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Indonesia's toolkit for the next Nobel Prize winner

Oct 8, 2006 14:48

How to teach Physics to the kids? An Indonesian IT company has proposed a series of amazing tools for it. The Amazing Software will motivate your kids to learn science in computers and help them discover the joy in learning.

The-so-called Amazing Physics, which was designed and created by a team of PT Pesona Edukasi, has been developed based on a system of chapters and topics as a tool box approach. "There is no specific curriculum orientation approach but we consider the International Curriculum such as GCSE and IB," stated Hary Sudiyono, team leader and the company's president director.

Attending an international ICT competition, the software displayed domination in the national event of APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Award) Indonesia last month. It won both the Winner in the Education and Training categories and the Best of the Best among 84 participants from all categories.

Consequently, Amazing Software will represent Indonesia in the APICTA International in Macau this coming November 2-5. APICTA is an international awards program initiated by the Multimedia Development Corporation of Malaysia to increase ICT awareness in the community and assist in bridging the digital divide.

Participants of the Awards Program comprise members of the APICTA Network. Its 16 member economies include Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

Amazing Physics

According to Sudiyono, based on research using questionnaires and classroom observations with teachers and students as respondents, there are some advantages in using this software. For students, it can help them to improve their understanding of Physics and Math concepts and motivate them to learn.

This software helps teachers to prepare lesson plans or unit lessons and allocated time for teaching is more effectively used. It is also easier to get student participation in classroom teaching--learning activities and avoiding misconceptions in understanding Physics and Mathematics concepts and principles.

The earlier version of the software was firstly launched in April 2001. The latest version, which is enhanced by an English version, launched last year. According to Sudiyono, a long period of research has resulted in very high-quality products. "Our product superiority can be seen by comparing it with similar products from the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the US, Poland, etc," he explained.

"We are proud to announce that Indonesian National Television TVRI brought our software for a weekly edutainment TV program since January 2004 till now, every Saturday 7pm-6pm local time," he revealed.

Gregory A. Spechalske, science teacher at the Jakarta International School, said he was very impressed with the high quality of Amazing Physics. "The graphics are spectacular, the navigation is intuitive and the conceptual content of this program is appropriate and relevant. As a classroom teaching tool, Amazing Physics is one of the best software I've seen."

No less the 1996 Nobel Physics Prize laureate Douglas Dean Osheroff who admired and marveled at this software. "He just bought one," said Sudiyono proudly.

Perhaps this toolkit could help Indonesia, as well as other developing countries, prepare its young generation to be the next Nobel Prize laureates. Who knows?

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