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PYP Students Promoting an International Mindedness by Collaborating through Skype
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 … Continue reading
Flat Classroom Part #2: A Skype Chat with New Friends from Melbourne
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 … Continue reading
Flat Classroom Part #1: A Skype Chat with an International School in Australia
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 … Continue reading
What does it means to be literate?
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 … Continue reading
Learning Bahasa Indonesia: Belajar Membuat Pantun
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. Continue reading
#Independent learning: Students decide their own ways to find information
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 … Continue reading
Samples of Students’ Personal Goals
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
SEN Prezi Presentation
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
Teaching Idea: Watching some Videos of Cahyo Alkantana’s Expeditions
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 … Continue reading
Using Weebly for Students’ Portfolio
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 … Continue reading
Thinking Learning Thinking!!!
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! Continue reading
Angle Song created by PYP 5 students!
Students created their own ANGLE SONG!!!! Check this out! Continue reading