How to prepare your students for the Extended Essay | IB Community Blog The Extended Essay is a challenge for every student. How can you make sure they feel prepared rather than panicked? It’s the culmination of years of effort, a signature of the IB Diploma Programme and the perfect preparation for life beyond the classroom. In fact, IB Diploma Programme alumni said the Extended Essay prepared them the most for the rigours of university life – they felt ahead of their peers in terms of the skills required for undertaking independent research. But the self-directed Extended Essay is also a source of dread for many students, who fear its rigour, complexity and sheer length. Start them young The concept of writing an essay would draw a blank look from most four-year-olds. Four-year-olds extract information from non-fiction texts and answer ‘mini-research’ questions. ‘Formal Research Writing’ classes commence in middle school and students are encouraged to choose a topic from those in the Extended Essay guide. Offer a guiding hand Stay on track
Book Trailers for Readers - home The MHMS Daring School Library Blog School Presentations | True to Life Books by Jan Latta Jan Latta is the author, wildlife photographer, designer and publisher of True to Life books on endangered animals. With 15 books to her name, she has a wealth of knowledge to share with students. Jan's photographs and stories are genuine because she follows wild animals in their natural habits – in Africa, India, Borneo, Uganda and China. She waits patiently for weeks, sometimes years to capture the magic photograph that tells the animal's story. K – Y2 45 minutes Y3 – Y6 60 minutes Jan starts by showing exciting videos of endangered animals in Africa, India, China and Borneo. Y7 – Y12 60 minutes Jan talks about coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla in Rwanda and how this changed her life. The library or hall needs to be darkened to show the power point presentation and videos. To book contact Helen at 1300 979 465 or 0428 111 155 Speakers Ink www.speakers-ink.com.au Jan Latta janlatta@truetolifebooks.com.au www.truetolifebooks.com.au Tel: +61 2 9880 8382
How Are Students’ Roles Changing in the New Economy of Information? Part 2 in the series Learning In the New Economy of Information. By Shawn McCusker Perhaps one of the most powerful expectations of students in an environment of scarcity is that they not question the source of the information. As the modern classroom has become connected, the amount of information available to both teachers and students has exponentially increased. Where teachers once lectured about important ideas and events, or shared their acquired knowledge with their students, today’s classrooms can see every key primary source document, the actual notes of great scientists, and a limitless amount of literary criticism. For generations, being a student meant being the recipient of scarce information. Socializing with others in class took place during some activities, but overall, the term “socializing” was used as a pejorative. The skills necessary to be a student in today’s information-rich environment are radically different.
The Four Things Students Need to Create Good Book Trailers Creating book trailer videos is a great alternative to a traditional written book report assignment. In a book trailer video students highlight their favorite elements of a story and try to entice viewers to read the book themselves. Much like a movie trailer that tries to get viewers to watch the full movie, a book trailer should give viewers just enough to be interested in the full story without giving away the conclusion to the story. If you have heard of book trailers and wanted to try having your create book trailers, here are the four things they'll need to get started after reading a book. A script/ outline: Before I let students start to assemble a video, I make them write a script or outline for the video. Images: Your students will want to use pictures in their videos to represent key elements and characters in the books they have read. It's not always possible for students to use images they own. Many of the aforementioned video editing tools offer sound effects too.
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March 2015: Literacies for the digital age: Information and digital literacy This is the seventh in a series of blog posts highlighting the digital literacies our students will need to succeed. The first posts covered financial literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, historical literacy, numeracy, and data literacy. This post will provide you with some ideas on how to infuse information literacy and digital literacy skills into the curriculum. The thirteen literacies I feel need to be explored, practiced and mastered by students can be found in the graphic below. Information literacy forms the foundation for all of the other literacies. There are many information literacy models available and many include a component of the best ways to conduct research on the Web. In order to begin their research, students need be able to ask the right question. Students should create a list of keywords about the topicThey should then create a question that is not too broad or too narrow.Students should list the places for gathering their information.
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