COTF Reflections

A Glimpse to the Future of Education at COTF
Our visit to the Classroom of the Future (COTF) recently was very significant part of our International Study Trip to National Institute of Education (NIE) Singapore. The role of information and communication technologies in everyday life is becoming increasingly important, as they allow us to develop new approaches to learning, life, work, consumption and leisure.
Seeing and experiencing it firsthand is an awesomely amazing experience for us educators. It gave us a foretaste of the future brought by the influx of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) in this generation and the next and it is something that is worthy of admiration and serve as an inspiration to us.
Along with this profound appreciation is my hope that someday, our country would also be going towards that level taking Singapore as a model. The COTF project is a living testament to the dedication and commitment of the Singaporean government in providing excellent and quality education to its citizenry- a powerful instrument in leading the nation to progress. They have invested so much for the development of empowered and engaged leaders of tomorrow.
Our students deserve also the same quality of education that we can give and it is our responsibility to provide them such that would bring out the best in the next generation. We need to aspire for this and if we join hands as educational leaders then, everything is possible.
I really enjoyed NIE Singapore and with (COTF) as one of the things worth remembering in this trip. Congratulations to the prime movers of COTF and to NIE for being one of the models of quality education using technology as one of its instructional tool! It was indeed a very rewarding experience and we hope that one day; we will again have an opportunity for another trip and I will surely tell my bosses to see it for themselves!


Eva Imingan
De La Salle University Manila
Student

COTF Comments

The COTF is a wonderful exploration into how pedagogy can be enhanced by technology right now! Very impressive. NIE and NTU is so fortunate to be the site of such an innovative installation. Thank you, Ms. Yeoh.

Jane Close Conoley
University of California Santa Barbara
Dean and Professor

COTF Comments

Thank you very much for such a great experience. COTF is really amazing. I was in awe. I was very glad that the module that we've had was an affirmation of what I am also doing here in the Philippines when I teach Chemistry through the STS Approach - teaching science that is not detach from the experiences of the students. Thank you so much again. COTF is indeed the classroom of the future!

Virginia R. Fornias
De La Salle University, Manila
PHD Student

Hong Kong Educators

We have a visit from a wonderful group of educators from Hong Kong. They are here as part of a study trip in collaboration with Qihua Primary School. 

Colégio Mateus Ricci

A group of educators from Colégio Mateus Ricci, Macau. They are at the final Classroom scenario. 

An Giang University

Well I have not been taking too much photos of our visitors recently. Here are a few from this month. This group of lovely educators are friends from An Giang University, Vietnam. 

Did you know?

Here is a thought provoking video. Originated from Karl Fisch, Scott McLeao and Jeff Bronman, remixed. 

Levelhead - 3D Spatial Memory Game

Here we see a demo of how AR can be presented in different forms. Not necessary on marker cards as we know it, here a cube is used for a 'look into the box' prespective. This might be useful for looking into the 'innards' of everyday objects such as a TV set, in side a camera for example.

Get Fugu

Here is a demo of cross between Augmented Reality and Object Recognition Technology (ORT). This can be considered a simpler form of ORT where the software recognises logos without the aid of an AR marker.

Resources for Augmented Reality

Here are some sites that I have dug up that may be useful for anyone who is interested to try out AR. 

Developers and API

ARToolKit 

FlarTookit (variation of ARToolkit)

Getting Started with FlarToolkit 

NyARToolkit (for mobile phones)

Microsoft Tag

Alex Owal

Games and Applications

Kweekies (AR game for the mobile phone)

Imagine Computer Services (Download Demo AR Zoo)

Wikitude (AR Travel Guide)

AR in Singapore

CamTech (NTU)

MXR Corp (NUS)