An MYP Language Acquisition and Individuals & Societies classroom with open doors
Thirty-nine thousand years ago, humans were using images to record and communicate ideas, long before any form of writing was developed. In our digital era, this quintessential means of communication is more relevant than ever. With the amount of information available at a click's distance, images can help pique the audience's interest and steer them towards certain content, [...]
Teachers have a lot on their plate, and the last thing you want is to have to sit through hours of professional development sessions that are irrelevant, or way above or below your expertise level. This is exactly what Brian, Jennifer and I wanted to avoid when planning our professional development sessions for [...]
Undeniably, the web and social media have radically changed the way we interact with the world. In particular, social media has played a huge role in changing the way we communicate and connect with others, offering a platform to spread and amplify messages across the globe and across all layers of society at a pace [...]
As with most aspects of education, a solid partnership between home and school is instrumental to success. When it comes to digital citizenship, things are not different. Creating this partnership can present its challenges, but a concerted effort, and giving a voice to all the relevant stakeholders, will improve the chances to have a positive [...]
Undeniably, our online presence is an extension of ourselves, and as such, we should care for it in the same way we care for ourselves. The World Economic Forum reports that one in five employers has turned down prospective employees after looking them up online, and the same number has fired an employee due to their [...]
Secure your accounts with strong passwords. Limit the amount of personal information that you share online. Change the settings in your social media accounts from public to private or "share only with friends". These are some of the most common issues addressed when it comes to teaching students about online safety and privacy. Yes, it is [...]
Books, peer-reviewed articles, magazines, interviews, and websites. That is the extent of the sources I had to learn to reference when I was in university. It was a straightforward process: either summarize, paraphrase or quote the source, put an in-text citation, and add a reference in the bibliography. That was it. Simple. Academic honesty and [...]
When I was about seven or eight, my father took me to his former school for a foundation anniversary celebration. I don't remember much about the event, but one memory is still very vivid in my mind. I remember entering what must have been a lecture hall that had been preserved from the time of [...]
For quite a few years now, I have seen this image do its rounds in social media. Although simple in presentation, it conveys a powerful message about technology integration in the classroom: digital tools are there to help with the learning process, but they are not the learning goal in itself. They are a [...]
Forty thousand. That's the estimated number or search queries on Google per second. The same source states that in 1998, the year Google was founded, the search engine received 10000 search queries per day. As it is evident, we live in a time where the amount of information is growing exponentially, and so is the [...]
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