symposium
Symposium on Computational Thinking and Coding Education for Future Teachers
HKPC Academy, 1st Floor, 78 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong
(MTR Kowloon Tong Station, Exit C1/G2/H)
Association of IT Leaders in Education (AiTLE)
Programme
| Time | Details | Speaker/Facilitator |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | Convenor Mr. John Huen Hong Kong Representative Enterprise Ethereum Alliance |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Opening Remarks | Mr. Lin Ting Kit, Henry Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Technology Education Section) Education Bureau |
| 9:10 – 9:15 | Souvenirs Presentation & Group Photograph-taking | Dr. Gary Wong Director of CITE The University of Hong Kong |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Opening Address From Computational Thinking to Computational Action & AI Thinking | Dr. Charleston Sin Executive Director MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node |
| 9:30 – 10:15 | Keynote Speech I Pre-service Teacher Training on Computational Thinking and Coding Education | Professor Charoula Angeli Professor of Instructional Technology Department of Education University of Cyprus |
| 10:15 – 11:00 | Keynote Speech II The Future of Tertiary Disciplinary Educational Research | Professor Arnold Pears Professor and Chair of the Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Intermediate Break | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Panel Discussion I Topic: How to Prepare Future Students to Meet the Future Digital World with Computational Thinking and Coding? | Moderator: Dr. Gary Wong Director of CITE The University of Hong Kong Panel Discussants: Professor Kong Siu Cheung Research Chair Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology Director of Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology The Education University of Hong Kong Ir Daniel Lai, BBS, JP Programme Director CoolThink@JC Mr. Lin Ting Kit, Henry Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Technology Education) Education Bureau Mr. Kim Au Principal Caritas Wu Cheng-Chung Secondary School |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Panel Discussion II Topic: Going Beyond Computational Thinking and Coding Skills | Moderator: Dr. Charleston Sin MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node Panel Discussants: Professor Ma Xiaojuan Associate Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Dr. Lukas Liu Assistant Professor Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong Dr. Rina Lai Founder, Synergis-ED Designer & Developer, Computational Thinking Challenge (Ct-challenge.com) |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Break | |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | Workshop I* Computational Thinking Education in School Practices | Association of IT Leaders in Education (AiTLE) |
| Workshop II* Coding for Community with youCodia | Youth Global Network | |
| Workshop III Teaching and Learning of Computational Thinking with Emerging Technologies | Koding Kingdom (HK) Limited | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Collecting Certificate of Attendance | / |
Brief of the symposium
The symposium aims to bring educators and technology practitioners together, discuss the importance of computational thinking and coding as future skills, and challenge why all future teachers in Hong Kong should learning how to teach computational thinking and coding as the future problem-solving skills. Teachers in STEAM or languages are often invited in teaching these future skills. In this symposium, we call for all the students in education and non-education to join for a discussion, to learn how they can be well prepared to be a future teacher of future students.
Pre-service Teachers Training at HKU on Computational Thinking Education
Faculty of Education at HKU offers the Master of Education (STEM Education) with courses related to computational thinking and education to prepare both current and future teachers with competence in teaching this problem-solving skill to school students. In 2023, a new credit-bearing course entitled Foundations of Computational Thinking Education in School has been developed and is now being offered to all HKU students. The new course has also led to the revamp of the advanced course on computational thinking education at the postgraduate level in HKU to prepare students in future teaching practices and research.
Certificate of Attendance
Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance from the organizer to prove for the participation. For those who are in-service teachers joining the symposium can use this certificate for fulfilling their professional development (PD) activities.
Event Management
This event is supported and managed by Immersive Learning Lab Company Limited.
Important Dates
| 8 March 2023 | Announcement of the Call for Participation |
| 12 March 2023 | Launch of the Symposium Website |
| 15 – 26 March 2023 | Open for Registration |
| 27 - 30 March 2023 | Release of Registration Result |
| 1 April 2023 | Symposium Event |
Mr. John Huen
Hong Kong Representative
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Mr. Lin Ting Kit, Henry
Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Technology Education)
Education Bureau
Dr. Gary Wong
Director of CITE
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Charleston Sin
Executive Director
MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
Professor Charoula Angeli
Professor of Instructional Technology
Department of Education
University of Cyprus
Professor Arnold Pears
Professor and Chair of the Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Professor Kong Siu-Cheung
Research Chair Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
Director of Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology
The Education University of Hong Kong
Ir Daniel Lai, BBS, JP
Programme Director
CoolThink@JC
Mr. Kim Au
Principal
Caritas Wu Cheng-Chung Secondary School
Professor Ma Xiaojuan
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dr. Lukas Liu
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Education
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Rina Lai
Founder, Synergis-ED
Designer & Developer, Computational Thinking Challenge (Ct-challenge.com)