The Educator's Guide: How Hong Kong Teachers Are Navigating AI in the Classroom
Hear directly from Hong Kong's secondary school teachers as they reflect on what responsible AI use means in practice. In these short interviews, the educators share their perspectives on ethical challenges, responsibilities, and the role of AI . These insights aim to help school leadership and other educators in understanding how secondary school educators perceive both practical expectations and best practices for AI use in education.
Why These Interviews Matter
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Interviews provide insights into how secondary school teachers implement and regulate AI, helping students, administrators, and the broader community understand their pedagogical strategies and ethical considerations.
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Interviews provide insights into the practical and professional challenges educators face when integrating AI, enabling school leaders and policymakers to design better support systems, guidelines, and training programs.
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Engaging teachers in discussions about AI’s role in education can foster collaborative and reflective teaching practices, promoting responsible, balanced, and effective use of technology in learning environments.
AI in the Classroom: A tool with Many Benefits.
Mr. Tommy Kwan STEAM Education Coordinator, YMCA of HK Christian College "AI can help teachers design unique questions of different difficulty. It can help teachers with the differentiation goal." Key Points: 1. AI as a tool for analysis. 2. AI as a tool to design questions. 3. Reliability of AI tools .
Using AI: An Essential Tool That Needs to be Approached with Caution
Mr. Peter Chan ICT Teacher, YMCA of HK Christian College "Even if AI one day takes over teacher's jobs, I believe we should still continue using AI (in classrooms) and help students understand it better Key Points: 1. Approaching AI with Caution 2. AI Trials in Classrooms 3. Advocacy for Responsible use of AI for students.
The Educator's AI Mandate: Teaching the Tool, Not Banning It
Mr. Jocelyn Gagnon English Teacher, YMCA of HK Christian College "If you use AI, you have to know how to use it well." Key Points: 1. A Shift in the Educator's Role: From Subject Expert to Tool Instructor 2. The "From Scratch" Principle: AI as a Refiner, Not an Originator 3. A Call for Systemic Teacher Preparedness Through Staff Development
A Teacher's Journey with AI for Efficiency and Inclusive Learning
Mr. Paul Williams Humanities Teacher, YMCA of HK Christian College "The core will always come from us, from our ingenuity." Key Points: 1. AI as a Limited Tool for Review, Not Learning 2. The Risk to Critical Human Skills 3. The Call for Schools to Prioritize Core Thinking
Skipping Tedious Tasks, Protecting Creativity: A Student's Take on AI
Mr. Chan Wai Lok Language Teacher, Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School "How to use the tool is what's important... The key is not which tool we use, but how we use it." Key Points: 1. The Shift from Tool Access to Guided Critical Curation 2. Elevated, Not Diminished, Demands on Student Abilities: requiring students to think more while using AI 3. The Educator's Evolving Role as a Mentor of Tool Relationships
An Educator on Evolving Teaching, Not Replacing Mentorship
Mr. Papa, Marcus Nathaniel Mendoza Teacher, St. Margaret Co-ed Primary and Secondary School "I don't think the role of an educator would be that different... It's just the way you teach that would probably have a slight distinction... now where you have a companion at your side at all times." Key Points: 1. AI as a Collaborative Lesson Design Assistant 2. Observing AI's Role as a Student's "Companion" for Organization 3. A Call for Future Development in Teacher Tools, Not Just Student Tools