Universal Design for Learning in the DP

July 29, 2016

This morning I read a brief blog post by Jennie McKenzie titled More Universal Design for Learning (UDL) needed in the IB, which I quote here in it’s entirety, as the author has asked that readers share the link : “I just finished reading a summary on the...

The Summer Bucket List for IB Music Teachers

July 15, 2016

The Summer Bucket List for IB Music Teachers Congratulations, you made it through a year of IB Music! Summer is finally here as you cruise through your summer bucket list. What’s next? After putting your feet up in your favorite chair, you may want to reflect;...

Subject Choice review

If your school has November exams, you are winding down on the old curriculum while concurrently preparing for the new curriculum that has first exams in 2017.  At this point, it is worthwhile to review the changes to History: In the current curriculum your students...

The New Extended Essay

June 24, 2016

Were you aware that a new EE guide was out? It has been live for around three months and is for first examinations May 2018, so that will be students whom you start to teach this coming August / September. Now that things have got quieter with IB teaching (IB2...

The Halogens and the Sea

June 17, 2016

There are a few references to lab work in this post – I do need to stress that any labs you carry out need to be under the supervision of one of your teachers (and risk assessed by the teacher) and carried out in school. I have always been fascinated by the link with...

Beyond ‘Persepolis’

June 8, 2016

Much good work is being done with Persepolis, both in Parts 1 and 4.  Do remind students, however, that including address of both the words and the images is expected in order to recognize the nature of the work. I would like to point out that there are two other...