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Archive | Conferences and events
Dr Jennifer Chang-Wathall on educational technology
Education consultant Dr Jennifer Chang-Wathall reflects on her passion for teaching and how technology can enhance learning. At the IB Virtual Conference, Jennifer will share her experiences and ideas on how teachers can transform education in a post-COVID-19 (Coronavirus) world. Learn more about her work in the Q&A below.
Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina on digital well-being
Global expert in digital well-being, Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina, reflects on the use and impact technology has on students. At the IB Virtual Conference, Anastasia will share her insights on how we can improve student’s lives by reducing the time spent in front of their screens.
Education equity consultant Jamilah Pitts on strong school communities
Education Consultant Jamilah Pitts reflects on building strong, equity-focused school communities. At the IB Virtual Conference, Jamilah will offer insight into her practices and techniques for educators from all over the world to implement in their classrooms. Learn more about her work in the Q&A below.
The history of the IB global conference
With the IB Global Conference coming later this year in Toronto, Canada, it felt like the perfect time to talk about the history of the IB conference in the Americas region and how it fits into the greater IB mission.
An art battle supplies much-needed formula to food banks
Purchasing baby formula can be expensive in your first year as a parent, but this IB Diploma Programme (DP) student found a way to make it affordable for people in North Bay, Canada.
Young IB student starts a block chain company
Primary Years Programme (PYP) student Kaede Takenaka created a ‘KID coin’ after completing the PYP unit of inquiry on entrepreneurship.
The secret to positive student outcomes
Recently honoured as Wisconsin’s 2020 High School Teacher of the Year, Chad Sperzel-Wuchterl, IB Visual Art Department Chair and art teacher at Ronald Reagan High School in Milwaukee, U.S., shares with IB World the key to educational success.
“Education is the greatest weapon in the world”
Author and human rights activist Ishmael Beah, the third and final speaker for the 2019 IB Global Conference in New Orleans, talks to IB World about how his teachers helped him come to terms with his past as a child soldier in Sierra Leone.
Why we need to make student mental wellbeing a priority
Dr Jamie Chiu, keynote speech at the IB Global Conference in Hong Kong (24-26 March 2019), discusses student mental health and well-being in high-performing schools and shares the patterns that have emerged through analyzing mental health data from several thousand secondary school students.
Why students need the ‘skill of learning’ in the 21st century
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Nenad Bakić talks about the skills needed for today’s world and how his STEM projects have changed the Croatian education system Nenad Bakić has transformed education in Croatia. The entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist is the founder of the non-profit organization IRIM (Institute for Youth Development and Innovativity), which aims to empower all […]
How to create calm from chaos
An expert in communicative intelligence, Kendall Zoller is speaking at the IB Global Conference in Vienna on ‘Using the ecotone to shape a future: from chaos to calm’. He describes the ecotone as the transitional place between where you are and where you want to go, and argues that leading into the future requires tolerance […]
Why we need to transform teacher appraisal
In a cooperative enterprise, we work efficiently and don’t get in each other’s way. But in a collaborative effort, we respect the diverse thinking of the group, realizing that each member’s contribution improves our end result in a way that wouldn’t have happened if we merely cooperated to ‘get the job done’.
How three schools collaborate to innovate
By Jennifer Towers It can be daunting to hear that you will soon be required to use a new information system in the course of your work. But a group of teachers in Vancouver spotted an opportunity. We had a common goal: to change the way we reported on the performance of our Middle Years […]
The IB alumni 50th anniversary celebration in Geneva, Switzerland
Graduates from all IB World Schools are invited to join regional IB alumni in Geneva, Switzerland on 26 October 2018 to both celebrate our past and discuss how an IB education will meet the needs of future generations. Will you attend?