Self-directed Learning

Build the community through IDEAS

How do we end the school year during the closure? I worked collaboratively with our MYP teachers and initiated IDEAS Project…

4 years ago

Reflective Writing Guide

This post is writing to introduce a reflection protocol: What? So What? Now what? to promote student reflection and critical…

5 years ago

O.R.E.O: Become a Self-Regulated Online Learner

How might we help students become self-regulated online learners?  

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…

5 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…

5 years ago

IDEAS Project and Fair

End of year event Towards the end of the academic school year, teachers are very close to burnout, and students…

5 years ago

Design thinking in MYP personal project

What are students getting out of the personal project? I enjoy tremendously in supporting students in completing their MYP personal…

6 years ago

Inquiry Learning through Wonder Day Project

Wonder Day Inquiry Are you looking for some inquiry project examples? Do you sometimes feel that the curriculum is so…

6 years ago

IB Hong Kong Conference 2019

Developing self-regulated learners through teacher research and innovation  Rationales  KIS International School, together with the KIS community, developed a 5-year strategic…

6 years ago

Making assessment criteria comprehensible to increase student agency

Are our feedback comprehensible to students? Constructive and supportive feedback is an essential part of our personal growth. Feedback is…

6 years ago