This article promotes students development of a deeper intercultural understanding through literature and technology.
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How a focus on word choices can enhance the quality of the central idea
The author of this article provides some pointers to aid the process including focussing on the word choices and arrangement when writing a strong central idea.
Student-led conferences: PYP parents find out how the world works
This article describes the preparations, planning process and reflections on student-led conferences.
The value of pre-assessment
This article is available in Spanish and English. The author illustrates how pre-assessment tasks can be used to appropriately challenge and enable every student to extend their understandings.
Revising central ideas: Adopting a transdisciplinary perspective
The author of this article shows how a central idea was rewritten to become more transdisciplinary in nature.
Flexible scheduling for EdTech (Part 1)
This is the first of a two-part article about integrating technology into the curriculum. As EdTech specialists, our role within the PYP is to authentically integrate technology into the curriculum. In many schools, this means fitting these into weekly scheduled lab sessions and this can be frustrating. The students often do not finish projects during […]