PYP Students Promoting an International Mindedness by Collaborating through Skype “The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect” (IBO Misssion Statement) My PYP 5 students sat down on the carpet and waved to themselves on the …
Last week, my class had a chance to skype with PYP 6 students from Melbourne, Australia. I was connected to Hailey Joubert, the PYP 6 teacher, by Edna Sackson through twitter. Then, Hailey and I were in contact before the skype. We did a trial skype chat a day before to test the connection. It was …
I remembered when we had our first skype session last month… My students sat down on the carpet and waved to themselves on the SMART board screen as I set up the web camera. That was their first time for them to skype with their new friends from Australia, so they didn’t seem to know …
IB Dunia Conference 2012 (Sekolah Pelita Harapan, November 24th, 2012) Tantri Almira Wardhani and Daniel Weaver Synopsis The modern world has truly forced educators to redefine what it means exactly to be literate as there are new forms of literacy evolving constantly. This reality is worth exploration. The workshop is dedicated to a discussion and …
An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; for example orchestra can be rearranged into carthorse. I found out that playing anagram is super FUN! I decided to use this game for my classroom vocabulary review …
WALT: Explore different kinds of rituals from different cultures in Indonesia WILF: Students are able to: Know that each culture has their own ways of expressing their beliefs and values Use the thinking hats to organize their thinking Be open minded and tolerant accepting uniqueness and differences Language Focus: Rituals, Traditions, cultures, religion, beliefs, chanting, sacred, …
Siswa membuat pantun. Students write a pantun, a poetic form of Malay writing. Kriteria: Mengidentifikasi ciri-ciri pantun Memahami isi pantun Mengaplikasikan kaidah dalam pantun Here is the sample of some students work in making “pantun”. Their poems were presented during our fortnight assembly last few days.
My students and I made this prezi presentation for our fortnight assembly. Dewi, Aldo, Coco, and Khrisna will tell you about their experiences in celebrating their rituals or traditions. Check this out! [gigya src=”http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowFullScreenInteractive=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” width=”550″ height=”400″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” flashvars=”prezi_id=22b8xsx1enxd&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0″]
My students learn about exploration. Amelie and Olin have made this video uploaded in youtube. Check this out:
This afternoon I had interesting lesson on the perspectives of beauty in relation to different cultures and traditions. I started my lesson by asking students “What does it mean to be beautiful”. I wrote it on the whiteboard and I asked my students to discuss in pairs about the questions. They may draw or write …
Yesterday, I attended a key note presentation by Candha Pinsent, our school’s Math advisor. The presentation was about “listening to students’ voices as a springboard to the inquiry learning”. It reminded me about strategies that I once used in my class room in the beginning of rituals and traditions unit. At that time. I was …
Before we officially started our new unit of Rituals and Traditions, we had a Tumpengan ritual ceremony. Tumpengan ritual ceremony usually aims to thank to God for everything He had given to us. By having this ritual, it is expected that the students could tune in their mind about the new topic “rituals and traditions” as …
In the last unit of EXPLORATION, one of the most engaging teaching journey is when I introduced my students to Cahyo Alkantana, the inspiring Indonesian modern explorer who is a photographer and contributor of National Geographic, cave and diving instructor. We got connected through facebook and in his busy day he got a chance to …
My PYP 5 students are working on building their own websites in the weebly. It is very great to know they are very enthusiastic and capable in designing and working on their website. At the beginning of the lesson, I just gave them a very quick introduction of how to use weebly but then look …
My students are learning about EXPLORATION. It is very interesting that throughout the unit they have been using various kinds of visual thinking and learning tools in their learning to organize their thinking and visualize their understanding. Please take a look at below slide show!
