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SEE REAL ART! I teach in a school quite near London and in a couple of weeks I’m taking my students (DP years 1 and 2) to visit one of the major London art galleries...

Don’t you just hate the Design Technology IA/Major Project criteria? Is it confusing? Well here are some tips on each of the sections that your teacher may also guide you towards. Remember that you only...

Frantic Assembly are one of many devising theatre companies in the UK that generously share their process. They run workshops world wide, and sharing their ideas, process, development and performances in their book ‘The Frantic...

The Practical Performance Proposal – top tips & advice Below are the key points from the Subject Report that you can find on the OCC, but I have also added my own pointers to help...

With the Southern Hemisphere exams less than a week away I think it might be a good idea to review the examinations.  I am sure that you have other subjects on your mind since History...

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...

This month saw the examiner’s report released from the May IB exams. This is a much anticipated document that your teacher’s user to aid their teaching – so even though your teachers may not directly...

Would you trust “news” if it came from Ninjas?  In fact, do you fully trust any news at all?  As a TOK student, you no doubt have your antenna out when any media claim to...

Just a quick note to teachers that if you did not know it already Dyson is one of the best examples to use throughout the IB DT course in almost all areas of the syllabus....

By now, every TOK teacher has had the time to download from the OCC and read carefully the best professional development document of them all:  the annual TOK subject report.  This year again, it offers...

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...

A brand is a maker’s name or trademark. According to Philip Kotler in Marketing Management, a brand is a ‘name, term, symbol or design which is intended to signify the goods and services of one...