Date:
20 APR 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Using App Inventor to Develop Computational Thinking among Upper Primary Students (Refreshed)
Venue:
STEM Education Centre, 1/F, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
Description:
– To enhance participants’ understanding of programming with App Inventor
– To enhance participants’ pedagogical knowledge of using App Inventor to develop computational thinking among upper primary students
– To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through teaching coding
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Author: Ngan Vesta
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Using Visual Programming Language Tools to Develop Upper Primary School Students’ Computational Thinking in Computer Lessons (Refreshed) – online course
Date:
16 APR 2021 – 21 MAY 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Using Visual Programming Language Tools to Develop Upper Primary School Students’ Computational Thinking in Computer Lessons (Refreshed) – online course
Venue:
The course will be held online via Zoom
Description:
– To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through teaching coding
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STEM Education Curriculum Planning Series: Experience Sharing on Planning and Implementation of Computational Thinking – Coding Education in Primary Schools (Refreshed)
Date:
15 APR 2021
Title:
STEM Education Curriculum Planning Series: Experience Sharing on Planning and Implementation of Computational Thinking – Coding Education in Primary Schools (Refreshed)
Venue:
The course will be held online via Zoom
Description:
Objective:
To assist primary schools to plan and implement coding education to develop students’ computational thinking.
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HKNE Jockey Club Media Literacy Education Programme: “Reflections on a COVID-19 News Story” Essay Writing Competition
Date:
23 APR 2021
Title:
HKNE Jockey Club Media Literacy Education Programme: “Reflections on a COVID-19 News Story” Essay Writing Competition
COVID-19 has plagued us on a global scale. Media platforms have reported widely on epidemic information. People’s lives have been impacted greatly.
In order to encourage students to understand current events through reading news, understand social issues, understand the close relation between social development and people’s daily lives, Hong Kong News-Expo is hosting an Essay Writing Competition on “Reflections on a COVID-19 News Story” to allow students to write about a news story about the epidemic which has been most impactful to them, detailing out their reflection with an aim to nurture them to hold the right attitude while reading any news.
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Event Poster
PolyU & You: Online Lecture Series 2021
Date:
31 Mar 2021 – 29 Apr 2021
Title:
PolyU & You: Online Lecture Series 2021
Description:
A series of 8 online lectures delivered by the professional academic staff of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 31 March to 29 April 2021. The lectures will be conducted from 4:15 pm to 5:05 pm in real time via Zoom.
Objective:
To enrich students’ knowledge on business, language, tourism and STEM through an online lecture series
Topics:
● Smart Device/Technology to Fight against COVID-19 (31 March 2021, Wednesday)
● A First Look into AI+ Investment (1 April 2021, Thursday)
● New Indoor Air-ventilation Energy Monitoring System under COVID-19 (8 April 2021, Thursday)
● Evidence-based Myopia Control (9 April 2021, Friday)
● Fun with Language (13 April 2021, Tuesday)
● Challenges in Developing the Chang’e 5 “Surface Sampling and Packing System” (21 April 2021, Wednesday)
● Food as a Universal Language in World Tourism (28 April 2021, Wednesday)
● Robot Alice: The Science behind an Application that Stole the Hearts Worldwide (29 April 2021, Thursday)
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Event Poster
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Series: (2) Workshop on News, Advertising and Public Relations in the Post-truth Era (New)
Date:
23 MAR 2021
Title:
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Series: (2) Workshop on News, Advertising and Public Relations in the Post-truth Era (New)
Venue:
Hong Kong News-Expo: 2 Bridges Street, Central, Hong Kong
Description:
● Understand the different nature of journalism, advertising, and public relations
● Have a comparative view of these three inter-related information professions
● Have a deeper understanding of public relations and advertising through real cases
● Recognize the rise of the post-truth era and its consequences
● Acquire the abilities to identify fake news and misinformation. The abilities are vital for preparing the learning and teaching materials on Media and Information Literacy for secondary students.
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Series: (1) Seminar on Understanding MIL and Journalistic Profession (New)
Date:
16 MAR 2021
Title:
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Series: (1) Seminar on Understanding MIL and Journalistic Profession (New)
Venue:
Online mode via Zoom
Description:
- To promote the importance of media and information literacy
- To enable the participants to understand media and information literacy and journalistic profession
- To enable the participants to handle messages coming from different sources correctly and effectively
Remarks: The seminar will be re-run on 15 June, 2021.
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STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Using App Inventor to Develop Computational Thinking among Upper Primary Students (Refreshed)
Date:
23 MAR 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Using App Inventor to Develop Computational Thinking among Upper Primary Students (Refreshed)
Venue:
The course will be held online via Zoom
Description:
- To enhance participants’ understanding of programming with App Inventor
- To enhance participants’ pedagogical knowledge of using App Inventor to develop computational thinking among upper primary students
- To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through teaching coding
Event Details
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Implementing Coding Education to Develop Upper Primary Students’ Computational Thinking (General Studies) [Refreshed]
Date:
12 MAR 2021 – 25 MAR 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Implementing Coding Education to Develop Upper Primary Students’ Computational Thinking (General Studies) [Refreshed]
Venue:
The course will be held online via Zoom
Description:
- To enhance participants’ pedagogical knowledge of using coding education to develop students’ computational thinking in General Studies.
- To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through coding education.
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Implementing Coding Education to Develop Upper Primary Students’ Computational Thinking (English Language Subject) [Refreshed] – online course
Date:
11 MAR 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Implementing Coding Education to Develop Upper Primary Students’ Computational Thinking (English Language Subject) [Refreshed] – online course
Venue:
The course will be held online via Zoom
Description:
- To enhance participants’ pedagogical knowledge of using coding education to develop students’ computational thinking in English Language subject.
- To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through coding education.
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