International Schools Blog

Already an ActiveLearn Secondary customer or currently trialling it with your students? Then this is article is for you!

Already an ActiveLearn customer or currently trialling it with your learners? Then this article is for you!

With over 1,000 registrations for our recent Translanguaging webinar (if you missed it, you can watch the recording on demand and download the slide deck), it’s clear that planning for multiple languages in the classroom is an important issue many of you want to know more about.

In their first article IB Diploma teachers Michele Lackovic and Ashley Busse shared tips for IB learners around the world to help minimise stress and maximise success in an educational landscape dominated by COVID-19. In this article, they explore how, by living the IB Learner Profile as part of their home learning, students can continue to develop themselves as active, compassionate and lifelong learners.

The current news about the global reach of the pandemic is devastating and it’s challenging at times to be optimistic about the next weeks and months. Yet the well-known saying ‘every cloud has a silver lining’ means that for every difficulty or setback, there is the potential for a beneficial outcome. By searching for something positive, we can begin to feel more hopeful.

David Grant, full-time writer and consultant, and former Head of English, shares his tips for teaching online at a distance during the coronavirus crisis.

At the moment, nearly half of the world’s population is living under lockdown. Millions of people are unable to go to work, and many are working from home for the first time. For some, working online comes with some benefits: there’s more flexibility, and many people are getting to spend more time connecting with loved ones. But for many teachers, who are used to spending their days standing in front of a class, working at home is a foreign concept – and it can be easy to fall into bad habits. 

As a result of the global spread of COVID-19, many international schools have temporarily closed their doors. Governments all over the world are restricting the movements of their citizens in order to curb the spread of the virus, and many teachers have found themselves unexpectedly teaching from home – some for the very first time. 

In times of crisis, how can you best reassure your learners? Here are four helpful tips.

With the pace of innovation accelerating, creative skills are helping learners participate and succeed as they join the workforce. But how do you encourage your learners to use their imaginations? Creativity is one of the most important 21st century skills – and also one of the most misunderstood.