tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522585298736358771.post6173292612077918073..comments2011-11-15T18:01:59.288+08:00Comments on Superstars: Group Activity 6 - ICT infrastructureMrDinHKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557352583603259340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522585298736358771.post-54577818189396838862011-11-08T00:09:45.904+08:002011-11-08T00:09:45.904+08:00Agree with you that sourcing funding and capital f...Agree with you that sourcing funding and capital for hardware investment in classroom is a major problem in Hong Kong. Another problem is Hongkong Govt seems not like invest much money on the HK's education. Many program and course in HK's higher education becomes self-financed. Also, many primary and secondary schools have been 'killed' because the low birth-rate in Hong Kong. This may let many famous primary and secondary school has changed or intend to change to private and DSS (Direct Subsidy Scheme) mode school. Then they can get more control on their school's resource, and able to maintain their education quality to attract more students. Because the student quantity not enough can let them 'kill'. They want to survive and avoid to 'kill' by the government! Many schools (mainly primary and secondary) in Hong Kong maybe face this problem and put their resource in the other things to get 'survive' rather than ICT!<br /><br />Besides ICT hardware, some special software are expensive. Some subjects such like electronic circuit-design, interior design and architecture software, land-surverying, business intelligence ... etc, these special requirement software may be need special hardware match with this software to run. The investment on this type of ICT education are huge. Also, the fast software and hardware updating maybe a big concern for school. For an simple example, the current Microsoft Office and current Window OS version, this time invest they are new technology, but two years later they maybe outdated and become garbage!rayson mscitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476761906909183790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522585298736358771.post-68746520775729255302011-11-07T16:11:26.088+08:002011-11-07T16:11:26.088+08:00Ken, to installation of ICT hardware devices may b...Ken, to installation of ICT hardware devices may be a huge investment for the institutions and I am also concerned about this problem in my organization. But I find that almost everyone in the organization has both laptop and mobile facilities such as iphone. So shall we try to make full use of the existing facilities to encourage more innovation practice instead of waiting for the arrangement of the institution which always takes a long time.Jacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765328003073036132noreply@blogger.com