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This workshop is part of the EdCity Digital Education Teacher Professional Development Series. Through a keynote presentation, a principal’s sharing session, and AI demonstration activities, participants will gain a clearer understanding of the development of AI technology and its applications in schools. The workshop will outline how artificial intelligence has evolved from early applications to its current ability to support multi-step tasks and decision-making. It will also explain how these technologies are being progressively integrated into everyday school operations, including developments in teaching support, data analysis, and workflow integration. This will help schools develop a more holistic understanding of the role and positioning of AI within education.

With the rapid development of AI technologies, teachers can use more practical and accessible methods to guide students in understanding the practical applications of IoT, programming, and artificial intelligence. This seminar will use the Smart Farming AIoT Learning Kit as an example to introduce how teachers can guide students to assemble their own smart potted plants. Through micro:bit, students can collect real-time data such as soil moisture, light intensity, temperature, and humidity, enabling them to gradually understand the basic concepts of data collection, sensor applications, and IoT programming through everyday life contexts.  The seminar will also demonstrate how teachers can use a few simple steps on a platform to control the AIoT Learning Kit, and apply an automation platform and AI models to analyse plant growth data. Teachers will learn how to turn processes such as data transmission, automatic generation of growth reports, care recommendations, and automatic watering into classroom tasks that are easy for students to understand and participate in. This will help students connect artificial intelligence, IoT, programming, and scientific inquiry through hands-on practice, building a more interesting cross-curricular learning experience. 

Lesson preparation, marking, teaching material development, and parent communication are all part of teachers’ everyday responsibilities. The Operations Expert from Tencent will introduce the educational applications of Agentic AI and explains how this type of AI, with the capability to plan and execute tasks autonomously, can support teachers in a wide range of teaching and administrative contexts in this seminar. Unlike conventional AI tools that focus mainly on instant responses, Agentic AI can operate according to teachers’ instructional goals, plan workflows independently, and complete tasks step by step, producing practical teaching materials or documents. Teachers do not need programming knowledge; by simply describing their needs in everyday language, Agentic AI can help share part of the workload related to lesson preparation and administrative tasks.  This seminar is suitable for frontline teachers of all subjects, whether they wish to reduce workload related to lesson preparation and marking, or to adopt a more systematic approach to integrating AI into daily teaching. Curriculum development personnel and ICT coordinators are also welcome to participate and explore the feasibility of school‑based applications together. 

This seminar explores the opportunities for language education in the context of rapid AI development. It will introduce and demonstrate different types of AI writing and creating tools, and examine how these tools can support students throughout the writing process — from idea generation and drafting to revision and publication — making learning to write more interactive and engaging. The seminar will also cover how AI can inspire story ideas, provide grammar and vocabulary suggestions, and transform text into images or digital storybooks, enabling students to engage in creative work through diverse modes of expression. Practical classroom examples will be shared to explore how teachers can integrate AI tools into both Chinese and English writing lessons, supporting students in building their writing confidence and expressive skills.

This workshop focuses on the current needs of digital education in Hong Kong, with an emphasis on special educational needs (SEN) and student mental health support. It will share practical, localised examples/applications of AI in education. The workshop will examine practical AI use cases in schools and, with reference to the Education Bureau’s Three-tier Support Model, explore how AI can support the design of Individualised Education Plans (IEPs) and the development of teaching materials tailored to local students’ needs—addressing current limitations of existing tools in local contexts. It will also introduce AI-assisted behavioural intervention strategies that school counsellors and frontline teachers can apply directly in day-to-day student support. At the same time, the workshop will provide practical guidance from the perspectives of both education administrators and frontline educators. Real cases of digital support for SEN and mental health support from Mainland China will also be shared, offering cross-regional insights to help schools promote digital special education and student mental health support more effectively.