Music & inquiry

December 27, 2013

After co-leading a category three PYP & MYP inquiry-focused music workshop, I wanted to share some of my thoughts regarding inquiry and DP Music. This post aligns to ‘inquiry’ as an approach to teaching and ‘thinking’ and...

Beyond Bookmarks with Flipboard

November 19, 2013

In my last post, we explored social bookmarking with Diigo as a way to collect and share Internet resources.  In this post, we’re going to take  a step further, and look at “curating” with Flipboard. Curation Let’s start with the idea of...

“A masterpiece of comic brevity”

November 18, 2013

This is what the Observer offers on this short narrative about ‘the Queen’ passionately taking up reading.  Alan Bennett tells a great tale, with a two-fold benefit:  a short respite from cockroach despair, the guillotine, and the door slammed in...

The examiner’s report – tips for the teacher from the chief examiner

November 2, 2013

Are you aware that the May 2013 examiners reports are now released? You are able to get these from the OCC (online curriculum centre) – occ.ibo.org. The examiner’s report is a really useful document and if you only read one official IB document this year – make it...

Critical musical thinking though the listening paper

November 1, 2013

Greetings DP Music teachers! During this post, I will be discussing critical thinking and the listening paper. The May 2013 Subject Report was released a few short weeks ago; the report provides examiner feedback and instructional suggestions. This report is available...

Preparing for the DP Music exam (November 2013)

October 14, 2013

Greetings DP Music candidates! This post is for you – regardless of whether you live in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere – and is designed to help you with your exam review (yes – you should be reviewing!). I will briefly share my...