It’s the taking part that counts
Raymond Chan is Director of Creativity: Deep Learning, Head of PE
During the recent winter consultations, I had quite a few conversations about the Dynasty Touch Tournament that was coming up at Kings Park. In some, I was congratulating students on displaying the traits for a growth mindset or courage in the learning zone which we seek to encourage amongst our students. … Read more
The Social Dilemma
Jon Rees is Head of Year 12 / 13 and a Teacher of English
In Y12, Theory of Knowledge students have been investigating the core theme: Knowledge and the Knower in connection with Knowledge and Technology. Plato’s Cave Allegory pointed out that the world as we know it is essentially like the shadowy images cast upon a wall that we watched transfixed, believing our knowledge of the world is complete, whereas we are like the slaves watching the images whose perspective is fixed and limited- we are just not aware of our own ignorance.… Read more
Human Technologies – Metacognition in Action
Phil Morgan is Director of Creativity: Innovation and Teacher of Human Technologies at ICHK
“I used to think the brain was the most fascinating part of the human body, then I realised…Hey! Look what’s telling me that”!
Emo Phillips (Comedian)
Here’s a question: Would you be a passenger in an automatic, driverless car?… Read more
A Barefoot Hiker’s Guide to the MacLehose Trail
Saie Ryu Lee is a Learning Support Assistant at ICHK
Inspiration:
I was heavily inspired by British barefoot running enthusiast, Tony Riddle’s personal challenge of running the length of the UK completely barefoot in 30 days. His life story and message really resonated with me, and sowed the seeds for the idea of undertaking a long barefoot walk myself.… Read more
High-Stakes Mistakes: Adventures in CrowdFunding
Phil Morgan is Director of Creativity: Innovation and Teacher of Human Technologies at ICHK
While most sensible people welcomed the Christmas Holiday as a chance to relax and unwind, I did the exact opposite and launched a Kickstarter campaign timed to finish just before our return to school.… Read more
Re-framing grief and growing through loss
Phil Morgan is Director of Creativity and Human Technologies Teacher at ICHK
School counsellor Christy Tsui and I recently had the opportunity to work with the London-based, co-creative collective weglimpse.co. a voluntary group of media and marketing professionals who donate their expertise to charities and NGOs.… Read more
Top Ten Tips for Teaching in a Crisis
Douglas Kidd is Director of Out of Class and Experiential Education at ICHK.
Introduction
These ideas are offered as the result of our experience in International College Hong Kong, a private not-for-profit secondary school. Hong Kong was hit early within the global scheme of things with school closure and a shift to online learning.… Read more
The workplace is changing fast – this is how and why
Sean McDermott is Deputy Head of School at ICHK and writes for The Future Learning Project
One of the key reasons why The Future Learning Project exists is because of the gap between how rapidly the world is changing when compared with often outdated learning experiences in many schools and education systems.… Read more
Can We Stop Software From Eating School?
Ross Parker is Director of Technology and Assessment at ICHK
In 2011, Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and co-founder of the venerable Netscape, observed that “software is eating the world”. His observation was intended to reflect the way that computers, and the software they run, were flipping the business world on its head. … Read more
The Guilin Adventure
Dave Addis is an Experiential Educator at ICHK
So, what happens when a group of nine Yr8 and 9 boys are given the task of leading themselves around southern China?
During December’s Deep Learning, a team of boys were given a 5-day itinerary to follow taking them from Hong Kong, up to the Longji Rice Terraces and finally to the limestone karsts of Yangshuo.… Read more