Presentations

Computational thinking has become an integral part of education for 21st century learners. MIT App Inventor, a blocks-based programming language, is a useful tool to teach learners, both young and old, how to problem solve and think computationally.

Understanding context and issues has to be built in at all stages of a child’s journey through school in order to have a lasting impact. One way in which this can be made accessible for students is through “Place as Pedagogy.” This provides a framework for learning that uses surroundings and communities outside the classroom in the neighborhood.

Can we redefine the relationship between material, humans, and the environment? Our species has left a huge mark on our planet. This project challenges expectations surrounding the materials that form the foundation of existing design norms. We can design and educate our way out of our dependence on oil, gas, bricks, plastic, and steel, but it requires exposing students to radical new means of production.

The value of the school library is often overlooked or marginalised. The presentation will give attendees an insider track on getting the most out of this sometimes hidden resource.

2020 has represented the biggest experiment in home learning in history. As schools move back to in person instruction everyone is naturally asking - what lessons will we take from this period moving forward?

Extinguishing the Garbage Fire is a provocation for educators to set the bar higher for student participation in digital space. Currently, school worry about Digital Citizenship in the context of keeping kids safe, but rarely are thinking about the fact that the internet is real for young people and their interest activity there should be leveraged positive civil society.

Online learning is here to stay. Whether for a typhoon day or an ongoing pandemic, schools need to be prepared to pivot. This session will explore changes that the American International School of Guangzhou made in communication and learning.

Illustration study empowers students to tell their stories the way they see them in their mind. Based on the illustration work of Katie Wood Ray and Sylvia Duckworth, teachers will learn how to use an illustration study to teach young writers that their pictures hold meaning.

Learn how a simple electric art-making tool can be built, used, and extended into a wide variety of classrooms and grade levels.

COVID-19 has precipitated a major experiment for education systems across the world and this provides an amazing opportunity for AI to assist in the beneficial transformation of teaching and learning that remote and hybrid approaches are likely to catalyse.