Date:
11 OCT 2017
Title:
STEM Education Series：Seminar on STEM Education for Primary School Heads and Curriculum Leaders (NEW)
Venue:
CCC Heep Woh Primary School(Cheung Sha Wan)
Address: 18 Tonkin St, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon
Description:
Objectives:
– To update the school curriculum leaders on the latest development of STEM-related areas in global context
– To introduce good practices of promoting STEM education in primary schools
Category: Uncategorized
Symposium on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (New)
Date:
12 OCT 2017
Title:
Symposium on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (New)
Venue:
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre,
19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
Description:
Objectives:
1. To enhance participants’ awareness of the importance of integrating and applying knowledge and skills of STEM related disciplines;and
2. To share some up-to-date information/experiences about the promotion of STEM education in the territory, the mainland and other countries.
InnoTech Expo 2017
Date:
24 SEP – 2 OCT 2017
Title:
InnoTech Expo 2017
Venue:
Hall 3F – 3G, 3/F, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Description:
About 130 technology and science items in China and Hong Kong will be displayed in the hope of inspiring youths to enter the field. The foundation, founded by former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa in 2014, said it will divide the exhibition hall into three themed zones – Astronomy, Informatics and Oceanography.
Each zone will display both ancient and modern exhibits demonstrating China’s 5,000-year growth in innovation and technology.
Highlights include the world’s fastest super computer, Sunway TaihuLight, a model of the FAST Telescope which receives radio signals from a pulsar 1,351 light-years away from Earth with the size of 30 football fields, and the latest reduced-scale model of China’s aircraft carrier.
“Science in the Public Service” Campaign and “Application of STEM in Public Services” Lecture Series
Date:
6 AUG – 11 NOV 2017
Title:
“Science in the Public Service” Campaign and “Application of STEM in Public Services” Lecture Series
Venue:
Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon
Description:
“Science in the Public Service” (SIPS) is a joint campaign by government bureaux/departments and other organizations to promote their scientific work and application of technology to the provision of services for the general public. From August to November this year, a series of public talks and forums will be held and the theme is “Application of STEM in Public Services”.
The talks will be conducted in Cantonese. Attendance is free of charge and seating is on a first-come first-served basis. Don’t miss the chance to enrich your knowledge in science and to better understand the scientific work of various government departments and other organizations!
Knowledge Enrichment on STEM Education: InnoTech Talks
Date:
25 SEP 2017
Title:
Knowledge Enrichment on STEM Education: InnoTech Talks
Venue:
School Hall, St. Paul’s Convent School, 140 Leighton Road, Hong Kong
Description:
Objectives:
1. To enhance teachers’ understanding of the development of science and technology.
2. To enhance teachers’ awareness of the importance of integrating and applying knowledge and skills of STEM related disciplines
The Chinese Chess Challenge – 1K vs AI
Date:
27 October 2017
Title:
The Chinese Chess Challenge – 1K vs AI
Venue:
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Description:
More than 1000 students from primary and secondary schools will battle against AI Chinese Chess system simultaneously to have them inspired by the innovative technology, especially the application of AI in our daily life and to push forward STEM education. A series of pre-event activities will be presented to students from July until the event day, namely AI Knowledge Workshop, Chinese Chess Workshop and Technology Enterprises Visit.
Introduction to Computational Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Schools
Date:
17&18 JUL 2017
Title:
Introduction to Computational Thinking – Coding Education for Primary Schools
Venue:
Room E418,4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
Description:
Objectives:
The programme aims to:
(1) introduce Computational Thinking and Coding Education to be implemented at the upper primary level;
(2) enhance teachers’ pedagogical knowledge in using a visual programming language tool to help develop students’ computational thinking and programming/coding skills;
(3) enhance teachers’ understanding in learning, teaching and assessment in programming/coding; and
(4) enhance teachers’ understanding of using the visual programming language tool “Scratch”.
STEM Education Series: Sharing on Good Practices for Promoting STEM Education in Secondary Schools (II) (New)
Date:
15 JUN 2017
Title:
STEM Education Series: Sharing on Good Practices for Promoting STEM Education in Secondary Schools (II) (New)
Venue:
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
Description:
Objectives:
In this seminar, the Professional Development Schools and Partner Schools will share with teacher participants the following:
1. school-based experiences and strategies for planning and implementing STEM education; and
2. some learning and teaching activities for strengthening students’ ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across different STEM disciplines.
Seminar on the “Use of Resources Support for Implementation of STEM Education in Secondary Schools” (New)
Date:
20 APR 2017 & 4 MAY 2017
Title:
Seminar on the “Use of Resources Support for Implementation of STEM Education in Secondary Schools” (New)
Venue:
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
Description:
Objectives:
1. To update the progress of promoting STEM education;
2. To introduce the use of resources and support for implementation of STEM education;
3. To introduce the use of the one-off STEM grant; and
4. To share good practices on effective implementation of STEM education in schools.
Speaker Presentation files:
| Community Support |
HKSTP PolyU FAST VTC Hong Kong Science Museum and Space Museum CLP Engineer in School 2017 programme (PPT) CLP Engineer in School 2017 programme (Fact Sheet) |
| EDB resources and support |
Use of One-off STEM Grant Use of resources and support |
| Schools Sharing |
Chinese YMCA College YCH Lan Chi Pat Memorial Secondary School |
International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017
Date:
13-15 JUL 2017
Title:
International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017
Venue:
Convention Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Description:
International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017 (CTE2017) under CoolThink@JC programme will be held during 13-15 July 2017 (Thur to Sat) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. CTE2017 is the first international conference of the programme comprising keynote speeches by internationally renowned scholars, booth exhibition on STEM/Coding products and solutions, student and teacher poster presentation and demonstration. CTE2017 aims to keep abreast of the latest development of how to facilitate students’ CT abilities and disseminate findings and outcomes on the implementation of CT development in school education.
Registration & Enquiry
All school principals, teachers and practitioners in local school sectors are welcome to attend CTE2017 free of charge. Please reserve seats by submitting this online enrollment form:
https://www.eduhk.hk/cte2017/registration-local.html. Quotas are limited. First-come-first-serve.
For any enquiry, please contact CTE2017 Secretariat at cte2017@eduhk.hk or 2948-8554 / 2948-8598. For more details, please visit CTE2017 website at
http://www.eduhk.hk/cte2017.