Spaces for Learning

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Today on Edunews Portal an article on innovative learning spaces appeared. It made me think about the role of a space and classroom arrangement in learning process. It is sth that fascinates me as there are many schools where it is prohibited to change the arrangement of tables. I found some rules for arranging effective learning spaces. They all underline the importance of flexibility, collaboration and stimulation of the environment we work in. I also found a guide on creating innovative learning spaces and some examples. Also some requirements in the Innovative Educator. How cool is that?!

TOK Truth

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Today we will be talking about truth. Firstly we will define the word truth using our personal definitions, then dictionary ones and then watching a short Ted-Ed lesson. We will also discuss if there is one truth and if it is easy to find the truth in todays world. We will use TED talk by Markham Nolan as an example.

After that we will discuss truth tests and play 2 truths and a lie. Fun or not?

WOK Talk

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Today we are going to play WOK Talk on TOK lesson. Yesterday my students were writing essays on ways of knowing and today I want them to have a little fun and play with them finding connections and practising their oral discussion skills. It is an activity taken from the TOK Course Companion by Oxford Pub. For each round you need a time keeper, a speaker and a judge. Each 3 of students gets a pile of 8 Woks. The speaker draws 2 WoKs and has 20 sec of prep time and 1 min of speaking time on how they interact. The speaker needs to speak non stop and give as many examples from AoK and personal knowledge as possible but also explain how they help or hinder one another. The judge marks the speaker and can award him up to 10 points (2 for every connection and example, one for speaking non stop and one extra for being lively or funny). The judge has 20 seconds to award the points. After that all participants of the group can add additional ideas for another minute and the turn for being a speaker goes left. Should be fun!