Agenda for Berlin workshop November 2012

1. Berlin 2012
Chris Hamper

2. 1. Introductions
 Who am I and who are you?
 Expectations
 Review of programme
 The IB Hexagon
 The learner profile

3. 2. The Subject Guide and resources
 Whats important in the subject guide
 Objectives and command terms
 Comparing text books
 Websites
 OCC

4. 3. IA intro to Criteria
 Why do practical work
 What skills are we encouraging
 Introducing the criteria
 Using a checklist
 Forms to fill the 4psow
 Moderation
 ICT

5. 4. IA Data Collection and
Processing
 Collecting data - the ball on a slope
 Making tables
 Estimating uncertainties
 Using Excel to process data
 Processing uncertainties

6. 5. IA Presenting pocessed data
 Why linearise
 Using LoggerPro
 Curve fitting
 DCP Marking exercise

7. 6. IA Conclusion and Evaluation
 Intro to criteria
 Solving crimes and selling cars
 Evaluating ball on slope results
 CE exercise
 Marking exercise

8. 7. IA Design
 Skills
 Prompts and class organisation
 10 research questions in 10 minutes
 Sharing ideas
 The criteria
 Marking exercise
 Use of ICT, dataloggers, databases and simulations
 Complete programme, sampling
 Why teachers get maoderated down

9. 8. The Exam
 Marking process
 Using the markscheme
 Moderation
 Marking exercise

10. 9. TOK International & EE
 Thinking OK
 For whom the TOK bell tolls
 TOK presentations, string theory or ball of string?
 How I got an A in my EE
 Choosing the topic
 Writing the essay
 Being a good supervisor

11. 10. Group 4 project &other stuff
 Group 4 project
 International mindedness
 The new programme
 evaluation