Abstract
Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, online teaching and meeting via conferencing applications such as Zoom, Skype for business and Tencent Meeting have become popular. This seminar will introduce how teaching and guidance personnel can use different online apps on Zoom to facilitate the involvement and discussion of the partici- pants based on the speaker’s Zoom class for a PgDE course. Some of the apps to be covered include Google Form and Google Slides, Jamboard, Padlet, Mentimeter and Nearpod. Other than introducing the apps, emphasis will be placed on how teachers and guidance personnel can encourage participation from their participants by using questions and prompts, careful planning of the activities, sparing more time for participants to discuss and share their ideas and views, and the importance of debriefing. Participants of the seminar will have first-hand experience with using the apps and they can feel free to incorporate them in their teaching and implementation of guidance activities if they see fit.
About the Speaker
Dr Queenie Lee is a counselling psychologist by training. Currently she is a lecturer of the Teacher Education and Learning Leadership (TELL) Unit at the Faculty of Education of The University of Hong Kong. Before joining HKU, Dr. Lee had worked in a secondary school and then a community college, teaching Psychology and English at various levels. In the past ten years, Dr. Lee has been involved in teachers’ training offered by EDB and FSTE for teachers serving at the sub-degree sector in Hong Kong. The professional training modules delivered have been well-received.
At HKU, Dr Lee is teaching courses at the undergraduate level, PgDE as well as Master level. Areas she is teaching and researching include school guidance and counselling, personal growth, and school connectedness. Dr Lee has a passion for teaching and counselling. She was awarded “A Teacher of Excellence” in a joint research project by EDB and FSTE in 2009.