Note: I use Video Shrinker - an Apple Apps to re-size the video
blessing,
Hugo
Showing posts with label PYP EXHIBITION. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PYP EXHIBITION. Show all posts
Monday, July 15, 2013
GREEN SCREEN USING MACBOOK
I have a MacBook. I have green wall in my school. I have iMovie within my MacBook. Can I make a movie? In February 5, 2013, I just finished another green screen project with Year 6 students. The aim of this project was to support their PYP Exhibition. I always try to persuade other teachers to use technology in line with "what we have" around the school. I think so far, Apple with its MacBook has provided us with some programs to start with. I guess it is a matter of time when other teachers realize what I say. Let's see the video below, shall we?
Note: I use Video Shrinker - an Apple Apps to re-size the video
blessing,
Hugo
Note: I use Video Shrinker - an Apple Apps to re-size the video
blessing,
Hugo
Sunday, February 24, 2013
SOCIAL SKILLS
Using my classroom and other classrooms as laboratories had put me into a deep thought. Among many thoughts I had in mind, I stopped to one skill that students used naturally: Social Skills.
What are Social Skills?
In brief, Social Skills are skills that we use to communicate - verbally or non-verbally - with other people. In this writing, I mostly will see skills used in classrooms that related with social skills in general.
Social Skills in Classrooms
I will use some skills depicted in classrooms such as accepting responsibility, cooperating and resolving conflict. To my point of view, these three skills are related with each other. Once again, using my classrooms and other classrooms as laboratories, I saw these three skills - included in Social Skills - were really needed and powerful.
Accepting responsibility
Some students need extra encouragement to accept responsibility in some extends. Lack of confidence, fear, underestimating themselves might be some reasons to see. Here are some examples that I have seen happening in classrooms.
Why should I carry this responsibility? Can you please choose someone else? These questions are mostly asked by students with low self-esteem - sometimes a bit of fear that they might not lead well as it has been asked. This kind of reaction is like a disease. It is truly contagious to other students within the group. If my friends can escape from that responsibility, why can't I?
Again, as teachers, we need to give motivational inputs. Some students feel more comfortable when there is assignment to do, it is completed with the how to do list. We need to give them a bit insight then the rest of what will happen, we let them to anticipate as the real life will do similarly.
Cooperating
It is a bit difficult and frustrated sometimes for some students to cooperate themselves in a group work. Some of them might have an idea of becoming passive members as their sign of good cooperation. It is something that teachers need to aware of. Students with that kind of attitude soon or later will take everything passively. When starting the learning process, teachers need to give clear expectation on what is accepted and not accepted as a cooperation. Being attentive as well as active in sharing materials or opinion are some real actions in making word cooperation comes true.
Resolving Conflict
This skill is really hard when nobody wants to lose. For many children, loosing an argument is not a good way to impress their buddies. In a group work, conflict happens easily. One child wants to be more recognized than others and vice versa. As teachers, we need to remind students that it is better to keep the situation healthy than to let things loosen and conflict comes. Small things mean a lot such as listening to others, taking turns, reacting positively to others' opinion, compromising opinions, connecting things. To make things run smoothly, as teachers we need to guide and train students on reacting in such conditions.
Those are the skills that students need to improve. Once again, different classrooms will have different point of view as I see these skills needed in classrooms I have observed.
cheers,
H
What are Social Skills?
In brief, Social Skills are skills that we use to communicate - verbally or non-verbally - with other people. In this writing, I mostly will see skills used in classrooms that related with social skills in general.
Social Skills in Classrooms
I will use some skills depicted in classrooms such as accepting responsibility, cooperating and resolving conflict. To my point of view, these three skills are related with each other. Once again, using my classrooms and other classrooms as laboratories, I saw these three skills - included in Social Skills - were really needed and powerful.
Accepting responsibility
Some students need extra encouragement to accept responsibility in some extends. Lack of confidence, fear, underestimating themselves might be some reasons to see. Here are some examples that I have seen happening in classrooms.
Why should I carry this responsibility? Can you please choose someone else? These questions are mostly asked by students with low self-esteem - sometimes a bit of fear that they might not lead well as it has been asked. This kind of reaction is like a disease. It is truly contagious to other students within the group. If my friends can escape from that responsibility, why can't I?
Again, as teachers, we need to give motivational inputs. Some students feel more comfortable when there is assignment to do, it is completed with the how to do list. We need to give them a bit insight then the rest of what will happen, we let them to anticipate as the real life will do similarly.
