Floods fail to deter world forum for educators
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Severe flooding in the Central region of the country has forced many activities to be cancelled or postponed-but it could not stop the Worlddidac Asia 2011 and Asia Education Leaders Forum (AELF) 2011 - two events involving leading educators from many cou
Guests are working to inspire teachers and introduce educational technologies and media to educators to be ready for teaching in a changing world.
Both educational events kicked off yesterday at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre and will end tomorrow.
Chainarong Limpkittisin, managing director of Reed Tradex, who organised the events, said visitors to the events dropped slightly in the first day compared to previous events in 2009, but were higher than expected.
More than 10,000 people visited the events in 2009, 10 per cent of them foreigners.
Worlddidac is an international exhibition for educational material and professional training. It is showcasing about 1,000 items of educational media and technology created by 120 brand items from 25 countries with thousands of educators, purchasing executives and academics from across Asean.
Chainarong said exhibitors from Germany were showcasing educational technology and instructional items related to advanced science and engineering. Those from Britain were presenting new educational technology and toys that aroused children’s learning. Korea was also showcasing equipment to help science teaching. China had toys and educational models.
Apart from hardware, there was also software to encourage students’ learning from kindergarten to higher education levels – including renewable energy education sets, film making programmes, science engineering and vocational learning equipment, medical models and playground equipment.
Meanwhile, fifteen leading educators from 10 countries are sharing ideas under the theme “Educational Excellence for All” at AELF. The forum outlined preparations for the upcoming Asean Economic Community and urged the use of technology and innovation to help teaching in the changing world.
