Young Kim Ming, Immanuel Lutheran College

Without any doubt, one of the biggest single change that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) brings about is an increased tendency towards collaboration amongst students and teachers. In this pedagogy, secondary three students are benefited to develop their generic ICT skills in making Spin Object Movies (SOM), the 3D photo objects of the eye ball model to consolidate their knowledge of the structure of an eye ball in secondary two. Students are asked to manipulate SOMs of the model eye experiment, i.e. the interactive virtual model eye. Students can observe the image formation from different angles, magnify any part for close observation and exploration, and finally construct the ray diagrams for correction of eye defects. While the teacher defines the learning goals and facilitates the learning process, students are free to discover the content on their own. They are encouraged to conduct virtual scientific investigation and construct their own theories or concepts. In this inductive pedagogical approach, students learnt how to ask questions, find answers or solutions through exploration and discovery.The SOMs are archived in the school elearning platform to support resource based learning (RBL), including experimental setup, molecular structures, models of human organs, and panoramic views of the laboratories. The resources are readily accessible on-demand over the Internet for convenience. Through RBL student learning becomes more effective than in conventionally designed curriculum. Despite limitations in using SOM., including procurement of hardware and software, and extra workload in using the software to prepare teaching resources, students can now access and retrieve related learning resources at any time at their own pace. They can learn from quality online resources instead of just static PowerPoint slides and text documents. These materials can be shared among teachers to enhance collaborative lesson preparation

Lam Eric, Amdon Consulting Group

Ahangama Badalge Terence, Chestnut Drive Secondary School

Science education has the primary purpose to promote inquiry in learners in this new age. The role of the teacher is thus shifted from that of a presenter of knowledge to one who creates opportunities for students to be engaged in the learning process, invites his students to explore further and facilitates their understanding of key ideas through the process of discovery and guided questioning --- he is the champion of inquiry in the classroom. This strategy is increasingly challenging when promoting Inquiry in students with seemingly low attention span, such as those in the Normal Technical) Stream. In this paper, we present a strategy to engage students in the Normal (Technical) stream in the learning of the life sciences and biology through the use of a series of software applications coupled with the interactive whiteboard. We will report the pedagogical framework on which these teaching applications have been developed and our observations of an elevated interest in the topic at hand (engagement) and increased level of understanding as demonstrated by the activation of selected Habits of Mind (Costa and Kallick, 2000).

Chu Wai Kit, Immanuel Lutheran College

In Hong Kong, the total number of mobile phone subscribers in July 2005 is 8.4 million. The mobile subscriber penetration per population is as high as 121.4%. Mobile phone radiation and health concerns have been raised throughout the world. The lesson plan employs extensive use of ICT tools to investigate this controversial issue in the junior Science curriculum.

Microsoft Excel being a powerful and easy to access analytical tool is used to process raw data from an electronic report in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format. Students process raw data in PDF document using Chart Wizard as an analytical tool. Students discover trends and make predictions about the future use of mobile phone in Hong Kong.

Through both offline and online reading students find answers to questions like :What is Electromagnetic Radiation? Where can electromagnetic radiation be found? Is radiofrequency radiation hazardous to health? The “Specific Absorption Rate” applicable to hand-held mobile phones Is it safe to use hand-held mobile phones?

Data logging kit with radio wave sensor is used to investigate the relationship between electromagnetic radiation and distance. Students collect the data using data loggers, and then analyse the data using Microsoft Excel. The physical phenomenon of Inverse Square Law is unraveled and leads to the student reflection of the importance of hand free in minimizing the possible health hazard. Students reflect their personal learning in the survey forms These post-test results are used against the pre-test results to measure the effectiveness of the ICT-integrated pedagogy.

Hexom Denise, National University

Menoher Judith, National University

Plummer Bonnie A., University of California

Tailoring America’s schools to reflect the fabric of children who attend these schools is an ominous and illusive task. Most efforts fail because they are built on an inaccurate model of how organizations function (Reeves, 2006). Additionally, concern is growing that the current education system is less responsive to the challenges facing today’s children and tomorrow’s leaders. These perceptions are fuelled by comments from business, community, national and international assessments of public schools. The current structure is unaccustomed to responding to systems in which student achievement is the predominant method for determining school and district success. There is an assumption that teachers are adequately trained, that all students have the textbooks and materials they need, that struggling students have intervention programs they need, and that assessment systems are in place to monitor student progress over time. This simply is not true. Inequitable support for education results in a significant disparity in the performance of students, particularly those from poverty or those who have special needs.

