2008 Breakout Sessions

Breakout SessionTime BlockRoom
21st Century Thinkers: Students and Teachers Acting on the Learner Profile
A Continuum of Thinking Methods for Primary Years Programme Coordinators
A Conversation with Interfaith Youth Core Leadership
Achieving Equity in the Middle Years Programme through Socratic Seminars
Addressing Changes in Community, Action, Service
Addressing the Learner Profile to Enhance Character Education
Airwaves to Brainwaves: Internalizing the Areas of Interaction
An Orchestra Teacher Inspired by the Middle Years Programme
Approaches to Learning and Personality Theory
Bac to the Future
Becoming Truly International: The IB at 40
Being the Change
Building a Culture of Trust in the Primary Years Programme
Building an IB Research Agenda
Cogito Ergo Facio: Developing Service-Oriented Students
Come Learn with the World, Not Just About It
Connecting Teachers to Higher Education Faculty
Content and Strategies for Teaching the Arab World and Islam
Creating a Global Community: IB and BlinkNow
Destiny's 3-D: Creating Problematic Scenarios for Engagement
Developing Authentic Projects for Service and Action
Diploma Programme: An Update on Administration
Does Size Matter? IB in a Small School
Excellence and Equity: A Whole School Three-Year Middle Years Programme
Exploring International Mindedness Beyond Flags and Food
Flexible Thinking in the Theory of Knowledge
Giving Kids the Tools to Think Before They Act
Global Awareness: Developing 21st Century Skills in the Classroom
Holistic Learners: The Learner Profile in Action
How to Communicate the IB to Your Community
IB as a College Access Strategy in Chicago Public Schools
IB Credit...or Not: Emerging Issues and Possible Solutions
IB Diploma Programme Update
IB Graduates Speak Out
IB Middle Years Programme Update
IB North America Research Update
IB Primary Years Programme Update
IB Programmes: 2008 and Beyond
ICT and Assessment Delivery Systems
Impact and Benefit of an IB Diploma from the Graduate's Perspective
Impacting Standardized Testing with IB Programmes
Implementing the Diploma Programme
Increasing Access and Choice: The Diploma Programme Online Project
Instilling Internationalism and Social Awareness in the IB Student
International Mindedness and Collaborative Planning: Are We There Yet?
It's Tulsa Time! A Great Destination for IB Students
Journeys in Film: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Fostering Global Action
Jumpstart Inquiry, Thinking, and Action with Realia!
Just What I Need: Learning Experiences with Multiple Applications
Kids 4 Kids Publishing: Connecting Kids Across Continents
Lessons from My Grandfather
Motivating Urban Students to Become IB Learners
Moving a Mountain: How to Create Change
Multiple Intelligences in the Mathematics Classroom
Oakland University and the IB's New Teacher Award Scheme
Online International Collaborative Learning
Online Science Professional Development for IB Teachers
Open Forum for Heads of IB World Schools
Open Forum with IB Leadership
Peer Support Groups that Foster Academic Achievement
Planning Power: How to Get Your IB Ducks in a Row
Professional Learning Communities, Collaborative Teams, and the IB
PYP = AYP
Reader Response and Personal Responsibility
Refugee Children, Performance-Based Activities, and the Primary Years Programme
Refugee Students and the Diploma Programme: A Story of Two Schools
Rethinking Curriculum and Re-Energizing Teaching
Scaffolding the Exhibition in the Primary Years Programme
Service Learning 101
Sharing Strategies for Expanding Access: A Roundtable Discussion
Sowing Seeds of Greatness: Reculturing Urban Schools
Strategies for Seeking Legislative Support for IB Programmes
Success Strategies for Non-Traditional IB Students
Surviving Human Error
Talking Professional Development and School Services at IB North America
The Art of Questioning: A Basis for Decision Making
The IB Learner Profile as a Tool for Developing International Mindedness
The Importance of Play
The International Baccalaureate Career Certificate: A Tale of Two Countries
The Journey to Going Green
The Primary Years Programme as a Framework for National School Improvement
The Role of Additional Language Teachers in the Primary Years Programme
The Role of the IB Ombudsman
The Silk Road to Intercultural Awareness
Theory of Knowledge: From Perception to Action
Touchstones Discussions in the IB Classroom
Transforming the Inner-City IB Student into a World Citizen
University Recognition and IB: A Canadian Post-Secondary Perspective
Unpacking a Text, Unlocking a World
Update from the Director General: The Global Story
We Act, Therefore We Think: Learning Through Embodied Cognition
Weaving State Standards with Units of Inquiry
Weaving Web 2.0 into Classroom Practice
Where Exactly Do My Fees Go?
Will to Implement: Realizing the IB District-Wide for All Students