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November 23, 2016
For many numerically illiterate people out there, the film The Man who Knew Infinity (released September 2015) was, if atheists will pardon the expression, a godsend. It describes the life and achievements of renowned Indian...
November 21, 2016
Was Plato right after all when he remarked in ‘The Republic’ that the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavey rises out of the most extreme form of liberty.? For students of this political classic,...
November 21, 2016
I expect most of you are familiar with Roman numerals. For example, V represents five, I represents one, so seven is written as VII. The full set is: 1 I 5 V 10 X 50...
November 18, 2016
Saturn’s hexagon – have you heard of it? It is quite easy to see from the above images – and isn’t it amazing? A near perfect, natural hexagon of immense proportions. The sides of the...
November 18, 2016
The examiners report from the May session is now out. Have you managed to see it / read it? As ever, the report does not ‘look very use friendly’ – it’s just a heap of...
November 16, 2016
The ancient conception of wisdom entailed a well-planned winding down of futile daily activities in order to reach a state of contentment through a life of measured soul-management. We are unfortunately a long way from...
November 16, 2016
This is another entry in a series of blog entries on using multimedia in the BM classroom. School and classroom is all about ideas and the BM classroom even more so. There is a great resource...
November 14, 2016
Part of my morning routine, after looking through email, is checking through new Scoop.it and Flipboard postings. I often have to check the date a story was posted originally, because even though it is “new” on...
November 11, 2016
What’s VACAF? It’s an acronym that stands for Visual Arts Coursework Authentication Form. (Those of you who either regularly visit the OCC or have an on-the-ball DP Coordinator will know about it). ***Not to be confused...
November 11, 2016
Whenever I have surveyed my students in the Literature course as to why they have chosen the course, the leading answer is ‘to improve my writing.’ After that comes ‘because I love reading.’ So over...
November 9, 2016
This is the time of year when SL Music students need to choose either solo or group performance and HL Music students prepare for solo performances. It is an important decision. At the Standard Level,...
November 9, 2016
Are you mad? Changing the criteria? The course has only just had its first examinations session and they are thinking of changing them already? Like any good organization, the DP visual arts curriculum and assessment...