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Teaching and Learning in a Project-Based World – #2 Traditional Projects vs. Project-Based Learning

In Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & Tricks, Project Based LearningTags #ibdiplomaprogram, #projectbasedlearning, #projectsMarch 3, 20204 Comments

In the first installment of our series on Project-Based Learning (PBL), we discussed why we should engage in this inquiry-based …

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Teaching and Learning in a Project-Based World – #1 Why bother with Project-Based Learning?

In Education Insights, General Education, Project Based LearningTags #ibdiplomaprogram, #projectbasedlearningFebruary 26, 20204 Comments

Student projects: connecting teaching and learning goals It is common, as educators, to find ourselves initiating or supervising a bunch …

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My New Year’s resolution: EdTech in my classroom

In Approaches to Teaching & Learning, EdTech Trends, Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #approacchestoteachingandlearning, #approachestolearning, #approachestoteaching, #EdTech, #inquirybasedlearning, #inquirybasedteachingDecember 23, 20193 Comments

Technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces, so in education, technologies amplify whatever pedagogical capacity is already there. – …

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5 questions to improve students’ questions (Part 2)

In Approaches to Teaching & Learning, Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #assessment, #communicationskills, #conceptualunderstanding, #differentiation, #ibdiplomaprogram, #inquirybasedlearning, #inquirybasedteaching, #localglobalcontexts, #questions, #researchskills, #self-management, #socialskills, #teamwork, #thinkingskills, IBDecember 12, 20193 Comments

In one most engaging study, Helseth (1926) followed for the whole year an eighth-grade class where the teacher ‘threw all …

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5 questions to improve students’ questions (Part 1)

In Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #ibdiplomaprogram, #inquirybasedlearning, #inquirybasedteaching, IBDecember 5, 201910 Comments

Questioning is frequently used in classrooms, but rarely as a knowledge-seeking method. Those who ask questions – teachers, texts, tests …

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How to integrate 100mentors

In Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #approacchestoteachingandlearning, #approachestolearning, #approachestoteaching, #EdTech, #inquirybasedlearning, #inquirybasedteachingNovember 26, 2019Leave a comment

We, as teachers, are always looking for educationally informed ways to bring technology in our classroom, integrate inquiry into everyday …

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[Free eBook] Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning

In Approaches to Teaching & Learning, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #approachestolearning, #approachestoteaching, #assessment, #communicationskills, #conceptualunderstanding, #differentiatedteaching, #differentiation, #ibdiplomaprogram, #inquirybasedlearning, #inquirybasedteaching, #localglobalcontexts, #researchskills, #self-management, #socialskills, #teamwork, #thinkingskills, IBNovember 26, 20196 Comments

This eBook highlights how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom & challenge students to …

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Infographic: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning Series (Bonus!)

In Approaches to Teaching & Learning, Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #approacchestoteachingandlearning, #approachestolearning, #approachestoteaching, #assessment, #communicationskills, #conceptualunderstanding, #differentiatedteaching, #differentiation, #inquirybasedlearning, #inquirybasedteaching, #localglobalcontexts, #researchskills, #self-management, #simplifyingapproaches, #socialskills, #teamwork, #thinkingskillsNovember 12, 20192 Comments

Explore the 100mentors Simplifying Approaches to Teaching and Learning Series to get a clearer perspective on educational theory vocabulary, direct …

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How teaching informed by Assessment fosters student Self-Management Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning Series (Part 6)

In Approaches to Teaching & Learning, Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #approachestolearning, #approachestoteaching, #assessment, #atl, #edtechupdate, #ibdiplomaprogram, #selfmanagementskills, #simplifyingapproaches, IBNovember 5, 20193 Comments

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to …

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How to Differentiate Teaching for the advancement of student Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning Series (Part 5)

In Approaches to Teaching & Learning, Education Insights, General Education, IB Tips & TricksTags #approachestolearning, #approachestoteaching, #atl, #differentiatedteaching, #differentiation, #edtechupdate, #ibdiplomaprogram, #simplifyingapproaches, #thinkingskills, IBOctober 29, 20199 Comments

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to …

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