To further enhance the eLearning readiness of schools of Hong Kong, AiTLE & EDB have decided to co-organize an Educational Trip to UK (London) & Denmark (Copenhagen) in Jan 2025 so as to get more experience through attending different Education Technologies, Pedagogical Forum and also one of the world’s largest Education Technologies Expo – BETT SHOW.
Also, in view of the emphasis of coding, computational thinking, AI & GAI, STEAM and InnoTech, the visit will also focus on these areas. One of the main themes of the visit is to visit the BETT SHOW, which is the world’s leading education technology event celebrated in the UK, to hear from industry figures and meet with experts from different domains and areas re IT in Education, eLearning, AI & GAI, STEAM, InnoTech, Coding Education, SEN … everything about Education Technologies.
Detail of the Education Mission as below :
- Title :
- HK e-Learning, AI & GAI, STEAM & Coding Education Study Tour to UK (London) and Denmark (Copenhagen) 2025 (Co-organised by EDB and Association of IT Leaders in Education (AiTLE)) (2025-01-19 to 2025-01-30)]
- Co-organizers (list according to Alphabetical order) :
- AiTLE, EDB
- School can make use of Teacher Relief Grant to employ supply teachers to fill teaching posts vacant
- Strategic Partners (list according to Alphabetical order) :
- AOPA, Big Dipper Studio, DTSL, ETC, Goodnotes, iREd, Winstars
- AiTLE, EDB
- Date :
- 2025-01-19 (SUN) to 2025-01-30 (THUR)
- Expected departure from HK : 2025-01-19 (SUN)
- Expected arrival back to HK : 2025-01-30 (THUR)
- 2025-01-19 (SUN) to 2025-01-30 (THUR)
- Content :
- School Visit(s)
- Meet and Chat with Educators of London & Denmark
- AI & GAI, STEAM & InnoTech workshop(s) and Museum Visit(s)
- Visit BETT Show
We cordially invite your school to nominate Principal, Vice Principal, Curriculum coordinator, eLearning Coordinator, IT Coordinator, STEAM Coordinator, Subject Panels or even though subject teachers to join the Trip. Due to the limitation of some visits, we can at maximum accept 20 people to join trip. Seats are limited and will be allocated on First Come First Serve basis.
The trip is a self-paid trip and from our experience, the expenditure per person is about HKD 25,000 to HKD 28,000 (for Air Ticket with Tax and fuel Surcharge, Hotel Shared Room with Breakfast, Coach Arrangement, Meal Arrangement & Travel Insurance and TIC Stamp Duty, actual pricing depends on date of confirmation of detail by participants), but of course depends on your own selection of flight and accommodation etc. We are doing our best to incorporate meaningful event and visit during the trip, and also may have some lunch and dinner being arranged by partners, and some lunch or dinner need to be self-paid and arrange.
To join, please contact Mr. Albert Wong (Chairman of AiTLE) directly through WhatsApp @ 90289443 or Email @ [email protected] / [email protected]
For teachers who want to join, can apply through TCS :
CHI : https://tcs.edb.gov.hk/tcs/admin/courses/previewCourse/forPortal.htm?courseId=EI0020240538&lang=zh
ENG : https://tcs.edb.gov.hk/tcs/admin/courses/previewCourse/forPortal.htm?courseId=EI0020240538&lang=en