This proposal summarizes the findings of a research project directed at the change processes required to transform a rigid, complex school organization into a focused, high-performing learning community accountable for the performance of all children it serves. More specifically, it examines the research on high poverty, high minority, high performing schools and relates that research to findings from the researchers’ work with sixteen elementary, middle and high schools during the past six years. The study analyzes the effects of classroom organization and management; models of teaching; coaching and collaboration; peer analysis of classroom observations; mentoring of principals; and subject matter expertise in both regular and special education classes. Furthermore, the proposal elucidates the components of a new model, which significantly increases the achievement of all students.

Chu Wai Kit, Immanuel Lutheran College

Lok Chun Fai, Immanuel Lutheran College

young Kim Ming, Immanuel Lutheran College

Ho Ka Cheong, Immanuel Lutheran College

Chan Ka Kui, Immanuel Lutheran College

Immanuel Lutheran College installed two interactive electronic whiteboards (IEW) in 2006 to study its effectiveness in learning and teaching in some subjects of the Hong Kong secondary curriculum. An adapted PEST analysis is used to identify the success factors of ICT-integrated pedagogy for IEW. Teaching and learning exemplars considered effective is collected. The teachers’ professional development of pedagogical skills through three phases of ICT-integrated pedagogy (Glover et al, 2005) is observed. A brief survey in the form of questionnaire with Likert scale questions related to hypotheses on ICT-integrated pedagogy is issued to collect opinions from both teachers and students involved. Survey findings indicated a high degree of appreciation with most aspects of the IEW and its use. In this workshop, participants will have hands-on experience of the IEW to tryout the demonstrated simple but effective aspects of the IEW, and integration of selected software and hardware resources that turns the inanimate IEW into a powerful learning and teaching aid.

孙 莉 , 新加坡中学华文教师会

Moodle 教学平台基于建构主义教育理论而开发，强调以学生为中心，因此符合语文教学的需求。在 Moodle 平台构建的网上课室中，学生可进行全面的听、说、读、写学习。教师可运用网页与词汇表自动链接、声音文件同步播放的功能，让学生自主性学习课文；运用论坛、博客让学生进行写作交流和新闻讨论等活动；运用维基让学生进行自由地合作讨论、研究；运用测验编辑器设计各类练习题（词语填空、词语搭配、综合填空、选择题等），建立试题库。 Moodle 平台能轻松将课文和各种参考资料（文本文件、微软简报、各种声像文件等）上网，有助教师建立完整的电子资料库。 Moodle 平台能让师生了解每位参与者的具体上网时间和学习情况，让教师全程熟知学生的每一个学习细节。平台的多种互动功能（聊天室、在线简讯、论坛、对话、电邮）让师生、学生之间更好地沟通，真正做到 “ 教学乐 ” 。

周 麗英 , 香港教育學院

甚麼是新詞？有人認為新詞是指出現在各種媒體中，具有很強時尚感，並且具有新的詞義的詞匯。另有人 (1) 指出新詞具有三個特點： 1. 是最近產生的詞語； 2. 是不論產生於何時何地，必須是被普通話吸收的詞語； 3. 是比較特殊的，是原有的普通話詞語在近期增加了新義而且已被約定俗成的。事實上，新詞之所以為 “ 新 ” (2) ，最主要的除了表現在其反映新事物、新現象之時效性外，還有的是在其組詞方式與造句表現上或許會出現一種前所未有的新用法。新用法自然帶來了語言的變異與發展，而語言的變異和發展也不能不涉及語言的規範等種種問題。有鑒於此，本文先揭示現代漢語裏一些新詞的新用法；然後就這些新用法提出幾點規範的原則及態度設想。

Law Fang-Mei, Tiffin University

Guo Gwo-Jen, National Changhua University of Education

Based on the Chinese traditional belief of “Diligence is the means by which one makes up for one's dullness,” underachieving students might be blamed or punished for their carelessness, fondness of play, and laziness etc. Actually, these students might suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a condition that becomes apparent in some children in the preschool and early school years. It is hard for these children to control their behavior and/or pay attention. It is one of the major reason cause students’ underachievement in school ADHD was first described by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman in 1845 and is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. Children with ADHD have impaired functioning in multiple settings, including home, school, and in relationships with peers. It is estimated that between 3 and 5 percent of children have ADHD, or approximately 2 million children in the United States. This means that in a classroom of 25 to 30 children, it is likely that at least one will have ADHD. If untreated, the disorder can have long-term adverse effects into adolescence and adulthood.