Sharing Session

Online Briefing cum Sharing Session of “Knowing More About IT” Programme in Primary Schools on 15 September 2021

The “Knowing More About IT” Programme is open for application from 1 September 2021. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) will organise an online briefing cum sharing session on 15 September 2021 to introduce the details of the programme to schools. The details of the online briefing cum sharing session is as follows:

Date: 15 September 2021 (Wednesday)

Time: 3 pm - 5 pm

Format: Webinar via Microsoft Teams

Target Audience: Primary Schools Principals and Teachers (Maximum number of attendees: 400)

Medium: Mainly Cantonese (with English terms)

Rundown:

Time	Session	Speaker	Details
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm	Registration	-
3:00 pm – 3:05 pm	Event Introduction	MC
3:05 pm – 3:35 pm	Introduction to the application procedure of “Knowing More About IT” Programme	Ms Joyce Yiu, Senior Systems Manager (Industry Development), OGCIO	Presentation file (Please refer to “Application for Primary Schools”)
3:35 pm – 4:05 pm	Sharing on organising ICT-related activities for students and joining the HKICT Awards	Hong Kong ICT Awards 2020 Student Innovation (Primary School) Gold Award Winner School Mr Sin Chun Yeung, IT Co-ordinator of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong See Sum Primary School Mr Hong Cheuk Pui Daniel, IT Panel Head of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong See Sum Primary School	Presentation file (Chinese version only)
4:05 pm – 4:35 pm	Introduction to the details of CoolThink@JC	CoolThink@JC^# Programme Director Mr Daniel Lai	Presentation file (Chinese version only)
4:35 pm – 4:45 pm	Q&A session	All	Q&A (Please refer to “Application for Primary Schools”)
4:45 pm	End of session	MC

*The above rundown and speakers may be subject to change.

#CoolThink@JC is a computational thinking education initiative created and funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and co-created by The Education University of Hong Kong, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and City University of Hong Kong. CoolThink@JC empowers teachers with high-quality teaching materials, a learning platform and professional development programs. It has trained more than 400 teachers from 79 schools and benefited more than 21,000 primary students since its launch in 2016. (https://www.coolthink.hk/en/)