IB Matters

Oct 08 2024 125 ep. 36 mins 40
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IB Matters is a podcast (established in April 2019) which brings listeners content related to International Baccalaureate (IB) education. It is for students, parents, and teachers interested in learning more about IB and for those working in IB schools wanting access to pedagogical support for their teaching.

Please listen, subscribe, and post a review to help us spread the word about the IB. Follow us on twitter @MattersIB and be sure to let us know what you would like to hear more about in future episodes.

The podcast is hosted in Minnesota by the MN Association of IB World Schools (MNIB) but is intended for a global audience.

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Play-based Learning with Smriti Sajjanhar

Oct 08 2024 39 mins  
Send us a textSmriti Sajjanhar from Genesis Global School shares her expertise in using Play-based Learning (PBL) with students in her PYP school. She shares great anecdotes telling how PBL has transformed the way students learn and even think about their learning. Teachers, students, and parents engage in open-ended explorations without preset objectives for the children. These se

#IBGC2024 "Optimizing IB MYP Personal Project with student-lead mentorship"

Jul 25 2024 16 mins  
Send us a textWe are releasing several quick casts featuring presenters at the IB Global Conference in Washington D.C. July 25-28, 2024 Use the hashtag #IBGC2024 to see what's happening on social mediaSession title: Optimizing the IB Personal Project with student-led mentorship This session is on Saturday, July 27th at 2:00 p.m. in Chinatown M3Our guest, Hoonseok Ho (a MNIB MYP Coo

#IBGC2024 "Humanizing Personalized Learning in the MYP"

Jul 24 2024 9 mins  
Send us a textWe are releasing several quick casts featuring presenters at the IB Global Conference in Washington D.C. July 25-28, 2024 Use the hashtag #IBGC2024 to see what's happening on social mediaSession title: Humanizing Personalized Learning in the MYP. - This session is on Saturday, July 27th at 11:15 a.m. in Georgetown M1Our guests, and MNIB teachers, Sami Peterson and Dan

#IBGC2024 "Towards school-wide adoption - increasing access for all students"

Jul 23 2024 9 mins  
Send us a textWe are releasing several quick casts featuring presenters at the IB Global Conference in Washington D.C. July 25-28, 2024 Use the hashtag #IBGC2024 to see what's happening on social mediaTowards school-wide adoption: increasing access for all students. This session is on Saturday, July 27th at 11:15 a.m. in Archives M4Our guest, Melissa Cuculich, summarizes her sessio

The Many Hats We Wear as IB Educators with Vikas Pahwa

Jul 17 2024 34 mins  
Send us a textVikas Pahwa returns to talk about the many roles we play in our careers as educators. From teacher, mentor, colleague and leader to parent, learner, and counselor, we wear many hats throughout our lives.Vikas shares much of what he has learned about finding balance and trying new ways to be effective both in and out of the classroom.Email IB Matters: IBMatters@mnibsch

Book clubs, blogs, and teacher connections with Judy Imamudeen

May 30 2024 32 mins  
Send us a textJudy Imamudeen shares her experiences making connections with teachers around the world through her popular blog and educator book club. She also talks about the upcoming changes in the PYP and how to keep yourself healthy as you help young people reach their potential. Links from Judyhttps://judyimamudeen.com/Six AI Techniques for PYPCThe 2024-2025 Book Club Guidelin

Getting to know the PYP even better with Cindy Blackburn

May 20 2024 36 mins  
Send us a textThe PYP, like all IB Programmes, is a dynamic and evolving framework of best practice. Our guest, Cindy Blackburn is well placed to guide us through the ins and outs of the Primary Years Programme in her role as a leader at Toddle. Toddle is a global platform for IB teachers helping them organize and collaborate to improve their teaching an d to streamline some of the

Celebrating 5 Years of IB Matters - Thank you!

May 15 2024 5 mins  
Send us a textIn April of 2019, we set out to offer information about the IB for a Minnesota audience. Little did we know that it would grow to be heard in over 170 countries and become a labor of love for all things IB and a celebration of the global educational community!As we begin what we're calling 'Season 4' please join us in helping to use this podcast as a tool to improve t

The Snapshots Project - Sharing student service projects with Nate Samuelson

Feb 27 2024 34 mins  
Send us a textin this episode we talk to Nate Samuelson from Korea International School about his project called The Snapshots Project and a course he created called ‘Design Your Impact’. Not only will your students be invited to participate, you are encouraged to replicate Nate’s ideas in your own school or region. Imagine a school district or an IB regional association crea

Effective transitions when moving to a new school with Novadene Miller

Feb 05 2024 57 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode we return to speak to Novadene Miller - this time we talk about making effective transitions when changing schools or changing roles within a school. But our conversation ranged widely from teacher skill sets in IB and international schools to how to better include new teachers into the culture of a school. Novadene shares many of her personal experien