Assessment: pumpkin or glass slipper? Richard Penrose Head of Marking IB, Cardiff, UK
1 | L | Bonn-Berlin
Learning will endure if it goes beyond the classroom Matilde Castro
ICT Coordinator and MYP Science Teacher Colegio Internacional SEK-El Castillo, Madrid, Spain
In the May 2012 session all ToK essays and many audio files were electronically uploaded, a pilot upload of Visual Arts work was carried out in over 100 schools, 67% of all student examination scripts and all ToK essays were e-marked. Richard Penrose, head of marking, will discuss how the tensions between aspiration and reality, idealism and pragmatism are currently resolved within IB assessments and the directions of change. He will ask for feedback on proposals for new services and procedures and will welcome all comments and thoughts from colleagues on assessment matters. The objectives of the presentation are to inform IB Educators about assessment developments and to listen and gain feedback about colleagues’ perceptions of IB assessment in schools. The session will therefore offer plenty of opportunity for members of the audience to raise issues and questions.
We will show how our whole teaching staff was able, thanks to technology and mobile devices, to work on the MYP and to extend it beyond the classroom; how we have used cooperative learning within the classroom and the potential of social networks outside the school environment so that students can interiorize the syllabus by “playing & doing”. Furthermore, deep and long term learning is achieved by “learning by doing”. The fact of building bridges between teachers and students while at home has been the major achievement of this teaching methodology. This has prevented student demotivation and they arrive at school eager to continue learning. PRESENTED IN SPANISH
1 | R | Buenos Aires & Mexico
Critical and creative thinking Rola Hallak
PYP Teacher, IB Workshop Leader Makassed Houssam Eddine Hariri High School, Lebanon
Dina Jradi
PYP Coordinator, IB Workshop Leader Makassed Houssam Eddine Hariri High School, Lebanon
Rash Hammoud
PYP Teacher, IB Workshop Leader Makassed Houssam Eddine Hariri High School, Lebanon
The twenty first century demands education to embody new practices. One of these practices is the necessity to develop learners as thinkers and inquirers. How to create a culture of learning which cultivates thinking? That is the question. The primary purpose of the session is to increase the participants’ awareness of the most recent pedagogical theories and practices that enhance thinking for the life and in the life of the twenty first century. What after the “thinking hats”? How to develop critical and creative thinkers of the future? The participants will have the opportunity to think deeply about the IB Standard C3 – Practice 2 “Teaching and learning engages students as inquirers and thinkers”. Participants will be engaged to share their knowledge and practices in constructive discussions and interactive presentation techniques.
1 | R | La Habana
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