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Student learning portfolio building tips

Process portfolio  This is a follow-up writing to my "Student Learning Portfolio" post. At my current school, MYP students create their…

5 years ago

Comprehensible Output Through Discussion By Design

What do we mean by saying 'Discussion'?​ Reading The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies written by Jennifer Gonzalez, I find myself…

5 years ago

What is my role in the personal project?

Roles and responsibilities for the MYP Personal Project  I am very passionate about the MYP personal project as it gives…

5 years ago

GRASPS Assessment Design and Student Metacognition

The WHY of GRASPS assessment design GRASPS is a model advocated for by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe to guide…

6 years ago

The Empathy Map: A Teacher’s Tool to Design Learning

Introduction Teachers are beginning to plan the learning spaces to welcome students for the upcoming academic school year of 2022-2023.…

6 years ago

Sanity-Saving Feedback Strategies

Feedback Principles Since we launched the Formative and Feedback Project at KIS in 2017, we received positive responses from teachers, students, and…

6 years ago