OBJECTIVES

20 public schools were selected and transformed to epitomise all #Mydigitalmaker Movement elements such as:

*Establishment of Digital Maker Hub in school.

*Establishment of Digital Maker Clubs.

*Selection of Digital Maker Champion Students (Duta Penggerak Digital).

*Professional Development for School Leaders & Teachers in Computational Thinking & Computer Science Teaching.

*Participation in digital making competition.

*Awareness on digital innovation.

FRAMEWORKS

1. Digital Maker Hub (DMH)

  • DMH is a space that enables digital making activities or training for teachers, students, and community.
  • DMH is equipped with diverse tools and materials to invent and embark on digital-making projects .
  • Champion school needs to select a classroom to be converted into DMH following guidelines given by MDEC.

2. Digital Maker Clubs (DMC)

  • DMC are co-curricular clubs that allow interested students to learn digital making skills during co-curricular hours.
  • Activities to be conducted in DMC will be based on DMC modules prepared by MDEC.
  • Champion schools need to select a minimum of 30 students per club to establish DMC as follows :
  • Robotic Club, Computing Club, Videography & Photography Club.

3. Digital Maker Champion Students (Duta Penggerak Digital)

  • Selected students will be given the opportunity to learn digital making skills such as coding, robotics as well as design thinking skills to become digital innovators.
  • They will be the school’s Change Agents in promoting digital innovation culture in school.

4. Professional Development for School Leaders & Teachers in Computational Thinking & Computer Science Teaching

  • To ensure educators’ readiness in producing digital innovator students, teachers will be trained by experts in :
  • Computational Thinking (CT) and Computer Science Teaching.
  • Handling equipment in Digital Maker Hub (DMH).
  • School leaders will be trained and coached by IAB on CT & integrating technology effectively in T&L.

5. Participation in digital making competition

  • Students from Champion School will be mentored to participate in digital making competitions to provide exposure and build students’ confidence in becoming a digital innovator.
  • Young Innovator Challenge, Petrosains, National Robotic Competition, Digital Ninja, etc.

6. Awareness on digital innovation

  • Campaign on digital making activities to be conducted by Digital Maker Champion Student to create the culture of digital innovation in schools.
  • School counsellors will also be trained on promoting digital tech career in digital economy such as Data Scientist, Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Crowdfunding Specialist.​

CHAMPION SCHOOL COMMITMENTS

Each Champion School will be funded by MDEC in phases based on the school’s progress in executing #Mydigitalmaker Champion Schools framework.


Listed below are the expected commitment that will be monitored for each school:

# of educators trained in CT & CS

# of counsellors trained in digital tech future career

# of students taking subjects embedded with Computer Science / coding

# of students participating in digital making activities & competitions

# of surrounding schools supported & active industry involvement