WALT: To write an article about challenges faced and strategies used to deal with Puberty Task: You are a journalist who publishes your articles in the online websites. Your job is to write an article in a teen magazine about puberty and its changes, the challenges faced and strategies used to best deal with those …
This morning, my class had a skype session with Ms. Mcgrath’s class in one of international schools in Australia. The time difference was not a problem since Australia is 4 hours ahead than Indonesia. We had it at 10 am Indonesian time and it was 2 pm in Australia. We could meet up and see … Continue reading
Here is a video of our jungle class! Continue reading
Originally posted on TEaCHitivity:
We all love it when our students use post-its as they read. It is a powerful way for readers to make connections about the characters or topics. We also depend on it to determine which reading skills our students are using, confusing, or missing. But, getting the kids to keep up…
My first blogs post in 2014 after so many months being isolated from the world of blogging. Now I think I am ready to write on my blogs. It has been challenging few months being in the edge of Papuan jungle where I need to adapt for quite a while to settle down. I am … Continue reading
Have you ever felt scared of being in your comfort zone? Have you ever felt that you have not enough power to make a difference? Have you ever thought doing anything differently to get new perspectives in life? Have you ever searched for your self and happiness? Have you ever imagined life without being honest … Continue reading
Originally posted on Time Space Education:
Let’s face it, not that much is actually original. It has all been done before. Transfer has become a new catch phrase when it comes to assessing student learning. I’m not suggesting that transfer is not important because it is; I just want to share a great example of…
PYP 5 students are learning about simple machines principles used in an invention. They also inquire more into the use of scientific methodology to conduct an experiment and a trial and error to modify/ create an invention. WALT (What I am learning to): To know the principles of simple machines used in an invention WILF … Continue reading
Last week we had an excursion to Kaliandra for our leadership camp. Students have learnt how to lead themselves and work together with their friends. It was a great time being with students for 3 days and 2 nights! Continue reading
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I attended a sharing workshop last few days, facilitated by my colleagues Kusrini and Lyndon, about the action research and I found this topic is interesting and very enlightening. The presenter started the workshop by asking us a question “what is inquiry?” My definition: inquiry is a process of learning; asking questions, finding information, seeking … Continue reading
My first post in 2013. Friday has always been my favorite day of all since I can spend some time to write and reflect on my days during a week. It is always difficult though to start up blogging after a very long holiday. Many things have happened during these first two weeks back to … Continue reading
I just did the same thing, copied and pasted my URL web blogs and Voila!!! Continue reading
Originally posted on The Global Classroom Project:
This month’s topic comes to us courtesy of David Potter (@iearnusa) in California. Eating Frogs for Global Classrooms Last week’s Global Education Conference generated a boatload of future #globalclassroom chat topics! The sessions were remarkable: inspiring, thought-provoking, entertaining, spontaneous, classroom-friendly, and inclusive of all time zones, ages, and…
A very thoughtful blog about good and great teachers… About grading, giving feedback and judging… Granted, and… There are endless articles, blogs, essays on the difference between good and bad teachers. All the frameworks for teacher evaluation highlight the shades of difference. But to my eye there are far too few adequate analyses … Continue reading
Some people believe that someone is born to be a leader. She is the one who has qualities of being a leader and naturally being put in a position where they are being looked up and is made as an example. But many others believe that leader can be created. They believe that leadership qualities … Continue reading
In the beginning of school year, it is a perfect time for students to get focused on what they want to achieve in the new academic school year. They may have some strengths that need to be maintained and some areas that need to develop. In my classroom, in the beginning of the school … Continue reading
It was actually a holiday project that I gave to my students in relation to our unit of Exploration. I asked my students to be an “explorer during their holiday, where ever they went to. I asked them to ask questions and being curious of what they might see and observe during their vacations. The … Continue reading
My students are learning about metaphor in Indonesian language. Firstly, I asked my students to find out as many as “Kata Konotasi” or metaphors in Bahasa Indonesia. They wrote the methapor in their Bahasa Indonesia books. After that, individually, they made their own cards to be used to play with their friends. It was surprising that students … Continue reading
On September 11th, 2011, we are from the school SEN Committee presented the draft of the SEN Policy as well as gave PD to the teachers by inviting Mr. Hari, the school conselor and Dr. Leith Krakouer. Here is the presentation that we’ve made collaboratively in the prezi! Continue reading
This is a very inspiring blog from Edna! Continue reading
Giving feedback in students’ writing is essential so that students can produce better writing. Here are 5 aspects of a student’s writing: Task achievement. content? Appropriacy. Is the style appropriate? Does it have contractions? Is it too formal or informal? forms of address? would it offend the reader? Organization. Does it have good paragraphing? punctuation? capital letters? … Continue reading
When supporting language, pay attention to…. what students must know in understanding the content look through the materials you plan to present. what language content are there? make sure you use english as much as you can , but listen to students mis translating what you say make sure your students communicating with thinking. speak … Continue reading
Our PYP 5 students created a song about Angles! Check this out Courtesy: yosef susetya and PYP 5 students Continue reading
The video shows how language plays many roles in human relationships. Interesting!!! Continue reading
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Students created their own ANGLE SONG!!!! Check this out! Continue reading
Well, reading this blog has made me think about everything that I have done in life towards my life and others. Continue reading
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