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June 15, 2018
In an age where identity is being questioned in the light of the latest technological advances in robotics and artificial intelligence, Martin Buber’s thought is a welcome reminder of how our relation with others remains...
June 13, 2018
Here’s another approach shared by Wendy Boisonnault and Arlene Lee from Sir Winston Churchill in Calgary. If you haven’t encountered Andree Chedid’s From Sleep Unbound, you might want to consider it for your syllabus. Here’s...
June 11, 2018
Sustainable Design is at the heart of the Design Technology IB Syllabus both in Standard Level Unit 2 and Higher Level Unit 8, but it is always worth ensuring that students really understand the complexity...
June 6, 2018
Fifty years ago a spontaneous youth movement erupted and spread across the world, threatening to undermine the very foundations of prosperous nations, enjoying full employment and growing consumerism. This student revolt echoed, in scope, the...
June 4, 2018
Well another year and another sigh of relief: I hope the Design Technology examinations went well this year. But as always a swift reminder to fill in the G2 exam feedback form to ensure if...
June 1, 2018
You have probably seen and heard an enormous amount of news, rumour, commercial offers, and of course emails! about the General Data Protection Regulation which took effect in the European Union on 25 May 2018. This...
May 30, 2018
The prison governor goes to visit a condemned prisoner in his cell. He tells him that he is due to be executed at midday one day in the following month, but he won’t know in...
May 28, 2018
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… I started teaching DP Visual Arts a little over thirty years ago, in Tanzania, in the 1980s (at ISM). At that time both the IB...
May 25, 2018
Curatorial issues As an examiner I’ve read a lot of curatorial rationales over the last few weeks, and I wanted to share some rationale-related reflections. If you are a Visual Arts student in your first...
May 23, 2018
This year’s exam papers are a true mix of the good, the bad and the utterly confusing. Looking at the papers with a wide-angle lens, coverage/depth was excellent and there were no egregious examples of...
May 21, 2018
It was announced earlier this year that Hobsons is to close its NAVIANCE services to International Schools. After the initial cries of panic reverberating around the globe, discussions were held between individuals and various organisations...
May 14, 2018
Looking back at my blog from November 2016, there appears to have been an upward trend in the number and variety of Foundation Programmes on offer. The general rules remain the same as in the...