Students in Singapore are about to get a technical boost as blogs, video conferencing, tablet PC’s, podcasts and interactive whiteboards are about to be employed in the classrooms there. A program called FutureSchools@Singapore is rolling out a new initiative to harness emerging technologies with innovative teaching methods to improve Singapore’s education system. 5 schools have been targeted to test the new initiative according to news from Yahoo!

Singapore, like most of Asia, is one of the most wired nations in the world. ICT (info-communications technology) will be integrated into their system in 15 such schools at the primary and secondary levels by 2015 according to this news. ICT capabilities like immersive virtual environments and educational games will be utilized to enhance the learning experience according to the Education Ministry in Singapore.

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