TED for educators

May 18, 2012

[youtube]JQDgE_eJGTM[/youtube] The TED-Ed team provides an in depth look at the powerful features of the newly-launched TED-ED Beta website. You’ll learn how TED-Ed videos are created, how they are arranged, about the learning materials that surround each video,...

Bioethics

May 15, 2012

We must remember that we are not only biology teachers, we are also English teachers and ToK teachers to boot. Incorporating ToK for some is a straightforward extension of the syllabus and for others either an uncomfortable add-on or full of time consuming complexity...

Microsoft SkyDrive

May 7, 2012

Over the last few years I have found dropbox.com (I am a PC user) to be a fantastic online resource as the “icloud” that synchronises my school computer with my home one. I have shared photos with family and resources with workshop participants etc. I like...

My Final feedback from the Internal assessment moderation process

May 5, 2012

Almost finished. I have 15 students left which could mean anything from 30 to 9o separate experiments to read through (my present school I am working on has 6 students and 36 separate assignments). My last school had 8 students and sixteen experiments as each student...

Europe’s last primeval, virginal forest

April 23, 2012

Poland boasts the last primeval, virginal forest in Europe, which covers 1,500 square kilometres on the eastern side of the country bordering with Belarus. Reporter, Rajan Datar went to visit what is now a world heritage site and home to a great deal of wildlife,...

IA moderation

April 7, 2012

I am now well into moderating my IA samples of labs and would like to share some of my experiences. In total I have 108 students to work through which I guess approximates to a minimum of 216 labs. As I mark I am constantly referring to the  guidelines from the...