About Me
Edwin Chu
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- Computer Science Teacher at Good Hope School, Hong Kong (Sep 2013 - Jan 2024)
- 10 years’ experience in teaching Years 10-12 relational databases, data modelling (E-R) and SQL (including CRUD operations, joins, subqueries, set operators) for the HKDSE ICT public examination (comparable to GCE AL computer science) , with approximately 40% graduates obtaining level 5/5*/5** (highest grade) and 90% obtaining level 4 or above (good knowledge), using English as the language of instruction
- Developed the learning materials and lab exercises for the aforementioned 75-hour database course
- 5 years’ experience in teaching Year 9 Python programming, using English as the language of instruction
- Head of Information Technology (Infrastructure) at Good Hope School, Hong Kong (Jan 2022 - Aug 2023)
- Worked with 1 systems engineer and 3 technicians to maintain IT equipment and provide IT support to 120 staff members and 1200 students
- Prepared SQL queries for extracting data from a Sybase system provided by the government
- Maintained a legacy Visual FoxPro application for daily operations; performed data extraction and conversion from the data source to the application database; planned and coordinated the project to renew it as a web application; prepared hardware and software specifications for the new system
- Developed a REST API using Express (Node.js) for looking up student information from a database
- Developed a tool for teachers to automatically send score reports to 300 individual students per batch in PDF using Google Apps Script, saving time from printing and distributing score slips to students
- Created IT related policies for the school from scratch, focusing on documentation, service quality and transparency; prepared 3 sets of policies and 10 standard forms for internal use
- Head of ICT Panel (Academic) at Good Hope School, Hong Kong (Sep 2018 - Aug 2023)
- Developed tools for automating the analysis of student assessment data using Google Apps Script (XLSX file generation) and Python (seaborn / matplotlib); the tools were shared with other faculties
- Developed Power BI dashboards to display students’ learning performance by ingesting data from different sources such as RDBMS and CSV
- Developed a tool for batch downloading of student assignments from Google Classroom using Google Classroom API (Python)
- Initiated and directed the curriculum change to include Python programming in Year 9; developed most of the learning materials and lab exercises for the 15-hour course
- Coached a team of Year 11 students on extracting data from GeoJSON and map-plotting using the OpenLayers Javascript library for a data-themed competition
- Research Assistant, Game Programmer at Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Jul 2012 - Jul 2013)
- Learnt the cocos2d-x Javascript game library on-the-job in 1 month’s time; as the sole programmer, programmed an educational game with 5 levels for iPad using cocos2d-x, with assets provided by a video game company
- Devised test plans and conducted internal testing of the game with volunteers
- Performed quantitative educational research by running statistical tests using SPSS
Certifications
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Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
Databricks
Dec 2023
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
Microsoft
Apr 2022
Completed Courses
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Big Data, Hadoop, and Spark Basics
IBM
Mar 2024
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Data Engineer in Python
DataCamp
Mar 2024
Academic Background
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Master of Education
The University of Hong Kong
2015 - 2018
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Postgraduate Diploma in Education
In Information and Communication Technology, with Distinction in Course Work
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2011 - 2012
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Bachelor of Science
In Computer Science, on the Dean’s List and President’s Honour Roll
Hong Kong Baptist University
2008 - 2011
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La Salle College, Kowloon
Class of 2008, 7th Form
Class of 2006, 5th Form
2001 - 2008
Publications
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Chu, E.H.Y., Notari, M., Chen, K., Chan, C.K., Chu, S.K.W., & Wu, W.W.Y. (2013).
A triangulated investigation of using wiki for project-based learning in different undergraduate disciplines. In the Proceedings of the 2013 Joint International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym + OpenSym). ACM, 2013.