2022 Classroom Theatre Agenda

This talk will focus on the benefits of integrating robotics school wide and how schools can use different teacher skills to build a successful robotics program. We will showcase real life student experiences and have students talk about their experience with VEX Robotics and the learning outcomes they have managed to reach.

During this session we will cover:

How educational robotics can be an effective tool to teach STEM and Computer Science. Plus, how Robotics can be used to develop students’ soft skills such as communication, team work, critical thinking as well as technical skills such as programming and engineering.

How to integrate VEX Robotics programs with non-specialist teachers and what support school leadership can provide.

What does a successful VEX Robotics program look like?

Hear from primary and secondary school students who have been through VEX Robotics programs and what are the unexpected skills they have developed.

In collaboration with VEX Robotics (Innovation First)

Lenovo aims to bring purpose to every child’s learning experience. This session will deepen your understanding of Lenovo classroom management software (Lanschool) and how it is designed to place the needs of students first and give educators the power to control what students see and engage with in class.

In collaboration with Lenovo

Witness the difference intelligent software can make on a school’s planning and budgeting while actively improving the quality of teacher timetables. 

Globally school leaders and teachers are not coping with their excessive workload. This causes problems when planning, budgeting and gathering data to make important decisions in their classrooms.

Tes Timetable is an intelligent timetabling software that streamlines the timetabling workflow for schools.

During the session, you will be taken through a journey beginning with generating option efficient blocks, automatically allocating workload to teachers (in seconds) and finally using world class algorithms to intelligently build a school timetable. We will then explore the ease of making modifications, sharing the solution via our cloud based timetable display and daily organiser. You will also witness the intuitive user experience of the software and discover the rich set of features in the product that save you time.

Finally, you will hear directly from some of our customers as they share their experiences of the impact Tes Timetable has had on their schools and teacher wellbeing.

In collaboration with Tes

Working with together Indonesia’s Ministry of Education (MoCERT) HP selected schools that represented scalable opportunities to find big answers to system wide digital transformation. Listen to a story of one school and how this transformation looks. For a deeper dive check out HP’s K12 Leadership Summit session on day 2 “ Reinvent the Classroom of the Future Today “ .

In this session you will learn how esports offers individuals opportunities to make connections and form communities on a global scale. Esports engages a wide demographic of young people and is intrinsically a fun, team-building activity that promotes leadership, character development, communication and social skills.

Esports viewership is growing year on year allowing young people to connect with their friends and peers outside of a learning environment, and socialise with them through esports.

Esports can improve confidence, strategic thinking, problem solving abilities, reading comprehension and phonics skills and can help with the development of digital and cyber skills. Skills can be transferred across into physical sports and school work, and esports offers a multitude of career pathways.

Do you understand safeguarding in context to your role? Every adult who comes into contact with children has a role to play in keeping them safe by recognising and mitigating risks, but what does this mean to you within your role? This session will focus on one of The Safeguarding Alliance’s core beliefs, 'Safeguarding will only work if we work together’. It is vital that every adult is vigilant, shares information and takes prompt action to ensure that children can receive the right help at the right time.

Gain an insight into practical AI applications learning that can be deployed at schools, colleges, universities and training centres.

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived. From concierge robots to driverless cars, AI applications can be seen everywhere. As educators, how do we prepare our students in learning and applying AI in daily life? This session introduces the learning of AI applications through robotics and provides an overview of the platform, curriculum and communities as well as experiences shared during the RoboCup 2022 competition, which was held in Bangkok in July 2022.

Brand new for 2022, we are proud to launch the Bett Asia Startup Competition!

Produced in collaboration with SuperCharger Ventures, the competition will recognise the very best that Asia’s EdTech startup space has to offer, showcasing cutting-edge innovations that are powering change in education across the region.

Join us for the in-person pitching final, during which eight finalists will battle it out in front of a shark tank-style judging panel of experts.

Why diversity in AI remains a challenge and how to fix it with education

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence from facial recognition and self-driving cars to understanding human speech is having a major impact on business and society, which is why the lack of diversity among the people developing AI tools is so troubling.

This session will help you:

• Understand that we all have bias, and intentionally or not, it can creep into algorithms and tech products
• Develop a better understanding of how we all contribute to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Encourage you to be mindful of inclusion in your organization

Our role as leaders is to understand bias and draw diverse talent to shape the future of diversity, inclusion and equity in the organization.

Learn about HP Classeasy and how this Education super app leverages AI, gamification and social learning to bring new levels of learner engagement to life. Break through the challenges of increasingly difficult online student engagement and go beyond ordinary learning management systems.

