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1. What is our purpose? Class/grade: 4th Age group: 9-10 year olds
To inquire into the following:
School: Abdul Kadir Molla International School School code:
transdisciplinary theme
How we organize ourselves Teacher(s): M. Shuvra S. Roy. Ms. Farzana Jalal
PYP planner
An inquiry into
the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; Date: 24 Sept – 1 April 2019
the structure and function of organizations;
societal decision-making;
economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.
3. How might we know what we have learned? 4. How best might we learn?
This column should be used in conjunction with “How best might we learn?” What are the learning experiences suggested by the teacher and/or students
to encourage the students to engage with the inquiries and address the driving
What are the possible ways of assessing students’ prior knowledge and questions?
skills? What evidence will we look for?
- Asking parents/grandparents how they used to keep in contact
How are students currently communicating with people? Do they use digital
/communicate with everyone else.
media. What digital media are they familiar with? (facebook, emails, twitter,
- Students fill in a table to compare and contrast.
skype, diigo, delicious, tango etc) What devices do they have themselves? - Showed school’s drive connectivity system and server. Teacher shared
how AKMIS connects with employees all around the school.
- Students made posters to illustrate how new digital media is used in
What are the possible ways of assessing student learning in the context of the various sectors to increase connectivity.
lines of inquiry? What evidence will we look for? - Students recorded video of presentation and stored in school’s system.
- Students created their class Twitter feed page.
- Matt gave a lesson on digital footprint
Students responded to their class Twitter feed page. They were able to show - Students commented on peers’ presentation.
respect and essential classroom agreements and understand the concept of
digital footprints.
Students made posters to illustrate how new digital media is used in various
sectors to increase connectivity. This allowed them to understand that What opportunities will occur for transdisciplinary skills development and for
technology helps to connect in more than one way. the development of the attributes of the learner profile?
Table diagram- Ways of connecting in the past and today. Principled: digital citizenship
Communicator: connecting with others to communicate
Students looked at a fake website: Dog Island. Students were guided in
Open-Minded: responding respectfully to others despite differing opinions
recognizing a website that provides fake information.
Integrity – linked with principled
Creativity – creating their own blogs
5. What resources need to be gathered? Principled: Students commented on each others’ Weebly and responded to class
blogs.
What people, places, audio-visual materials, related literature, music, art, Communicator: Students communicated by writing letters and emails as well as
computer software, etc, will be available?
using their Weebly to share their learning and reflections
Personal ipads Creativity- Students personalized and created their own Weebly page
- Websites
- Class Twitter feed
- IT lab
- Few books in the library
How will the classroom environment, local environment, and/or the community
be used to facilitate the inquiry?
Reflecting on the inquiry
6. To what extent did we achieve our purpose? 7. To what extent did we include the elements of the PYP?
Assess the outcome of the inquiry by providing evidence of students’ What were the learning experiences that enabled students to:
understanding of the central idea. The reflections of all teachers involved in
develop an understanding of the concepts identified in “What do we want to
the planning and teaching of the inquiry should be included.
learn?”
We feel this unit was not very inquiry based. We feel it was very guided and gave
Change:
students structured things.
Students interviewed family members: How did you communicate in the
Wonder about the central idea and the “digital media”. It feels we were referring past?
more to technology than digital media itself. We looked at the definition of Digital
Connection:
media and it is not related to the lines of inquiry. It only focuses on the way
information is stored. We think the word “Technology” should replace it. Students connected that information and created a venn diagram where they
were able to compare and contrast ways in which people communicated in
We lack resources (netbooks) to fully integrate it in class. the past and today.
How you could improve on the assessment task(s) so that you would have a Responsibility:
more accurate picture of each student’s understanding of the central idea.
Students learned on how to comment on class blogs and the importance of
Make it more creative and open to students’ inquiries or preferences. digital footprint online.
What was the evidence that connections were made between the central idea
and the transdisciplinary theme?
Demonstrate the learning and application of particular transdisciplinary
- Students gave feedback on how digital media and help us organize skills?
information (Google account, Googledrive, Microsoft account, Onedrive,
organization’s personal server). Student’s are able to recognize the use of digital media and their role to
maintain a healthy balanced life despite the availability of technology around
them. Realizing fake news, to maintain privacy while using internet and also to
stop cyber bullying has been vital parts they have learnt.
At this point teachers should go back to box 2 “What do we want to learn?” and
highlight the teacher questions/provocations that were most effective in driving the
inquiries.
What student-initiated actions arose from the learning?
Record student-initiated actions taken by individuals or groups showing their ability
to reflect, to choose and to act.
Students brought in their information about devices to use in school ( iphones,
ipad, laptops)
Students sent each other emails and messages in the form of cheats in class.
Students used Twitter feed to talk with each other.