Educational Technology (EdTech)

Vision

Harnessing EdTech to transform teaching and learning to thrive in the 21st century.

Mission

Moulding an EdTech empowered, Responsible and Active Community of Learners

Objectives of our programmes:

1. Enable students to demonstrate 21st CC skills through self-directed and collaborative learning
2. Develop in the students critical and reflective thinking, computational thinking and EdTech skills for the future workforce
3. Enable students to contribute to the community leveraging on technology

Key Programmes

In Qihua Primary School, we believe in preparing our students to be technology-empowered learners, future-ready leaders and community champions in life. Therefore, the EdTech department aims to create an EdTech enriched environment, providing opportunities for our students to be joyful and responsible digital learners through a range of quality learning experiences based on the 4Es (enable, engage, enrich, empower) with technology.

Engaging the mass

Enhanced version of the Improving Computer Literacy among Pupils Programme (ICLAP+):

The ICLAP+ focuses on teaching pupils the baseline EdTech skills and good Cyberwellness practices.

ICLAP+ aims to enable students to

• Curate by conducting internet searches and organise the digital information for ease of retrieval, verify the accuracy, credibility and currency of a piece of information.

• Create through selecting and putting together different media elements to construct a digital artefact.

• Connect through exchanging digital information with others synchronously and asynchronously

Enabling budding learners

Cyberwellness

Cyber Wellness (CW) refers to the positive well-being of Internet users. It involves an understanding of online behaviour and awareness of how to protect oneself in cyberspace. The focus of CW is to help students to become responsible digital learners. When navigating cyberspace, students should demonstrate respect for self and others and practise safe and responsible use. Students should also be a positive peer influence by harnessing technology for collaboration, learning and productivity, as well as advocating positive use of technology for the good of the community.

These are the topics that will be covered:

The programmes will be carried out on different platforms.

Cyberwellness Programme aims to enable students to

• recognise copyright regulations governing the use of digital information.

• make informed choices with regard to how to use information ethically.

• observe proper netiquette

• manage the digital footprint he/she makes when sharing information online.

Enriching the learning experiences

At Qihua Primary School, we want to promote the students’ computational thinking, problem solving skills and EdTech skills for the future workforce by exposing students to Coding and Programming.

Empowering the leaders

ICT Monitors Training

To enable students to develop their leadership capabilities and contribute back to the community, Primary 4 to Primary 6 ICT Monitors go through structured training.