LearningSession Highlights
Supporting and Tracking Learning and Agency across the IB Continuum
IB programmes offer amazing opportunities for students to shape their own learning paths. The PYP exhibition, the MYP personal project and the DP extended essay are key examples of self-directed learning. Teachers play a key role as mentors and supervisors as the students’ thinking develops from an initial idea to the final product of learning. School leaders need to consider the equitable distribution of students to supervisors and this is important in Continuum Schools, where teachers are involved in two or more IB programmes. This workshop will consider how ManageBac can help the students and their supporters to develop agency.
Speaker Bio
Ed Parker is the IB Diploma Coordinator and Deputy MYP Coordinator at Cologne International School in Germany. He has 20 years of teaching experience in international schools. He introduced ManageBac to the IB Diploma programme in 2015 and since 2023 has facilitated the implementation of the learning platform in the Primary Years Programme (grades 1-5) and the Middle Years Programme (Grades 6-10). He is interested in the transformational powers of technology for learning and is preparing for the school’s transition to MYP and DP e-assessments.
