There were 2 parts to the first day of the event.
Met several new faces, on top of the familiar ones :)
It was a pleasant meet-up with Regina, since we parted in March (after the ADE workshop), also Kathleen, whom we met in April, too. Ah, of course the Apple folks - some whom I'm more familiar with than others :) Ah, also discovered some interesting characteristics amongst the folks too... hahah...
The morning was basically keynote addresses - one by Kathleen Ferenz and another by Jimmy Lee. [See separate link on what's covered in the 2 keynotes].
Generally, it's quite refreshing to listen to a keynote in Cantonese - it's the first time for me, basically... But it didn't sound awkward or funny... I guess it's probably because of my familiarity with the language so I felt the closeness, as well as the way it's spoken, so colloquial and easy to understand.
Our session was in the afternoon, which we were basically quite relief that we were able to deliver in English :) I guess our session aroused interest of the leaders because many people (including ourselves) were looking at formulas for successful 1-to-1 ICT-enabled implementation. There are many examples out there our Asia countries (in particular US), where research on this was carried out. I guess, nothing beat hearing from someone closer, in the Asian context, of its successful implementation. Certainly, participants from the Education Bureau were keen to find out the "how"...
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