Cooperating
It is a bit difficult and frustrated sometimes for some students to cooperate themselves in a group work. Some of them might have an idea of becoming passive members as their sign of good cooperation. It is something that teachers need to aware of. Students with that kind of attitude soon or later will take everything passively. When starting the learning process, teachers need to give clear expectation on what is accepted and not accepted as a cooperation. Being attentive as well as active in sharing materials or opinion are some real actions in making word cooperation comes true.
Resolving Conflict
This skill is really hard when nobody wants to lose. For many children, loosing an argument is not a good way to impress their buddies. In a group work, conflict happens easily. One child wants to be more recognized than others and vice versa. As teachers, we need to remind students that it is better to keep the situation healthy than to let things loosen and conflict comes. Small things mean a lot such as listening to others, taking turns, reacting positively to others' opinion, compromising opinions, connecting things. To make things run smoothly, as teachers we need to guide and train students on reacting in such conditions.
Those are the skills that students need to improve. Once again, different classrooms will have different point of view as I see these skills needed in classrooms I have observed.
cheers,
H
Saturday, November 24, 2012
LATEST WORKSHOP: PYP EXHIBITION: A COLLABORATION IN 21ST CENTURY
Hello!
I need to update this post since I keep thinking on copyright issue. Therefore, I stop link sharing to the presentation in prezi.
I will give you some screen shots from the presentation itself.
In November 24th, 2012, I conducted a workshop about PYP Exhibition for IB Dunia Conference at Sekolah Pelita Harapan Lippo Village. With the help of some teachers - Shanti, Roy and Mega -, I prepared the materials. Started from my idea on why not sharing with others working on the same thing: Primary Years Program Exhibition?
Why were there many teachers involved? It's because Shanti and Mega are the Year 6 teachers, while Roy is our ICT integrator. More over, they had done such a wonderful jobs integrating technology within the exhibition. PYP Exhibition itself is a culmination of all years students have walked upon their PYP journey.
Here are some pictures from our presentation. Thanks!
cheers,
Hugo
I need to update this post since I keep thinking on copyright issue. Therefore, I stop link sharing to the presentation in prezi.
I will give you some screen shots from the presentation itself.
In November 24th, 2012, I conducted a workshop about PYP Exhibition for IB Dunia Conference at Sekolah Pelita Harapan Lippo Village. With the help of some teachers - Shanti, Roy and Mega -, I prepared the materials. Started from my idea on why not sharing with others working on the same thing: Primary Years Program Exhibition?
Why were there many teachers involved? It's because Shanti and Mega are the Year 6 teachers, while Roy is our ICT integrator. More over, they had done such a wonderful jobs integrating technology within the exhibition. PYP Exhibition itself is a culmination of all years students have walked upon their PYP journey.
Here are some pictures from our presentation. Thanks!
cheers,
Hugo
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
PYP EXHIBITION (3) A SNEAK PREVIEW
"ICT can play an important role in the success of an exhibition. Students are not required
to use ICT in the exhibition but it provides several practical and creative solutions
to support the exhibition where appropriate".
(PYP Exhibition Guideline - International Baccalaureate Organization 2008)
As the previous year, Tunas Muda International School launches its PYP exhibition with the ICT "touch" here and there.
The reason why we use ICT because the students need to be exposed to their own nature. Most of them, live their life digitally. Why don't we accommodate it? Another reason is the involvement of ICT is widely opened.
The students use PC and internet connection to support their research beside library research. They do the tape recording with their laptop while interviewing sources. They take pictures for the interview and for other purposes.
Here, I give you the link to their websites. The websites are still developed but surely meaningful. The reason why I use weebly as the main website because weebly gives reasonable price. I have used weebly for two years. My mistake last month with weebly was deleting the students websites from the previous classes. I forgot that my subscription contained forty (40) free websites under weebly. Well, it's a lesson for me!
Have a joy moment reading the students websites!
blessing,
Hugo
http://theaudiosixem.weebly.com
http://theaudiosixes.weebly.com
http://themagazinesixem.weebly.com
http://themagazinesixes.weebly.com
http://themultimediasixem.weebly.com
http://themultimediasixes.weebly.com
http://thetelevisionsixem.weebly.com
http://thetelevisionsixes.weebly.com
Thursday, December 1, 2011
PYP EXHIBITION (2) - THE PROCESS
As I told you before, I am trying to give you - the readers - a clearer picture of our PYP exhibition process.
