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South China Morning Post, News E3
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Nearly 120 academics from around the world joined the local teachers this week at an international conference to promote the use of pop culture in education, the first of its kind in Asia....
       
   

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South China Morning Post, News E3
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Playing online educational games is not only fun but can also help school children with their studies, researchers have found....

(Anthony Dickinson & Diane Hui presented a paper on online educational games at the conference).

       
   

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Singtao Daily, Education F3
Friday, December 12, 2008

記得袁效仁在暑假前介紹過，教育學院舉行【香港流行音樂文化與教育教師論壇】，討論如何將流行音樂帶入課室，袁效仁留意到，教院自昨日起一連三日，舉行亞洲首個【流行文化與教育學術研討會】，吸引來自六十個國家，近百名學者及教師出席....
       
   

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Hong Kong Institute of Education Press Release
Thursday, 11 December, 2008

While many parents and teachers worry about the ever-increasing amount of time students spend on listening to pop music, watching TV and movies, surfing the internet, and playing video or online games, academics say that using popular culture and new technologies can help students learn and develop critical attitudes....

 
       
       
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HKIEd Research Project on Popular Culture and Education leader, Phil Benson paints the eyes on the lion to get the conference off to an auspicious start. (Lion dance courtesy of the Hong Kong Tourism Board.   Conference participants study the Conference Programme while waiting for the conference to begin.  
       
   

Conference Chair, Aaron Koh introduces Prof. Anthony Cheung.   Prof. Anthony Cheung, President of The Hong Kong Institute of Education opens the conference.  
       
   

David Buckingham, Director of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the Institute of Education, London University, delivers the opening plenary.   David Buckingham challenges Web 2.0-ology.
   

 

 

  
    Participants' comments  
   
   

"Thank you very much for organizing a wonderful conference. I also thank you to join the roundtable meeting on media education held by our Hong Kong Association of Media Education. Attached please find the pictures we took together with Professor Buckingham. Wish you a prosperous year of 2009!"
--Alice Lee
   
   

"I would like to thank you for having brought in a very fruitful event in which many of the activities were stimulating. One of the most inspiring ideas that has triggered me is the possibility of reconciling the three seemingly contradictory concepts: namely, creative expression, critical reading, and empathetic understanding. Looking forward to the next one."
--Ronald Tang

   
   

"Even though I only made it for the last day it was such a rich and rewarding experience I can't imagine how exhausting it might have been had I been there for entire conference."
--Sheelah Murthy
   
   

"I tremendously enjoyed the 1st International Conference on Popular Culture and Education in Asia held December 11-13, 2008 at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. The keynote talks and individual presentations reflected latest research on media education and teacher education, which expanded my knowledge and broadened my perspectives. I just LOVED this conference, and hope that there will be another one soon."
--Shelley Xu