global connections – The MYP Classroom

ATL skills, Coetail - Course 5, Global Collaboration, Individuals & Societies, Student Agency, Technology Integration

Coetail Final Project

May 3, 2019June 30, 2019by Lina Farrow2 Comments

I can't believe that my Coetail journey is coming to an end, but I am excited to finish in such a high note introducing my final project with this post. The most important aim that I had for my final project, revamping my Creative Minds unit, was for students to have voice, choice and ownership [...]

Coetail - Course 5, Global Collaboration, Learning Activities, Technology Integration

Global Connections 101

April 25, 2019June 30, 2019by Lina Farrow4 Comments

For the last couple of years I have been very keen on exploring different ways in which I can connect my students with the outside world. This has been a priority for me because I truly believe in the motivation that working for an authentic audience can bring. Before starting Coetail, I had managed to [...]

Coetail - Course 5, Global Collaboration, Individuals & Societies, Student Agency, Technology Integration, Unit Planning

Creative Minds – A unit built on global connections and student agency

March 9, 2019June 30, 2019by Lina Farrow6 Comments

At the end of last year, when I choose to revamp my Creative Minds G6 English-Humanities unit (read more about it here), I was excited at the prospect of making the unit more grounded and relatable to my students. At the same time, I wanted my students to choose their own paths of inquiry according to [...]