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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...
October 13, 2013
The Business Management Curriculum Review document of March 2012 identified a significant change in the approach to programme delivery, rather than wholesale changes in content or assessment. The new programme guide is due to be...
October 12, 2013
[youtube]HyJrrUIocUI[/youtube] My school has been subscribing to http://www.mywebspiration.com/ for as long as I have been at the school. “Designed for teachers and students in grades 5-12, Webspiration Classroom™ provides a safe and reliable online learning environment that helps students...
October 11, 2013
We are very excited to announce that our 2014 Pre and Mid IBDP Summer Schools will be going live next week! Join us in Oxford, Cambridge, Boston or Vancouver and have a summer to remember...
October 11, 2013
Take this quiz first to score yourself on “reading” other people’s emotions. And then ask yourself, “To what extent do I trust this quiz to give a reliable conclusion, and why (or not)?” Your...
October 9, 2013
This will be my first post aimed at colleagues teaching Mathematics for the IBDP and I feel humbled and privileged by the task. I have no difficulties in identifying one of the most burning area...
October 9, 2013
Ok so you’ve ‘done’ shot types, used a powerpoint or projected stills. That’s fab for the basics, but what about their implementation in actual films, why these shot selections or camera movement might have been...
October 6, 2013
Well your academic year is well underway – and if you are in your second year your Major Project should be in full flow. If you are in your first year of studying for your...
October 6, 2013
Well the academic year is well underway – and DP2 Major Projects should be in full flow. BUT are your students stuck for some innovative ideas – have you not managed to get your students...
October 5, 2013
Well, as you may know, CONFIDENCE is included in one of the Studio assessment descriptors. Yes – in addition to everything else, the examiner wants you to be confident. “Since when did my personality affect...
October 5, 2013
THE 15 MINUTE INTERVIEW “15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was coined by Andy Warhol, who said in 1968 that “In the future, everyone...
October 3, 2013
My last blog post focussed on putting together a scheme of work – and I am sure that future blog posts will expand on this but I thought it was worth giving some ideas...