Mission: The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
What does this mean to you? What about in terms of your education? What about in terms of the type of individual you want to be?
There are many IB schools throughout the world and you are connected in one way or another to all of them. How teachers teach you and how you learn from them will develop you into this "World Citizen". IB encourages students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences can also be right.
What do you know about the IB program? What is it all about? Why are we learning in the IB style? (Here, we will have a class discussion.)
The IB Learner Profile
Every lesson in this course involve various ways of learning. It is the goal of IB to help you improve your learning. Here are the different types of learning you will need to exercise.
Inquirer
Students are naturally curious and seek answers by questioning and researching. Students actively enjoy
learning and become life-long learners.
Knowledgeable
Students explore concepts, ideas and issues and understands many subjects.
Thinkers
Students solve complex problems, and make reasoned and fair
decisions.
Communicators
Students understand and express ideas and information in a various ways of communication. Students
work effectively and willingly in collaboration with each other.
Principled
Students act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and
respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities. Students take
responsibility for their own actions and the consequences.
Open-Minded
Students understand and appreciate differences in cultures and
are open to the different perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and
communities.
Caring
Students show compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of
others. Students have a personal commitment to service, and act to make a positive
difference to the lives of others and to the environment.
Risk-Takers
Students approach unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and have the independence of spirit to explore new roles, ideas
and strategies. Students are brave in defending their beliefs.
Balanced
Students understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance
to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others.
Reflective
Students are thoughtful about their own learning and experiences. They
understand their strengths and limitations in order to
support their learning and personal development.
The Areas of Interaction are the different ways in which you learn: how you learn, what you learn, where you learn and why you learn. It makes you realize what learning does for you and what it does to others.
Each lesson touches on the IB Areas of Interaction. Sometimes all of the Areas of Interaction are used and sometimes only a few. A minimum of three Areas of Interactions will be used for each lesson unit. However, by the end of the school year, all five Areas of Interaction will have been covered. Here are the Areas of Interaction listed.
Approaches to Learning
Students learn to use their thinking and study skills that help them learn. Students also learn in different ways.
Community and Service
By doing community service, students learn to be responsible and caring towards others in the community, the nation and the world.
Human Ingenuity
Students explore how people imagine, plan and create the future using science, technology, the arts and communication to make the world a better place.
Environment
Students learn how human beings and nature work together and accept responsibility over the natural and man-made world.
Health and Social Education
Students prepare to live healthy lives when it comes to physical, mental and emothional well-being.
Design Cycle
In the International Baccalaureate program, we will be following the "Design Cycle" very closely. The Design Cycle are steps to working on any project. Each project will follow these steps and will count towards your overall grade. Here's what it is! Click here to view the Design Cycle.
International Standards for Technology Education (ISTE)
Each lesson covers a specific Standard that all students of Technology must know. Each lesson is designed with one or more standards in mind. The following are the Standards that we must become familiar with:
I. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
A. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, decisions, processes, products or solutions.
B. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
C. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
D. identify trends and forecast possibilities.
II. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
A. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
B. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
C. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
D. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
III. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: <
A. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
B. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information
C. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
D. process data and report results.
IV. Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision-Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, design and manage projects, solve problems, engineer solutions and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
A. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
B. plan, design and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
C. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
D. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.
V. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
A. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
B. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
C. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
D. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.
VI. Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations. Students:
A. understand and use technology systems.
B. select and use applications effectively and productively.
C. troubleshoot systems and applications.
D. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies
