Triple A Learning IB Blogs

One of the activities I used to enjoy on a Monday morning was a quick look into the future. Students would gather news stories that had caught their eye over the previous week and would bring in news cuttings, which we would put to the marketing, finance, social and HR test. For example, we might examine a technology advance and examine the possible ramifications in terms of the market, costs and human resources. I would nominate two students per week in a rota to lead the morning activity; sometimes this worked and sometimes it bombed – well nothing is perfect.

Of course things have moved on – fewer students read the written word in a physical form, but the Internet provides an even more accessible and global outlook, so there is less reason why your students would find this activity difficult. The results can be a wonderful source of inspiration, not only providing exemplars for the syllabus in general, but as seed ideas for internal assessments and extended essays. If you have a department blog site, the students can also turn their stories into a posting and invite reactions from other students to the issues of the week. News items can also stimulate cross-curricular and TOK debate.

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