In Tunas Muda International School - Meruya Site - few months ago, the students started their PYP exhibition with a front-loading from our PYP-coordinator, Massy Sitompul. Basically, the session was a brainstorming or tuning-in session where the students discussed the concept and skill they had had. Massy was really an inspiration for the students to see all the exhibition preparation sound and alive.
The next step was the finding step. The students have set their exhibition goals. They discussed within their group about the action and product. I had a "wow" moment when one group came to me and asked whether their questions had been good enough to be presented. I looked at their paper and could not believe that it was them making all the questions. The questions were a living proof how they knew how to start critical thinking. All things in the concept-driven questions were there to name a few such as form, change, causation, connection and reflection. Then they asked me if I could join them in an interview with some sources people. Why not?
Here are some pictures when I accompanied them interviewing some experts at Binus University and C'n'S Magazine. More news to come..
Blessing,
Hugo
Credit: Thanks to Pak Suhud Widagdo and friends at C'n'S Magazine and Ibu Hardiyani at Binus Kampus Anggrek.
In Tunas Muda International School - Meruya Site - few months ago, the students started their PYP exhibition with a front-loading from our PYP-coordinator, Massy Sitompul. Basically, the session was a brainstorming or tuning-in session where the students discussed the concept and skill they had had. Massy was really an inspiration for the students to see all the exhibition preparation sound and alive.
The next step was the finding step. The students have set their exhibition goals. They discussed within their group about the action and product. I had a "wow" moment when one group came to me and asked whether their questions had been good enough to be presented. I looked at their paper and could not believe that it was them making all the questions. The questions were a living proof how they knew how to start critical thinking. All things in the concept-driven questions were there to name a few such as form, change, causation, connection and reflection. Then they asked me if I could join them in an interview with some sources people. Why not?
Here are some pictures when I accompanied them interviewing some experts at Binus University and C'n'S Magazine. More news to come..
Blessing,
Hugo
Credit: Thanks to Pak Suhud Widagdo and friends at C'n'S Magazine and Ibu Hardiyani at Binus Kampus Anggrek.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
PYP EXHIBITION (1)
"The Primary Years Programme (PYP) exhibition represents a significant event in the life
of a PYP school and student, synthesizing the essential elements of the PYP
and sharing them with the whole school community".
(IB-PYP Exhibition Guideline, 2008)
For all PYP students around the world, PYP exhibition is surely a big thing. I have been doing the exhibition with my students for six years. For six years, I have seen things are growing differently. The transdisciplinary theme can be the same for two years, but the way the students approached the issues are certainly different.
In my first year teaching in IB-PYP school, I asked myself: why should we do the exhibition? why bother? Once I jumped in, then I realized how challenging the stage was. I saw how my students applied their PYP attributes within the exhibition preparation totally. The role of the teachers as mentors only took part as a "frying pan". The students are the ingredients, the stove and the fire!
Here I describe the teachers as a "frying pan" because they only a place where the students put everything they find during their independent research. The teachers hold the findings and only the truest and genuine findings can stay within the "pan". After having a "green" light to go, then the students will turn on the stove and lit the fire!
Here also I try to copy what has been mentioned in the exhibition guideline handbook.
The PYP exhibition has a number of key purposes:
- for students to engage in an in- depth, collaborative inquiry
- to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate independence and responsibility for their
own learning - to provide students with an opportunity to explore multiple perspectives
- for students to synthesize and apply their learning of previous years and to reflect upon their journey through the PYP
- to provide an authentic process for assessing student understanding
- to demonstrate how students can take action as a result of their learning to unite the students, teachers, parents and other members of the school community in a collaborative
experience that incorporates the essential elements of the PYP - to celebrate the transition of learners from primary to middle/secondary education.
(IB-PYP The Exhibition Guideline, 2008)
After this writing, I will provide you all with the latest process of PYP exhibition conducted by my students at my current school, Tunas Muda International School Meruya, Jakarta, Indonesia.
blessing,
Hugo
Monday, February 21, 2011
TMIS PYP EXHIBITION: DIGITAL NATIVES, DIGITAL REPORT
As an IB school, we need to see our students as the children of their decade. The students nowadays are the digital natives. They live their lives with the digital tools. They watch TV, listen to the radio, play PS games, have fun with their ipod, browse internet and many more activities.
