The Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive (A|S|I|A, http://a-s-i-a-web.org) is a digital collection of East / Southeast Asian Shakespeare performances, containing full-length video-recordings, scripts, and data translated between English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean in parallel language interfaces. In conversation with Roweena Yip, I examine three examples of how A|S|I|A and my role as director have shaped my teaching. The first example concerns an intercultural pedagogy for cultivating students' own positionality in studying Asian Shakespeare performances. The second focusses on hands-on training of students in the archiving process. Finally, I reflect upon the use of digital data for comparing common features across productions.