Hong Kong Education City

1. Hong Kong Education City 香港資訊教育城 From a Digital Repository to a Cultural City Prof. P.C. Wong Project Director HKeducationCITY.net Email: pcwong@hkedcity.net

2. Our Motivation • Five-Year IT Strategy - to study the needs and the feasibility of the Education Specific Intranet (ESI). • Consultancy Study - a compelling need for ESI • Need for Education Resources • Need for Sharing and Collaboration (duplicated effort) • Need for Leadership and Coordination • Jump start on existing project (e.g., Cyber Campus)

3. Our Development • 1994 – Hong Kong Education Information Network (Internet for Teachers) • 1996 – Hong Kong School Net (Internet for Students) • 1998 – Hong Kong Cyber Campus (Internet for Schools, teachers, and students) • 2000 – Hong Kong Education City • 2002 – A World of Education Cities (?)

4. Our Challenge “To make Hong Kong a leader, not a follower, in the information world of tomorrow.” Mr. C.H. Tung Chief Executive Hong Kong SAR Government 1997 Policy Address

5. Publishers Developers Public Organisations Leadership Coordination, And Facilitation Teachers Students Parents Commercial Vendors Schools and Universities Newspaper Media Education Department Our Position

6. Our Goal • To lead, to serve, and to promotehigh quality education and IT culture for life-long learning through an education-focused network of schools, teachers, parents, students, and the public.

7. Our Mission To Lead, To Serve, To Promote Lead - IT in Education, content industry, on-line learning Serve - Internet and Intranet services, education resources Promote - sharing & collaboration, best practices, culture LSP - Let’s Serve our Pupils LSP - Learning through Sharing and Participation

8. Our Work • Broadband Connectivity - To provide schools with broadband connectivity and high quality Internet & Intranet services. • Resources Repository - To coordinate and provide high quality education resources. • Web Platform - To promote sharing and collaboration among teachers, schools, and education bodies. • Activities (IT Culture and Life-long Learning) - To promote and organise activities for IT culture and life-long and life-wide learning.

11. Our Organisation Steering Committee Honorary Advisors Project Office Administration Executive Committee SL/PC/She/Poon Education Resources Promotion and Support SiteDevelopment Site Management Curriculum Development CDI Team ITERC Team RSS Team School Net Team School Net Team

12. Promotion and Support Team • Members • ED Officers - She Mang, Michael Lui, Sik Ling Leung • HKSN Officers – Simon, Betty, Lawrence • ED PR Officers/Seconded Teachers • Activities • Strategies, directions, and planning • School promotion days • ED Events – Exhibitions, IT camps • EdCity Events – IT monthly meetings • Digital Age 2001 Activities

13. Education Resources Team • Members • ED Officers – Poon, Cheng, Joe, K.Y. • HKSN Officers – Kenny Or, Cherry, Errol • Seconded Teachers, ED Project Officers • Activities • Strategies, directions, and planning • Resources collation and conversion • Resources production outsourcing • Resources management • Promotion of resources • Evaluation of the use of resources

14. Summary • EdCity focuses on education for Hong Kong. • EdCity works with partners for building up the network and services, content, and education resources. • EdCity provides business opportunities by matching the needs of schools to the solutions from vendors. • EdCity will succeed with (1) brand name, (2) collaboration from all parties, (3) high quality services and content, and (4) support from schools and the public.

15. Discussion • Membership • Leadership • Frequency of meetings • Work flow and schedule • Role of Seconded Teachers • Teacher Focus Group? • Resources Production? • School Promotion? • Management of website or iWorld?