konsep dan amalan terbaik Sekolah Amanah di sekolah harian terpilih dengan kos pengoperasian yang lebih rendah
2) Membangunkan kepakaran tempatan melalui pendekatan latihan dan bimbingan yang berstruktur kepada Pembimbing Kepimpinan (PK) dan Pembimbing Pedagogi (PP) serta pemimpin sekolah transformasi. Pembiayaan ditanggung sepenuhnya oleh KPM; dan

3) Menggalakkan dan mengamalkan:

• pembelajaran murid secara aktif dan meningkatkan pemikiran kritis dan kreatif dalam kalangan murid
• pembangunan persekitaran pembelajaran yang lebih berkesan, iklim bilik darjah dan sekolah yang kondusif dan fleksibel, teknik PdP yang kreatif dan berkesan
• pengurusan sekolah yang cekap dan mengutamakan kemenjadian murid, peningkatan capaian dan penggunaan ICT
• pelibatan aktif komuniti setempat

Konsep Sekolah Transformasi

Satu usaha ke arah melahirkan modal insan unggul melalui persekitaran pembelajaran yang menyeronokkan, penglibatan pembelajaran murid yang aktif dan bermakna dengan disokong kepimpinan yang berkualiti/berwawasan, guru yang kompeten dan beraspirasi tinggi serta komitmen komuniti yang padu.

Taburan Sekolah Transformasi 2015

Pelaksanaan program ini turut melibatkan Rakan ELIT daripada Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia (IPGM), Institut Aminudin Baki (lAB), Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri (JPN), Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah (PPD), Pengetua, Guru Besar dan Penolong Kanan Pentadbiran sekolah yang terlibat.

Classmates Reunion

 After 35 year, old classmates get together again. This year, there are 62 of us, from all over Malaysia, met at Flemington Hotel, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia on 30th - 31st August 2015.  For those who can't make it, hope to see them after two years.

On 30th August, before heading to the Hotel, we first visited SK Happy Farm - a goat farm run by one of our classmates, Heng Sai Hoy. Here, we had our lunch hosted by her - laksa, prawn mee, goat milk pudding, etc. Some of our classmates brought chai kuay, char bihoon, 'kwan chiang', cakes, etc. It was a wonderful lunch, thanks to Sai Hoy and friends!

After lunch, we headed to Taiping and checked into Flemington Hotel. All of us reached the hotel safely, though with heavy rain. All of us were so excited and can't wait to meet old friends during dinner time.

classmates

the ladies

the gentlemen

 The next morning was our Merdeka Day, 31st August.
Some of us went to Lake Garden for morning walk.

The Lake Garden looked so beautiful and peaceful...

Lake Garden after rain

Lake Garden after rain

Lake Garden after rain

Photo taken from SewBoi Tan's fb

Photo taken from SewBoi Tan's fb

After breakfast, some get ready to go home, some continue with their own programs. At the lobby, there was another round of talking before going home...

at hotel lobby

Thank you to everybody for the memorable get together and hope to see you again. 

May God bless you!