In collaboration with HP

With most of the world’s children growing up in poverty, how can we stand by and let another generation miss out?

Without access to educational resources, including culturally relevant, age-appropriate books and learning tools in a language they understand, these children face a lifetime of illiteracy and innumeracy. The compounding consequences of discrimination, inequality, poor health, and low opportunity are devastating. Children are often trapped in a multi-generational cycle of poverty without the ability to act.

We believe that education brings opportunity, and we've made it our mission to make knowledge accessible to all, equally. From remote communities in Papua New Guinea, to the mountains of Vietnam and schools in hiding in Myanmar, Library For All is already supporting more than 560,000 children on their learning journey.

After the pandemic, most education systems have continued to operate business-as-usual, but a new learning system requires technology that creates a safe, accessible, collaborative experience to empower teachers and inspire students. During this session, we will explore how institutions are implementing Hyflex learning environments, highlighting emerging opportunities in e-learning and technology.

In collaboration with Lenovo

In this session Sam McNeill (Microsoft Education Solution Specialist) and Glenn Malcolm (Campus Advisor for Technology at Bangkok Patana School and Minecraft Certified Trainer) will share practical ways to bring game-based learning with Minecraft into the classroom.

Through authentic student voice, real world examples across the curriculum and engaging demonstrations you will be inspired to try Minecraft: Education Edition with your students.

Playing is a powerful form of learning, teaching resilience, grit, determination and creative problem solving. Come to this session to see firsthand how this can be taught in your classrooms.

In collaboration with Microsoft

Introducing support for inclusive, innovative approaches to the provision of English language teaching and learning through technology-enabled initiatives.

The overall objective of the grant is for UK and Thai ELT and Ed Tech organisations to generate new learning and insight through the design and piloting of digital innovations which address a specific English language need to support the Ministry of Education in its ambition to improve the teaching and learning of English in Thailand. Under the theme “Capacity Building”, the opportunities could include;

• Remote, blended and self-access models for CPD for teachers and teacher educators (pedagogy or language improvement)
• Video content
• ICT applications
• Teacher networks and Communities of Practice (online and social media)
• Research and insight to respond to specific questions about remote or digital capacity building post Covid-19 not previously investigated in Thailand.

EdTech is big business, and the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed it into the mainstream. In just the next three years, the market for EdTech, technology used to enhance and enable education, is set to grow by $112.39 billion. There is extensive evidence illustrating how EdTech interventions are effective in improving student learning but that EdTech is most effective when it complements, not substitutes, the work of educators. Specifically, EdTech interventions are most effective when they play to one or more of its comparative advantages: (1) scaling up quality instruction; (2) facilitating personalized instruction; (3) expanding opportunities for practice; and (4) increasing learner engagement, i.e. making it more fun to learn. This session will highlight EdTech tools currently being utilized from K12 and HE while examining the 4 comparative advantages.

When people think of esports, their minds go to the games and the players, but many people forget all of the different aspects that go into building a successful programs and how many college and career paths support the industry. Let's take a few minutes to explore the different paths, from media production and streaming to marketing and infrastructure, esports provides a veritable plethora of pathways for students to find success and stay involved.

We share tips on how to introduce esports to your centre and ideas for delivering the subject in an exciting and engaging way for learners.

The esports BTEC is designed to enable learners to develop a wide range of transferable skills and knowledge that can be applied not just to careers in the rapidly growing esports industry but also in other sectors including digital and STEAM-based careers. This is especially valuable to learners in a changing world where job roles are likely to continually change, and the emphasis is increasingly on flexibility, adaptability and transferable skills.

In collaboration with Pearson

This workshop will inspire you to wake up YOUR classroom with entertaining content, advanced technology solutions, and proven, modern methodologies for teaching and learning English.

With 52% of 3-5 year olds having access to a tablet (according to a recent report from The Insights Family), kids are more connected with the world at large through social media. These digitally enabled kids are learning an expectation to access what they want, when they want.

This has led to a frequently reported lack of student engagement in the classroom, which is one of the biggest obstacles teachers face. Many teachers remain dependent on outdated/expensive textbooks, which creates inequality and furthers student disengagement.

Find out why many learning tools often fail to provide enough comprehensible input and meaningful interaction to foster high levels of functional language proficiency amongst their users.

We look forward to showcasing a new, immersive experience, set to redefine English language learning in the classroom, at home, and on the move.

In collaboration with ELT Songs (Planet Pop)