Shanghai, Melbourne companies attracted to bring STEAM – STEM with arts – to South Australian schools
Leading Keyidea, a subsidiary of Shanghai Leading Education Technology, said it was committed to bringing the latest global AI education practices to South Australia.
The Leading Keyidea company was to add an A (the arts) to science, technology, engineering and maths, in providing STEAM education services to South Australian primary and high schools from 2021.
Leading Keyidea, a subsidiary of Shanghai Leading Education Technology, and Melbourne-based logistics software and consulting services company Market Motion, set up in Adelaide, both attracted by South Australian government’s landing pad financial agreement incentives.
Leading Keyidea’s business was to build on South Australia’s up-and-coming STEAM market; bringing about innovative school courses, programming clubs, online and offline activities, and educator training. It would work with South Australia’s education institutions to develop and improve locally suitable STEAM courses, focussing on innovation and multidisciplinary integration – including electronics and programming, merging mathematics, artificial intelligence, arts and creative thinking.
By introducing advanced and practical AI (artificial intelligence) education and coding resources into K12 schools, students would have access to high-quality courses and technological activities, such as an AI and robotics camps. Primary and secondary schools would be targeted initially in China and South Australia. These global exchange activities were hoped to help attract international students to South Australia and attract international companies to invest in the state through cooperative high-tech projects.
Leading Keyidea chief executive Dr Lan Wang said the company was committed to bringing the latest global AI education practices to South Australia. South Australian minister for trade and investment minister Steve Patterson said the company would also engage with South Australia’s high-tech sector and universities to transfer their leading international technologies into local applications, focusing on satellite communications, agricultural and industrial applications.
Melbourne-based logistics software and consulting services company Market Motion planned to set up a South Australian base to launch its growth into southeast Asia. Market Motion specialised in route planning, dispatch, telematics and data analytics for organisations with transport operations and in-field personnel.