End of the second semester: all revisions and missing assignments must be completed NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT on Tuesday, May 30th.
Week of May 21
Tuesday, May 22nd: Final reflection.
The end is just the beginning, or so the aphorism, goes whether you’re talking about the caterpillar or the end of the school year. To capture your current knowledge that relates to a year-long study of this course, please write with the intention of informing your future selves. Click here for the instructions. Upload your document to Google Classroom.
Thursday, May 24th: Letters to self. Letters to future ToK students.
In class today you will receive the letters you wrote to yourselves in January, at the turn of the year. Also, we will hand-write letters to next year's juniors taking ToK for the very first time.
Tuesday, May 22nd: Final reflection.
The end is just the beginning, or so the aphorism, goes whether you’re talking about the caterpillar or the end of the school year. To capture your current knowledge that relates to a year-long study of this course, please write with the intention of informing your future selves. Click here for the instructions. Upload your document to Google Classroom.
Thursday, May 24th: Letters to self. Letters to future ToK students.
In class today you will receive the letters you wrote to yourselves in January, at the turn of the year. Also, we will hand-write letters to next year's juniors taking ToK for the very first time.
Friday, May 18
Today we will complete the planning document for your IB records. Instructions are below.
Today we will complete the planning document for your IB records. Instructions are below.
- Download the blank PDF document “theory of knowledge presentation planning document” to your hard drive.
- Open the pdf from your hard drive enabling the ‘writeable’ parts of the document. You cannot write in the PDF file on Google Drive.
- Fill in the PDF document on your hard drive.
- When completed upload the PDF to the shared Google Drive folder with this file name protocol: “Lastname_firstname_hughes_2017-18”
- Name (or rename) your file with this protocol “last name_first name_title of your presentation”
- Upload to the shared folder accessible here
- Include notes if you wish to further clarify your slides
ToK Internal Assessment: The Presentation
The planning document
From the IBO: What is the presentation planning document (TK/PPD)? This document, as the name suggests, is the document used by the candidates to plan their presentation before delivery. The appropriate completion of this document is essential as it is used for the purposes of moderation of the teachers’ marks for the presentation. This document is not a mere administrative requirement, the successful planning of a presentation is likely to result a higher quality presentation and the TK/PPD plays a crucial role in moderation of the marks awarded by the teacher. The skeleton contents of the presentation must be evidenced in this document. It must show evidence of what the candidate will be expanding on during the actual delivery. Teachers must complete the teacher’s section of the document. Do all candidates have to submit a TK/PPD? Yes, all candidates must submit a TK/PPD to their teacher. What is external moderation? The internal assessment component of TOK, the presentation, is internally marked by the teacher using the assessment instrument published in the subject guide, and those marks are externally moderated by an IB examiner. Teachers submit a sample of the candidates’ TK/PPDs to the IB and these are used for moderation. Tuesday, April 24
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How to download, complete, and upload the planning document click that link
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Wednesday, April 18
Still on jury duty, but will return on Thursday Instructions for today
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April 16-20, 2018
Monday, April 16: Jury duty
Documents: Google slides of the mind mapping and KQ exercise used in the screencast |
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Wednesday, April 11th: Ideas for the RLS: adding your ideas to our collective knowledge
Click here to access the folder and add your ideas to the document for your class period: three or four
Click here to access the folder and add your ideas to the document for your class period: three or four
Choosing your RLS: real life situation. A few links to get you started in thinking about a RLS.
- Sinclair media group. The Daily podcast from the NYTimes. See Friday's podcast from April 6th
- Article: Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues
examples
Two ToK teachers explaining their 'road map' for the presentation. A solid, comprehensive set of instructions and guidelines.
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An example of a group presentation. I don't know what they scored. Good developments, though they had too many causing them to go over time.
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Single presentation.
Note: this is a PowerPoint with a narration voice-over. This is not a true presentation. How well do you think they did with extrapolating their KQ and developments? |
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Helpful documents for planning your presentation
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Grades and grade bands:
The IB Assessment Tool is the PDF document right. IB grade of 7, 8, 9, 10 = CHS grade 4 IB grade of 5, 6 = CHS grade 3 IB grade of 3, 4 = CHS grade 2 IB grade of 0, 1, 2 = CHS grade 1 |
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A repository of student presentations conducted in December/January.
Period One:
The Economics of the Arms Trade
Environmental Benefits of Modern Architecture
Period One:
The Economics of the Arms Trade
Environmental Benefits of Modern Architecture