Date:
Application for Competition: 1 November – 28 December 2021
Briefing Session: 24 November 2021
Title:
CoolThink@JC Competition 2022
Description:
CoolThink@JC Competition 2022 aims to promote Computational Thinking (“CT”) Education, enhance students’ awareness and interests on CT through coding and problem solving skills, enable students to apply their knowledge and skills on CT to solve problems, enhance creativity, innovation and coding techniques as well as encourage collaboration. The Competition includes Scratch and App Inventor categories, and targets all Primary Four to Primary Six students in the academic year of 2021/2022. Each team to be formed by three students and each school may send at most five teams. For more details, please visit its website https://ctc.coolthink.hk/english/.
The competition is created and funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, co-created by the Education University of Hong Kong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and City University of Hong Kong, and co-organised by Association of I.T. Leaders in Education and Hong Kong Association for Computer Education. It is supported by the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Education City.
Registration for Competition:
Should school interest to register for the Competition, please enrol online at https://forms.gle/8Zz7JaDVkHipStfC9. The registration deadline is 28 December 2021 (Tuesday).
A briefing session for teachers will be held at 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. on 24 November 2021 (Wednesday). It will introduce the Competition’s details, rules and judging criteria, etc. Should school interest to attend the briefing session, please enrol online at https://forms.gle/wZ5VrQsfM3PUnGsf6.
The Grand Final and Awards Presentation Ceremony will be held at 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Education University of Hong Kong.
For enquiries, please contact Ms. Law on 2948 8554 or email competition@eduhk.hk.
Event Details
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STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Intensive Training Programme on STEM Education for STEM Coordinators of Secondary Schools (New)
Date:
16 NOV 2021 – 14 DEC 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Intensive Training Programme on STEM Education for STEM Coordinators of Secondary Schools (New)
Venue:
Makerspace assembling area 1,Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing, The University of Hong Kong
Description:
- To provide opportunities for the participants to develop/modify their own schools’ STEM learning and teaching activities
- To enhance learning, teaching and assessment strategies for paradigm shift in conducting STEM learning and teaching activities in schools
- To provide knowledge updates on the relevant scientific and technological advancements, as well as hands-on and minds-on experience for the participants to apply and integrate learning elements of Science Education, Technology Education and Mathematics Education
- To further promote cross-KLA collaboration among teachers of the relevant KLAs in planning, organising and implementing STEM-related learning activities
- To provide opportunities for sharing good practices on STEM education among schools
AiTLE x 教育局 x 佛教沈香林紀念中學：免費電腦科及 STEM 教材分享暨「IT Lab & 奇趣 IT 識多啲」資訊分享會及伙伴巡禮
日期:
2021年11月20日
活動名稱:
AiTLE x 教育局 x 佛教沈香林紀念中學：免費電腦科及 STEM 教材分享暨「IT Lab & 奇趣 IT 識多啲」資訊分享會及伙伴巡禮
地點:
佛教沈香林紀念中學（新界屯門大興邨屋邨中學第 1 號）
大會將安排旅遊巴接載參加者由九龍塘地鐵站或屯馬線屯門站至佛教沈香林紀念中學
簡介:
- AiTLE 2021 年「免費電腦科及 STEM 教材」介紹及派發
- 「中學 IT 創新實驗室計劃」分享
- 「小學奇趣 IT 識多啲計劃」分享
- 「中學 IT 創新實驗室計劃」與及「小學奇趣 IT 識多啲計劃」伙伴方案巡禮
STEM Education Enriching Knowledge Series: Drone Programming with Python and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications (Re-run)
Date:
16 DEC 2021
Title:
STEM Education Enriching Knowledge Series: Drone Programming with Python and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications (Re-run)
Venue:
STEM Education Centre, 1/F, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
Description:
To enhance participants’ understanding of drone operations, programming and its applications including AI, and facilitate promotion of STEM education in schools through teaching coding
Event Details
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Mainland – Hong Kong STEM Teacher Training Programme
Date:
30 OCT 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Mainland – Hong Kong STEM Teacher Training Programme
Venue:
Face to face: Room P4701, 4/F University Concourse, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Online course: Tencent Meeting (VooV Meeting) will be used. Login details will be provided to each successful applicant via email.
Description:
The training programme is co-organised by the Hong Kong STEM Education Alliance, STEAM Education and Research Centre of Lingnan University, Department of Electrical Engineering of City University of Hong Kong, Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, and supported by the Education Bureau. It aims to enhance teachers’ professional capacity on whole-school curriculum planning and cross KLA/subject collaboration, as well as the planning and implementation of STEM education learning activities through sharing from academics and schools.
Event Details
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Exploratory Activities with “Hands-on and Minds-on” Learning Elements for Primary Schools (Re-run)
Date:
5 NOV 2021 – 7 JAN 2022
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Exploratory Activities with “Hands-on and Minds-on” Learning Elements for Primary Schools (Re-run)
Venue:
Room E246, 2/F, East Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
Description:
The programme includes the following content:
(1) Overviews in implementing exploratory activities with “Hands-on and Minds-on” elements in primary schools;
(2) Examples of exploratory learning and teaching (L&T) activities of STEM education for General Studies, Mathematics and Computer lessons; and
(3) Introduction of related L&T resources materials.
Event Details
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Computational Thinking and Unplugged Activities (Refreshed) – Online Course
Date:
28 OCT 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Computational Thinking and Unplugged Activities (Refreshed) – Online Course
Venue:
The course will be held online via Zoom
Description:
- To enhance participants’ understanding of computational thinking and programming concept
- To enhance participants’ pedagogical knowledge of using unplugged activities to develop students’ computational thinking
- To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through teaching coding
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Computation Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Teachers: Coding with micro:bit (Intermediate Level) [Refreshed]
Date:
23 OCT 2021 – 9 NOV 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Computation Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Teachers: Coding with micro:bit (Intermediate Level) [Refreshed]
Venue:
Rm 1003, 10/F, VTC Tower, 27 Wood Road, Wanchai
Description:
- To enhance participants’pedagogical knowledge in developing students’ computational thinking through coding education
- To introduce different applications of coding with the use of micro:bit, as well as the connection and applications with different sensors and add-on pack
- To provide practices on designing learning activities on using micro:bit, including STEM-related learning activities
- To experience the technologies of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Computation Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Teachers: Coding with mBot (Intermediate Level) [Refreshed]
Date:
16 OCT 2021 – 6 NOV 2021
Title:
STEM Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment Series: Workshop on Computation Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Teachers: Coding with mBot (Intermediate Level) [Refreshed]
Venue:
Rm 1003, 10/F, VTC Tower, 27 Wood Road, Wanchai
Description:
- To enhance participants’pedagogical knowledge in developing students’ computational thinking through coding education
- To introduce different applications of coding with the use of mBot, as well as the connection and applications with different sensors and add-on pack
- To provide practices on designing learning activities on using mBot, including STEM-related learning activities
- To experience the technologies of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)
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)
Date:
25 NOV 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)
Venue:
STEM Education Centre, 1/F, Arts & Technology Education Centre, 145 Junction Road, Lok Fu, Kowloon
Description:
- To enhance participants’ pedagogical knowledge of using Scratch 3.0 to develop students’ computational thinking and coding skills in school-based Computer lessons.
- To facilitate participants to promote STEM education in school through teaching coding