ACAMIS 2024
At this year’s ACAMIS Leadership Conference, themed “Opportunities to Build,” Nanjing International School showcased our forward-thinking approach to artificial intelligence (AI) through a featured presentation on “AI In Context: Leveraging Disruption for Learning.” The session, ran by Dr. Shannon Doak, NIS IT Director, and Mr. Kasson Bratton, NIS Director of Learning, drew an audience of 50 education leaders from international schools around China. “AI In Context” aimed to ignite professional discourse on AI guidance, policy-making, and transformative practices in education. Read more here.
ACAMIS 2015
On March 13th-14th, 2015 the ACAMIS Spring Conference was hosted at AISG. This was the first year that the conference, which is for administrators, leaders, and specialists, had a strand for Technology Directors. The entire AISG technology coaching team was very active in the planning and implementation of the session which allowed participants to discuss areas such as Office 365 implementation, social media in ACAMIS schools, and Locally hosted solutions. Shannon Doak led the Social Media in Acamis session which introduced two tools currently used at AISG, Yammer, and WeChat. Shannon also participated in the session about locally hosted solutions where he spoke about WordPress and OwnCloud.
NCCT Internationalism Conference 2014
On November 14th, Shannon Doak represented the American International School of Guangzhou (AISG) at the 2014 Internationalism of Basic Education Conference, hosted by the National Center for Curriculum Study and Textbook Development (NCCT) of the China Ministry of Education. Shannon presented a very inspiring talk titled, Technology Integration for Education. In his presentation Shannon defined educational technology, explained why technology integration is important, reviewed emerging theories of learning that support technology integration and shared examples of how AISG is moving forward with technology-rich learning environments. One NCCT representative stated that he was inspired by Shannon’s presentation to take action towards greater technology integration at his school.
EDTECH-GZ
In November, the American International School of Guangzhou hosted an event titled EDTECH-GZ. The event was created for schools in the region to come together and learn from each other. Shannon Doak presented a 45-minute session to about 25 participants. The focus of his presentation was blogging with younger students in a shared iPad classroom and included the use of the transformative iPad application Easy Blog Jr which was adopted last school year after the Chinese New Year holiday.
PD SESSION
On October 7th, 2014, Robert Bauer and Shannon Doak, ran a PD session centered around Microsoft Office365. This is Microsoft’s answer to Google Docs. Many schools around the globe have adopted Google Apps for Education because of the collaborative nature of the platform. Here in China we now have an alternative that allows for the same kind of collaborative learning environment. Teachers were able to learn about collaborative document creation and editing. They had fun contributing to collaborative restaurant reviews. This activity highlighted the collaborative nature of Office 365 and gave the participants a chance to actually work with it. After the teachers worked with it a discussion session took place where teams talked about how this could be useful to them. They then completed a survey to share what they came up with.
Specialist Workshop
On October 6th, 2014 Shannon Doak, AISG ES Technology Coach held a special 2-hour long session with specialist teachers about cloud computing. Participants were introduced to the idea of cloud computing and also learned about our very own “cloud” server hosted here on Ersha. The morning session had multimedia components and interactive activities that helped the teachers better understand how Own Cloud could assist them in the classroom.
ISKL iPad Workshop
On the weekend of September 27th, 2014 the International School of Kuala Lumpur held and iPad Conference. The conference had an attendance of over 250 participants. AISG had two people
represented at this conference. David Ma, a Chinese teacher at the Elementary School, attended as a conference participant. Shannon Doak the ES Technology Coach, attended as a presenter. Shannon, presented 2, 1 hour long workshops, an extended 2-hour long workshop and also presented in the Speed Geeking session. The focus of his presentations was blogging with younger students in a shared iPad classroom and included the use of the transformative iPad application Easy Blog Jr which was adopted last school year after the Chinese New Year holiday.
Below is a complete list of all of the workshops, conferences, and professional development sessions I have made.
Keynotes and presentations made
2023-24
AI In Context: Leveraging Disruption for Learning (2024 ACAMIS Spring Leadership Conference)
The Secret to Better Professional Learning (PDAdacemia Conference for Non-teaching Staff)
Custom-built AI Chatbots for Learning (EdTechGZ)
Custom-built AI Chatbots for Learning (ACAMIS Technology Conference)
2019-20
Workshop: Podcasting in the Classroom (North Hawaii EdTech Summit
Parent Education Session: “Digital Drama” Co-presented (Hawaii Preparatory Academy)
2018-19
Workshop Chrome Can: Chromebooks for Creativity and Collaboration. (North Hawaii EdTech Summit)
Parent Education Session: “Social Media, Gaming, & Mental Health ” Co-presented (Hawaii Preparatory Academy)
2017-18
Keynote talk “Building a Positive Digital Footprint” (Hawaii Preparatory Academy Parents Weekend 2017)
Workshop “Unknown Awesomeness of Google Forms” (North Hawaii EdTech Summit 2017)
2016-17
Artistic Innovators and Inventors (EdTech GZ Conference 2016)
Artistic Innovators and Inventors (21CHLHK Conference 2016)
2014-15
Blogging in the Early Years (ISKL iPad Conference 2014)
Yammer is it right for me? (PD session conducted at AISG for Teaching Assistants)
Ending the Email Avalanche with Yammer (21st Century Learning Conference HK)
Keynote Talk titled “Technology Integration for Education” held at the 2014 Internationalism of Basic Education Conference, hosted by the National Center for Curriculum Study and Textbook Development (NCCT) of the China Ministry of Education.
Surviving the Email Avalanche (21CLHK Conference 2015)
2013-14
Bauer, R., & Doak, S., & Murphy, R. (2014 March) Transforming the classroom through technology integration, SUNY 2014. Lecture conducted from The American International School of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, GD. (College Level Weekend Workshop for Faculty and Administration. Participants can earn 1 credit from SUNY)
Technology Classes and other Courses Presented.
2011-12
- After school Mac Workshop for Elementary school teachers
- Focus on iLife software, iMovie, Photobooth etc…
- A weekend course on Mahara for administration and faculty of The American International School of Guangzhou.
- A weekend course on podcasts in the classroom for administration and faculty of the American international school of Guangzhou.
2012-13
- iPad iPrep
- Tablets: Definition and History
- Hardware tour
- iOS (history, basics etc…)
- Apple Assistive Touch
- Camera App
- Movie editing
- Augmented Reality
2013-14
- PLN basics (Teacher PD offered @ AISG)
- PLN Getting your feet wet (Teacher PD offered @ AISG)
- PLN Going Further (Teacher PD offered @ AISG)
- Specialist iPad Workshop (Teacher PD offered @ AISG)
- Bauer, R., & Doak, S., & Murphy, R. (2014 March) Transforming the classroom through technology integration, SUNY 2014. Lecture conducted from The American International School of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, GD. (College Level Weekend Workshop for Faculty and Administration. Participants can earn 1 credit from SUNY)
2014-15
- Blogging in the Early Years (ISKL iPad Conference 2014)
- Yammer is it right for me? (PD session conducted at AISG for Teaching Assistants)
- Technology Integration for Education — 2014 Internationalism of Basic Education Conference, hosted by the National Center for Curriculum Study and Textbook Development (NCCT) of the China Ministry of Education.
2016-2017
- Formative Assessment Applications: Taking formative assessment further with technology
- Making Thinking Visible: Helping student make their thinking visible with technology
- AR/VR in the classroom
2017-2018
- Google Tips and Tricks
- Using Autocrat in your classroom
- Screencasting in the classroom
- Greenscreening in the classroom
- Youtube 101: Using Youtube in the classroom to host student created video