The Richness of IB Global Connections

March 2, 2018

It’s useful for us to remember that the Language A courses are taught in a whole panoply of languages with different critical approaches. Very often, in workshops that include teachers of the Language A programs working in a variety of languages, good ideas...

Planning Your Digital Afterlife

February 5, 2018

Do you own a portable phone? tablet? computer? Who do you/would you trust with the passwords, pins, puks, for the physical machines? Do you know how many online accounts do you have?  Who do you/would you trust with the passwords, security questions’ answers,...

My IB Open – OCC Now Closed – Time for Sharing Resources

January 17, 2018

Just a reminder that the OCC is now closed, so time for all Design Technologists to head over to MyIB to connect with official IB Diploma resources for the Design Technology programme alongside access to Communities. Communities are the forum elements of the new MyIB...

Some Ideas for Thinking about World Literature

January 8, 2018

I’ve been poring over some materials I’ve used in workshops on ‘Literature in Translation,’ and thought it might be useful to share some of these resources and add in a frequent question about the Written Assignments. These articles are...

Why Cite?

December 22, 2017

I want to share an interesting research report with you, which I learned about from IB ÜberLibrarian John Royce’s blog, Honesty, honestly… in a post titled WHYs before the event, posted on 6 November 2017. Royce introduces us to a paper by Allison Hosier...

Upon Arrival: Advice to the HR Department

December 11, 2017

The following post has basically been brewing for a few years. It is largely based on observation and the concomitant whinging over drinks with the other expat teachers. My wife Bell, no-nonsense Aussie with a very sharp eye and tongue, is the primary reason I thought...