Alan Lam

My current role affords me to explore the implementation of the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) in an international school setting in Shanghai, China. I enjoy developing and nurturing my passion for Educational Leadership, in addition to managing the needs of students in a homeroom classroom. I currently hold two Bachelor’s Degrees, one in Combined Major of Sciences and one in Education, and currently am pursuing my Master's in Educational Technology, all at the University of British Columbia.

A3 – The Future of Education: Immersive (and Inclusive) Learning

By Alan Lam on August 4, 2024

For this project, I wrote a blogpost on Medium that is accessible here: Let me know your thoughts on this! ChatGPT provides this summary when I prompted it with the following:“https://medium.com/@lamxalan/the-future-of-education-immersive-and-inclusive-learning-ff2a3eb25947Summarize the following above blogpost page.” ChatGPT 4o Mini’s Response: The blog post titled “The Future of Education: Immersive and Inclusive Learning” explores how advancements […]

A1 – Audiovisual Learning

By Alan Lam on June 23, 2024

I took a gamble and tried to create an educational video about educational videos. Very meta. I made major attempts to capture some of the most common editing animations or tools, such as interlaying videos, overlapping voice audio and background music, and interweaving subtitles wherever possible to create a layered communication effect. This highlights almost […]

Codebreaker: Student-friendly ChatGPT

By Alan Lam on May 26, 2024

I was shown this website previously from another individual in the MET program, Jeannine Younger, who had noted how this platform is one of the few AI tools that is approved by the Alberta Education. Aside from the brief intro on how I came to contextually find this resource, I have personally tested this in […]

Hello Everyone!

By Alan Lam on May 20, 2024

Hi everyone. I’m Alan, currently working in Shanghai and remotely completing the MET program on the other side of the world, missing the beautiful Vancouver weather but enjoying the luxuries of the urban life here in China. I’ve been working at my current international school for the past six years and am excited to share […]