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Thursday, 22 October 2026 [Pre-Convention Seminar]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Imagining the future of the classroom<\/span><\/p>\n

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Imagine the future of the classroom, where teachers & students journey into imaginative worlds shaped by their diverse inputs, and brought to life through a strategic arsenal of GenAI tools, operating smoothly at speed and with almost no cost. The teacher steers control of the tools, ensuring ethical and responsible use amidst varied student suggestions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As students have their voices heard and translated into multi-modal outputs, engagement is only heightened and personalised as everyone contributes building their stories and worlds together. The student-teacher bond develops naturally in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By the end of the workshop, you will walk away with:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2705 A blueprint of bots primed to curate your specific lesson content in real-time, in minutes!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2705 More classroom time to impart the skills our students really need for the future: Critical discernment & Creative strategy!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2705 A system to track, in detail, the unique qualities and growth timeline of every student!<\/span><\/p>\n

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All these can be implemented into your classroom the next day!<\/span><\/p>\n

The GenAI opportunity for educators is here! Seize it to command you more attention span and respect in your ecosystem, and a more motivated student community. Your strategic leverage of GenAI tools, coupled with delivering the most engaging of emotional experiences towards human-centric goals, are what will keep you irreplaceable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Teacher as a Learning Architect<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Teacher as a Learning Architect is a practical session for Southeast Asian educators who teach with AI tools. Let us explore a simple idea: teachers choose the destination \u2014 learning goals, values, and assessments \u2014 while AI helps build the road\u2014drafting materials, organising information, and offering options to differentiate.<\/span><\/p>\n

You will learn how to:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Define clear outcomes (using backward design and A SMART goals)<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Design inclusive learning experiences (using UDL scaffolds), and<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Decide when and how AI tools can help: safely, ethically, and in culturally appropriate ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You will be equipped with ready to use templates and a checklist to keep you firmly in the driver\u2019s seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Lesson Study on Teacher-Led AI-Supported Learning of Adaptations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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This lesson study examined how intentional teacher-designed use of AI tools can deepen Primary 6 students\u2019 understanding of adaptations in living organisms. The focus remained on helping students explain how structural and behavioural adaptations support survival, rather than memorising facts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Deep Dive: Gemini for Education<\/span><\/p>\n

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This session offers a focused exploration of emerging AI technologies from Google, with particular emphasis on Gemini and NotebookLM, and their practical applications within the Ministry of Education (MOE) context.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants will gain insights into how these tools can be meaningfully integrated into educators\u2019 daily workflows to enhance productivity, streamline administrative tasks, and support more effective lesson design. Through guided demonstrations, the session will illustrate how Gemini can assist in content generation, ideation, and differentiation, while NotebookLM can be leveraged for knowledge synthesis, resource organisation, and research-informed teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond technical capabilities, the session will also highlight how AI can augment \u2014 rather than replace \u2014 teacher professional judgement, reinforcing the role of educators as designers of learning experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Realistic use cases will be shared to demonstrate how these tools can positively impact both teaching practices and student learning outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of the session, participants will walk away with practical strategies and actionable ideas to responsibly and effectively harness AI in their educational settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Practitioner-grounded model of teacher-led AI innovation drawn from authentic Classroom Implementation<\/span><\/p>\n

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As Artificial Intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in education systems, the key question is no longer whether teachers should use AI but how teachers can lead its use meaningfully, sustainably and ethically.<\/span><\/p>\n

This session presents a practitioner-grounded model of teacher-led AI innovation drawn from authentic classroom implementation. Participants will explore how AI tools can transform teacher workflows \u2014 from lesson design and differentiated feedback to student data analysis and assessment creation \u2014 while strengthening professional judgement and pedagogical intentionality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through real case studies involving AI-supported inquiry learning, adaptive feedback in national learning platforms, generative simulation design, and sustainability STEM projects, the session demonstrates how AI can free teachers from routine cognitive load and redirect effort towards higher-impact work such as building relationships, diagnosing misconceptions, and deepening student thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants will experience practical frameworks that help teachers decide when AI adds value and when human expertise must take precedence. The session reframes AI not as a shortcut but as a professional amplifier that enables teachers to remain firmly at the helm of learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Scaling Insights,\u00a0<\/span>
\nNot Just Grades\u00a0<\/span>
\nAI-Powered Marking as a Catalyst for Teacher Agency\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The most expensive bottleneck in any teacher’s week is not curriculum planning or lesson delivery. It is the feedback lag<\/strong>: the gap between when a student submits work and when they receive actionable guidance. For subjects spanning STEM and Humanities, where structured problem sets and extended written response both demand significant teacher time, this lag compounds across cohorts and assessment cycles into a systemic problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

This session moves past surface-level discourse on AI in education. Rather than exploring content generation or chatbot tutors, it enters the engine room <\/em>of the assessment lifecycle: examining how AI-powered marking and analytics platforms can compress the feedback loop, surface learning data at scale, and return to teachers the one resource no technology can manufacture: time<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Friday, 23 October 2026 [Pre-Convention Seminar]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The Teacher’s Practical AI Toolkit<\/span><\/p>\n