Here in Tunas Muda International School, we so much aware on their needs during PYP exhibition. The students had been given a group website, where they can write their digital report on their research. It was not an easy thing to do in he beginning. However, as the digital natives, it took them only 30 minutes to get ready and on board with the websites given.
You may visit their websites under weebly. I do hope you will enjoy and learn a lot from the students. Here are the links:
The Radio
The Television
The Magazine
The Newspaper
The Multimedia
blessing,
Hugo
Here in Tunas Muda International School, we so much aware on their needs during PYP exhibition. The students had been given a group website, where they can write their digital report on their research. It was not an easy thing to do in he beginning. However, as the digital natives, it took them only 30 minutes to get ready and on board with the websites given.
You may visit their websites under weebly. I do hope you will enjoy and learn a lot from the students. Here are the links:
The Radio
The Television
The Magazine
The Newspaper
The Multimedia
blessing,
Hugo
Sunday, February 20, 2011
PYP EXHIBITION 2011 TUNAS MUDA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Hi there!
PYP Exhibition is something that PYP school is waiting for. This time, Tunas Muda International School had their PYP Exhibition on 10-11 February 2011.
The school had its PYP coordinator, Massy Sitompul, leading the exhibition together with grade 6 teacher, Shanti Aryani. The transdisciplinary theme was "How We Express Ourselves". The central ideas was "Media allows us to communicate and to share information, ideas and thoughts with others".
The exhibition itself had shown how grade 6 of TMIS really engaged themselves closely to the exhibition.
The visitors, including parents, were really impressed with the results. I do hope that you will feel the same as well. Enjoy the pictures!
PYP Exhibition is something that PYP school is waiting for. This time, Tunas Muda International School had their PYP Exhibition on 10-11 February 2011.
The school had its PYP coordinator, Massy Sitompul, leading the exhibition together with grade 6 teacher, Shanti Aryani. The transdisciplinary theme was "How We Express Ourselves". The central ideas was "Media allows us to communicate and to share information, ideas and thoughts with others".
The exhibition itself had shown how grade 6 of TMIS really engaged themselves closely to the exhibition.
The visitors, including parents, were really impressed with the results. I do hope that you will feel the same as well. Enjoy the pictures!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
SWA PYP EXHIBITION 2010 (BOOTH PICTURES)
Hello!
As I told you before about our exhibition, now I am going to show you some pictures on the preparation day. It was one day before the exhibition where the students prepared their display (that had been prepared a week before), and their booth. Of course, all booths were not perfectly ready. Some artifacts were not yet displayed. Enjoy the pictures and hope you will have inspiration.
blessing,
Hugo
As I told you before about our exhibition, now I am going to show you some pictures on the preparation day. It was one day before the exhibition where the students prepared their display (that had been prepared a week before), and their booth. Of course, all booths were not perfectly ready. Some artifacts were not yet displayed. Enjoy the pictures and hope you will have inspiration.
blessing,
Hugo
Friday, June 5, 2009
GRADE 5 PYP EXHIBITION SINARMAS WORLD ACADEMY
Long time no see!
I was really really really busy! I did not have time to upload things happened in my class. Suddenly, this post is telling you that my class has finished doing our exhibition! Wow! a lot of things happened.
The class was divided into three groups visiting different places. First group went to a mining company located in Sumbawa (an island near Lombok, Indonesia) ran by PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara. Another group went to a mining company near Jakarta ran by PT Aneka Tambang Indonesia. And one group went to gemstones market in Jakarta known as Pasar Rawa Bening.
Surely, the class was extremely busy especially my partner, Jane. You may open the link to our class blog which is managed by her.
enjoy the pictures!
blessing,
Hugo
I was really really really busy! I did not have time to upload things happened in my class. Suddenly, this post is telling you that my class has finished doing our exhibition! Wow! a lot of things happened.
The class was divided into three groups visiting different places. First group went to a mining company located in Sumbawa (an island near Lombok, Indonesia) ran by PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara. Another group went to a mining company near Jakarta ran by PT Aneka Tambang Indonesia. And one group went to gemstones market in Jakarta known as Pasar Rawa Bening.
Surely, the class was extremely busy especially my partner, Jane. You may open the link to our class blog which is managed by her.
enjoy the pictures!
blessing,
Hugo
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