EPIC goal setting I was taking a video online course conducted by @tonyvincent in July. The topic of the week was how to narrate effectively and we were asked to create a narrated slideshow by using Adobe Spark. I have been working with MYP grade 10 students closely in the past few years to support their personal […]
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Formative feedback It all started when I attended Kim Edwards’s session, Changing the narrative about student expectations, formative evaluation and feedback, at the IB Conference in Yokohama in 2017. I was very inspired by how the school (Presbyterian Ladies College) has translated Hattie’s research and taken actions to examine the process of giving and receiving
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What is the alignment between the MYP and DP language acquisition subject? New DP Language Acquisition Guide has been implemented since September 2018 for the first assessment in 2020. When there is a new DP guide being published, teachers often feel uncertain and wonder how they can best prepare their students for the exam. Schools
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What is inquiry-based teaching? I had an opportunity to host the #MYPChat on Twitter from May 6 to 13, 2018. In the previous week, @alohalavina prompted us to think about how inquiry has transformed time and space in our classroom and how we can support student inquiry. Lots of enthusiastic discussions via Twitter chat, and
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Why do we make assumptions? This post is about an assumption exploration activity I did with our new teacher during the orientation week. There are three objectives of this teacher learning engagement. Be aware of the “single stories” and uncover and question our assumptions of learning Connect new teachers’ experience, skills and knowledge with KIS
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MYP is a learner-centred and inquiry-based education. It is a paradigm shift for some educators who are new to the MYP. Before teachers can effectively implement inquiry-based teaching, we must understand the two concepts, “teaching as inquiry” and “learning inquiry”. The two concepts go hand in hand. To develop students’ ownership of learning and support
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