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Flexible scheduling for EdTech (Part 2)

This is the last of a two-part article about integrating technology into the curriculum. The first part explains how a flexible schedule might look like in a school.

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Digital learning portfolios

This article is available in Spanish and English. A PYP teacher and coordinator illustrates how digital learning portfolios are used in their school: by collecting evidence of how each learner is...

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20 ways to maintain a healthy work-life balance

You have lessons to organize, a staff meeting to plan for, that great book to finish as well as sign up to the gym class you’ve been meaning to get to. The line between work and home life can become a...

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Revising central ideas: adopting a transdisciplinary perspective

The author of this article shows how a central idea was rewritten to become more transdisciplinary in nature.

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The change makers

This article illustrates how fifth grade students approached the PYP exhibition under the transdisciplinary theme Sharing the planet and commenced a campaign called F.O.O.D. (Food Out Of Dustbin) to...

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Transdisciplinary theme and the exhibition

This article shares how a PYP school explored Grade 5 students choosing their own transdisciplinary theme for the exhibition.

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My journey into the world of Minecraft

This article describes the effectiveness of using the game Minecraft in a unit of inquiry under the transdisciplinary theme: How we organize ourselves.

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Lateral-thinking using thinking hats

This article narrates how a school implemented the six Edward de Bono Thinking Hats as an effective tool to develop thinking skills from early years to grade 8.

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Integration of technology in the PYP: Focus on learning, not technology (Part 1)

This article is available in Turkish and English. This is the first of a two-part article which illustrates how a PYP school in Turkey piloted a one-to-one BYOD (bring your own device) using iPads in...

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Integration of technolog in the PYP: Focus on learning, not technology (Part 2)

This is the second of a two-part article about integrating technology in the PYP learning environment in upper elementary. The first part illustrated some samples of a piloted iPad programme in MEF...

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Student-led conferences: PYP parents find out how the world works

This article describes the preparations, planning process and reflections on student-led conferences.

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Get set, goal!

In this article you will read about how a teacher brought a technology into a classroom to make learning experience more engaging and visually relatable for students.

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Imagination through art and music

A school created a video on imagination through art and music related to the transdisciplinary theme How we express ourselves.

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Empowering students and giving them ownership

This article looks at students taking full ownership of the inquiry process from primary years all the way up to grade 5.

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Promoting international-mindedness through learning communities

This article promotes students development of a deeper intercultural understanding through literature and technology.

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Let’s face technology in an increasingly digital world

This article illustrates how technology transforms teaching and learning and how digital tools become commonplace in many classrooms.

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Redefining collaboration in the PYP exhibition

One school shares the various factors influencing the collaboration for their PYP exhibition.

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The MYP personal project plays an important part in our school culture

As Middle Years Programme (MYP) educators prepare to implement some updates to the programme’s personal project, we spoke to Angela Johnson to see how the changes are taking shape in their school....

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Educating for global citizenship through the PYP exhibition

We interviewed Nicholas Palmer, a 2014 recipient of the Jeff Thompson Research Award for his study on the Primary Years Programme (PYP) exhibition and global citizenship education. He completed the...

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A new school year: Setting up your teaching space

In this article you will find some ideas on setting up your teaching space at the beginning of a new school year.

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