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Welcome to the Triple A Learning blog for DP ITGS. The most recent blog posts are listed below and you can access the blog archive by following the appropriate link in the panel on the left.
September 21, 2011
Special Event – ITGS Project
From the 21 September through to 7 October, there will be a special event on the ITGS Project on the Online Curriculum Center. The focus of the event will be becoming familiar with the ITGS Project and how to use the ITGS criteria to guide and assess student work.
August 14, 2011
Digital Citizenship
With school begin is staff review guidelines and rules and how they will present these to students. Digital Citizenship is a topic that begins in kindergarten and extends throughout the school. It must be put into context and daily practice. Waiting to address Digital Citizenship in an ITGS class is simply too late.
A most successful approach to promoting Digital Citizenship is by having students write the guidelines in language that they understand. The result of one such project shows the rules as interpreted by Grade 8 students (Flatclassroom Projects) and promoted with other fellow students.
July 3, 2011
Ethics… and Photojournalism
The July 4th Newsweek cover and news article created by Tina Brown, Newsweek editor, showing Kate Middleton with a middle-aged Princess Diana has caused significant uproar across the Internet. Not only the cover photo has raised serious ethical issues, but the content of the article as well. Fictional details of what Princess Diana’s life would have been like up to now along with a mock-up of her Facebook page have caused considerable controversy across the news media.
The Cover of Newsweek
April 4, 2011
IB student and teacher resources – Triple A Learning BACCpacks
Triple A Learning is delighted to announce the publication of the first batch of its student and teacher BACCpacks.
BACCpacks are cutting-edge downloadable e-learning resources.
March 28, 2011
“Springboard” for ITGS Projects
The idea for an ITGS Project can certainly come from literally anywhere. The starting point for the ITGS project is the “client”.
Just today I saw a “springboard” for an ITGS project. It is a “diamond in the rough”, but could be interesting idea for a project. High-school students predict their future in the New York Times magazine section. Try it quick because New York Times websites become “invisible” unless you subscribe.
March 4, 2011
“GIGO” – the Rule of Thirds
“GIGO” – is one of those phrases left over from the early days of computing as an abbreviation for “Garbage In – Garbage Out”. It means that the final outcome is only as good as the inputs that were used to create it. This certainly applies to the ITGS project.
For the ITGS product this means striving for quality in:
February 8, 2011
Google Online Science Fair Contest
The title may seem like an unlikely title for an ITGS blog. However, the Google Science Fair certainly shows the trend to use current technologies to present new creative challenges for students. The advertisement can be viewed at
December 23, 2010
A digital nativity story
Everyone at Triple A Learning wishes you a peaceful and merry Christmas period and a Happy New Year and we hope you will enjoy a relaxing vacation. We think you will enjoy this updated digital nativity story:
November 29, 2010
ITGS EE – the Research Question
The research question is actually the ‘life and death’ of an ITGS extended essay. If the research question is not stated concisely and cannot be researched and developed within the framework of the Triangle, then it is unlikely that it will be successful.
At the beginning, the student may have a broad area of interest. Usually searching through news articles will help focus the research on a current aspect of the topic. As soon as the student has an idea of the topic that they would like to work on, they should meet with their supervisor to formulate the first version of the research question. It is far from the last. Sometimes it is easier for the student to think in terms of keywords: online video games, South Korea, social/ethical issues.
