Thanks to technology, the students of Nanyang Girls High School have access to collaborative and communication tools that also connects them to over 450,000 students and teachers from 2,820 institutions across 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Infocomm Club Girls at Nanyang High School demonstrating the usage of Think.com

"In Nanyang Girls, we recognise that technology is a key enabler to boost our students' learning capacity beyond their school curriculum, as well as develop broader perspectives and deeper awareness of global, social and economic issues," said Madam Mak Lai Ying, Principal of Nanyang Girls High School. "Think.com was selected because it provides a trusted peer-to-peer learning environment for our students to engage in global collaborative learning."

Think.com, a community project by The Oracle Education Foundation, a non-profit organisation provides an Oracle-hosted online educational community that aims to enhance the school's global collaborative learning and knowledge development capabilities. Using Think.com as a platform for discussion and projects, Nanyang Girls' students are able to create their own personal Web space within a protected online community. Students get their own personal Web space and can exchange email, create web pages, share photos, videos and host collaborative learning activities with other Think.com members.

Students of Nanyang Girls reach out to students around the world via a protected online community

Accessible via a standard Web browser, students can stay connected to their classrooms from home, school or the library. Another plus for students, teachers and parents is that Think.com is a secure online environment. Access is granted by teachers so the students are able to interact within a secure and protected environment while Oracle provides backend support for the different schools.

100 students will be using the portal to keep in touch with their parents and fellow classmates and submit homework and reports when they go overseas for bicultural programmes, community involvement projects and overseas attachments later this year to places like India, China and the United States.

Student Ong Si Ying is looking forward to using the portal to share her experiences in China with her friends who will not be going, and to keep in touch with her parents. When she returns to Singapore, she will still be able to keep in touch with friends made overseas via Think.com.

Oracle's Mr. Frank Koo shares that some S$4.5 million is already invested for the APAC region

Oracle hopes to be able to roll out Think.com to other schools in Singapore and has already invested some S$4.5 million in the portal just for the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Frank Koo, Managing Director of Oracle Singapore, said that Oracle was very excited that Nanyang Girls joined the Think.com community for knowledge transfer, communication and enhancement of their curriculum. "Through our extensive partnerships with global academic bodies and institutions, the students at Nanyang Girls will be able to interact with their overseas counterparts, and develop relevant and useful skills in today's globalised and accelerated world," he said.

More information on Think.com can be found at www.oracle.com.