IB Matters
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.
Episodes
While this is, technically, a quickcast to promote speakers and vendors at the #IBGC2025 in NOLA, its really an introduction to the IB North Americas' excellent initiative designed to encourage greater IB DP and CP participation. So, please use the overview shared by Phil Evans and the numerous links, to begin exploring how your school community could embrace a philosophy that all students deserve an IB education...
Continuing our series of quickcasts leading to the 2025 IB Global Conference in New Orleans, we feature Kognity, an IB partner organization. Chris Barres and Sian Steggles tell us about Kognity and their digital teaching and learning platform.
Kognity will also host a session entitled, 'Digital Dilemma! What do we really want from digital resources?' at 2:00 on Wednesday, July 16th in the St. Charles and Laf...
This is the third of several 'Quickcasts' to introduce listeners to vendors and presenters at the 2025 IB Global conference in New Orleans. Here, we speak with Amnah Ejaz of Kialo Education, an online discussion platform. It's available free and will be featured in a booth at the upcoming IB Global conference in New Orleans.
They are also hosting Michael Dunn of TOK.net who will be speaking at a session...
This is the second of several 'Quickcasts' to introduce listeners to vendors and presenters at the 2025 IB Global conference in New Orleans. This episode features Robert Kohnert, a coordinator of advanced programming in Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). Robert uses his experience in MPS to drill down into what is working and what could be improved to help students who take up the Diploma Programme. He has th...
This is the first of several 'Quickcasts' to introduce listeners to vendors and presenters at the 2025 IB Global conference in New Orleans. This episode features Rachel Bodily, co-founder of Eblana Learning. We did a full podcast with Rita Bateson the other co-founder a few months ago. Check that out here.
Rachel gives a sneak peek at the session they are offering at the IBGC 2025 and talks about the mission ...
Returning guest Novadene Miller is a skilled and motivational teacher. She draws from her experience earning a doctorate in Geography to bring multiple perspectives and resources to the classroom. In this episode she shares how her Humanities students build cross-disciplinary skills like critical thinking, collaborative skills, and research skills while engaging in many different activities both in and out of the cla...
Do you need to get your teachers official IB training that doesn't break the bank? Did you know that schools can request specific subjects and categories of training that come straight to you? In this episode, Casey Strecker of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and I go over the advantages of in-school workshops. We talk about how to order them, the responsibilities of the host school, and how to use them to get y...
The MAGIC-T model is at the center of education at the Prem International School in northern Thailand. Creative director of the school, Alex Soulsby explains how using arts and culture as a focus works so well in an IB continuum school for all ages and IB Programmes. He shares how visiting arts and culture practitioners bring their perspectives directly into the curriculum and themselves take advantage of the school&a...
Rita Bateson has been part of MYP evolution since the days of the 'Next Chapter'. Today, she is still engaged in the Enhanced MYP and has researched how AI is going to influence the Approaches to Learning (ATLs) in all IB Programmes. Along with Rachel Bodily, they have co-founded Eblana Learning which is a central repository of resources, training, consultancies and both online and in-person courses.
Our guest, Chaahat Dhall, from Fountainhead School in Surat, India has some great ways she engages her MYP students. From human libraries, to silent debates, to advisory circles and beyond, Chaahat shares some of the many resources she uses throughout the year. Chaahat was also one of Jiana Shah's MYP teachers, so you can learn from one of the teachers who influenced Jiana as she developed her skills as an MYP st...
Jiana Shah is back, two years after we first spoke. Then, she was a 14 year old 9th grader looking forward to the end of the MYP and the beginning of her Diploma Programme journey.
Jiana began in the PYP as a kindergartner and is now a Diploma Programme junior well on her way to completing her entire school experience as an IB student. This makes her an excellent person to talk to about the rollercoaster exp...
Smriti 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 sessions result in often surprising results - and tha...
We 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 media
Session title: Optimizing the IB Personal Project with student-led mentorship
This session is on Saturday, July 27th at 2:00 p.m. in Chinatown M3
Our guest, Hoonseok Ho (a MNIB MYP Coordinator) summarizes ...
We 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 media
Session title: Humanizing Personalized Learning in the MYP.
- This session is on Saturday, July 27th at 11:15 a.m. in Georgetown M1
Our guests, and MNIB teachers, Sami Peterson and Danielle Vanderlinde summariz...
We 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 media
Towards school-wide adoption: increasing access for all students.
This session is on Saturday, July 27th at 11:15 a.m. in Archives M4
Our guest, Melissa Cuculich, summarizes her session with her co pr...
Vikas 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@mnibschools.org
Twitter @MattersIB
IB Ma...
Judy 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 Judy
- https://judyimamudeen.com/
- Six AI Techniques for PYPC
- The 2024-2025 Book Club Guidelines and Reading Schedule.
Recommen...
The 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 processes within IB schools.
Li...
In 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 the teaching and learning i...
in 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 creating their own version of the Snapshots Project concept. ...
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