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Teaching is one of the most demanding professions in the world. Behind every great lesson is hours of planning, writing, communicating, and documenting. This hands-on workshop is designed to give that time back to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this session, you will discover how AI can become your most reliable behind-the-scenes partner, handling the administrative load so you can focus on what truly matters: your students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Together, we will walk through four practical, real-world applications you can start using from day one:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Design Lesson Plans that are structured, curriculum-aligned, and ready to teach, in a fraction of the usual time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maintain Teachers’ E-Records with ease, creating organized, professional documentation that meets school standards without the paperwork stress.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Craft Parent Emails that are clear, warm, and professional, whether it is a progress update, a concern, or a celebration of your student’s growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Build Exam Papers at a professional level, complete with varied question types, mark schemes, and differentiation, all generated with your learning objectives in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of this workshop, you will not just understand AI. You will know how to command it. You remain the professional. AI simply carries the load.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Who steers learning \u2014 teachers or technology?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amid the rapid integration of AI in education, a key question arises: Who steers learning\u2014teachers or technology? This presentation argues that while AI can enhance teaching and learning, it is the teacher who defines learning goals, designs experiences, and safeguards pedagogical integrity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drawing on Chinese Language classrooms in Singapore, the session demonstrates a pedagogy-first approach to AI integration. AI is used selectively as a responsive scaffold to enhance feedback, personalise learning, and extend interaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Central to this approach are the roles of teachers-in-the-loop and teachers-over-the-loop. Teachers shape AI-mediated interactions while exercising professional judgement over when and how AI should be used.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through classroom examples, the presentation shows how AI serves not as a replacement, but as a pedagogical partner under teacher control to amplify and transform teaching and learning. It invites educators to re-centre pedagogy and reaffirm their role as designers of learning in the age of AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Practical and adaptable ways of using AI-enabled tools to support revision, formative assessment and develop students’ metacognitive awareness in the writing process cycle<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research suggests that writing development is supported by self-regulation and by students\u2019 ability to understand and act on feedback. Graham and Harris (2000) highlight the role of self-regulation in writing,. Malecka, Boud, and Carless (2022) also emphasise the importance of helping students seek, process and act on feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n

This session offers practical and adaptable ways of using AI-enabled tools to support revision, formative assessment and develop students’ metacognitive awareness in the writing process cycle. Using examples from MOE tools such as SALiS and other SLS AI-enabled features, the session keeps the teacher firmly at the centre as the designer of purposeful learning experiences and the guide to critical and ethical language use in the age of AI. Participants will leave with strategies that can be adapted across contexts to strengthen student reflection, agency and voice in their writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Strengthening learning without weakening trust<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our project demonstrates that AI can strengthen learning without weakening trust. By positioning teachers as designers, decision-makers, and assessors, AI talking avatars become structured practice tools \u2014 not autonomous evaluators. The model protects assessment integrity, prioritizes transparency, safeguards student privacy, and embeds ethical oversight into everyday classroom practice. It offers a practical blueprint for responsible, teacher-governed AI integration in an AI-enabled world.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will also share how we use student onboarding session to explicitly teach how AI is being used in the classroom and why. Students are positioned not as passive users, but as accountable participants who must manage their own AI use responsibly.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Agile Engines for Diverse Learners: Automating Lesson Preparation in Multicultural Primary Classrooms<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lesson preparation for multicultural classrooms has become increasingly complex due to students’ diverse linguistic backgrounds and varying learning levels. This session introduces AI as an “Agile Engine” designed to navigate these educational challenges effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

The session will share practical cases of using AI to automate the creation of multilingual learning materials, differentiated worksheets, and customized feedback. By reducing the “engine room” workload, teachers can focus more on their core role: fostering emotional connections and building strong relationships with students. Ultimately, this session demonstrates how AI goes beyond being a simple tool to become a powerful engine that empowers teachers and makes the modern classroom more sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The Engine Room of Teaching: Streamlining Workflows, Empowering Educators, and Sustaining AI Integration<\/span><\/p>\n

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This presentation explores how the \u201cengine room\u201d of education, comprising the essential systems and processes that support teaching, can be strengthened through efficient workflows, empowered educators, and responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration. It examines how repetitive administrative tasks, such as assessment, reporting, and documentation, can be streamlined using digitised systems, shared templates, and automation, enabling teachers to devote more time to meaningful teaching and professional growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

The session also highlights the importance of teacher agency by encouraging educators to make informed decisions, adapt practices to learners\u2019 needs, and foster innovation through greater autonomy. AI is presented as a valuable assistant that enhances productivity while complementing, rather than replacing, teachers\u2019 professional judgement. Ethical considerations, including data privacy and digital literacy, remain central to its adoption. Supported by effective leadership and professional organisations, the integration of efficient systems, teacher empowerment, and sustainable AI use creates a balanced, resilient, and future-ready education ecosystem that prioritises both teacher well-being and student learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Human First, AI Second: Strengthening Teacher Relationships and Well-Being in an AI Era<\/span><\/p>\n

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Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping the educational landscape, creating new opportunities to enhance teaching and learning while also presenting significant challenges for the teaching profession. This presentation explores how AI can be integrated into education in ways that strengthen, rather than diminish, the essential human elements of teaching. It examines the importance of teacher\u2013student relationships, teacher well-being, and professional autonomy in an AI-driven era, while highlighting the need for ethical implementation of technology that supports educators instead of adding to their workload.<\/span><\/p>\n

The presentation also discusses the role of teacher unions in advocating for human-centred AI policies and ensuring that innovation enhances educational quality without compromising the values, trust, empathy and human connections that remain at the heart of education.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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