Presentations

Like everything in our lives, education is changing, and it seems to be doing so at an accelerating rate. Online, flipped, blended, hybrid, personalised, AI, PISA, everyone seems to have an answer of some kind.

In this presentation, we will give an overview of all the interlocking parts that combine to make our individualized approach to learning a unique experience within the Beijing bilingual school context.

This session will explore the dynamic role of AI in education, demonstrating how it can make lessons more engaging, personalized, and effective.

In this interactive session, Todd (Shiding) will share a hands-on example from his own classroom: a custom-built ChatGPT bot designed to support students through the IB Mathematics Internal Assessment (IA) writing process.

Effective communication in the classroom is not just about what we say—but how we say it. This presentation examines the use of “precise phrasing” strategies, or subtle linguistic shifts that invite reflection, reduce resistance, and guide students toward deeper engagement and ownership of learning.

This session explores how libraries of any size or budget can create more flexible, engaging spaces.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll experience practical professional development grounded in how teachers across NYC, Hong Kong, and top Asia-Pacific schools are transforming their instructional practice: designing formative practices that surface real evidence from PBL and student work, interpreting that evidence, and adjusting instruction in real time.

Participants will explore practical ways to build multilingualism into everyday teaching, pastoral care, and school culture, and consider a fundamental question: What if supporting a student's mental health starts with making space for all of their languages, not just the one we teach in?

This presentation shares insights from a first-hand account of the market forces and practices that built the internet as we know it today. See how marketers collect data, understand how digital tracking actually works and learn some new approaches to a topic most students are reluctant to discuss.

We will explore the power of an interactive read aloud that engages readers emotionally, intellectually and authentically. Through focused question techniques that will invite inquiry and more purposeful dialogue, readers will be inspired to read better and in more powerful ways on their own.