26 June 2004
Primary students and student-teachers
of Hong Kong keenly exchange their knowledge in Chinese
characters input methods for computer with old educators
and “elderly universities” delegates from the
Mainland today (26 June) at Hong Kong.
The Mainland guests are attending the opening
ceremony of The CKC Centre for the Development of Information
Technology in Chinese Language Teaching (CKC Centre) at
the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). They include
retired education officials from Guangdong and Jiansu provinces,
delegates from Guangdong and Chaozhou “elderly comrades
universities”, and academics from Beijing, Shanghai,
Ningbo and Suzhou who involve in the research and promoting
of the CKC Chinese Input System.
Equipped with 58 computers and language
expertise of HKIEd, the CKC Centre aims to help student-teachers
further integrate and develop information technology in
Chinese language teaching.
It is to organise a series of training
courses in CKC Chinese Input System for children and residents
in Tai Po and nearby districts during this summer. It also
aims to provide training to over 3,000 HKIEd student-teachers
in the forthcoming academic year.
HKIEd Acting President Professor Bernard
Luk said at the opening ceremony that rising popularity
of Chinese input method would enable more Chinese to benefit
from the advancement in information technology. It would
also help raise the interest of Chinese youngsters in involving
in technological developments.
“Being a major teacher education
provider in Hong Kong, HKIEd is in the best position to
promote proper use of new technologies in our society by
equipping our student-teachers with advanced technologies.
Our learning environment also helps nurture their open mind
towards adopting innovative ideas, as well as their aptitude
towards lifelong learning,” said Prof Luk.
He is confident that the new-generation teachers will not
only pass on the input techniques to their future students;
but also act as catalysts in breeding innovative minds in
schools.
The CKC Centre is aiming to provide training of the input
method to all incumbent and future students who study Chinese-related
programmes at the HKIEd. That means offering courses for
over 3,000 students in the next academic year, and many
more thousands in the years to come.
HKIEd’s language experts are engaged in further developing
vocabulary database for applying along with the CKC Input
System.
HKIEd teaching staff at the CKC Centre
are also planning on a series of activities in promoting
integration of information technology with language learning.
These include annual Chinese characters input competitions,
regional conferences, and volunteer coaching or workshops
in the Mainland.
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For media enquiry, please
contact Denise Wong, Executive (Media and Community Relations)
of HKIEd, on 2948 6053 / 9181 4021.
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