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While this is, technically, a quickcast to promote speakers and vendors at the #IBGC2025 in NOLA, its really an introduction to the IB North Americas' excellent initiative designed to encourage greater IB DP and CP participation. So, please use the overview shared by Phil Evans and the numerous links, to begin exploring how your school community could embrace a philosophy that all students deserve an IB education.

Who wouldn't want a student-centered pedagogy with inquiry, intellectual rigor, research and concept driven learning and instruction as the overall system for their students and teachers?

We also introduce Phil's excellent podcast 'Education by Design'. Check out the links below or find it wherever you get your podcasts.

Links:

School-wide adoption resources

To contact Phil or Chad at IBO

To explore the research on school-wide adoption

Research on the value of IB education

Education by Design blog

Phil on LinkedIn

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Podcast: Education by Design with host Phil Evans

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Continuing our series of quickcasts leading to the 2025 IB Global Conference in New Orleans, we feature Kognity, an IB partner organization. Chris Barres and Sian Steggles tell us about Kognity and their digital teaching and learning platform.

Kognity will also host a session entitled, 'Digital Dilemma! What do we really want from digital resources?' at 2:00 on Wednesday, July 16th in the St. Charles and Lafayette rooms.

Links:

Kognity.com

Free interactive trial of Kognity

RSVP to the Happy hour on Wednesday, July 16th celebrating their 10 year anniversary

Email IB Matters: IBMatters@mnibschools.org
Twitter @MattersIB
IB Matters website
MN Association of IB World Schools (MNIB) website
Donate to IB Matters

Podcast: Education by Design with host Phil Evans

IB Matters T-shirts (and other MNIB clothing)
To appear on the podcast or if you would like to sponsor the podcast, please contact us at the email above.

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This is the third of several 'Quickcasts' to introduce listeners to vendors and presenters at the 2025 IB Global conference in New Orleans. Here, we speak with Amnah Ejaz of Kialo Education, an online discussion platform. It's available free and will be featured in a booth at the upcoming IB Global conference in New Orleans.

They are also hosting Michael Dunn of TOK.net who will be speaking at a session entitled: 'Critical thinking in a polarized world'. His session will be in the St. Charles & Lafayette rooms at 11:15 Thursday, July 17th.

If you are unable to attend, please check out the links below and/or look up the presentations after the conference on the IB website.

Links:

Kialo Education

Demo of Kialo at work

Theory of Knowledge.net

Email IB Matters: IBMatters@mnibschools.org
Twitter @MattersIB
IB Matters website
MN Association of IB World Schools (MNIB) website
Donate to IB Matters

Podcast: Education by Design with host Phil Evans

IB Matters T-shirts (and other MNIB clothing)
To appear on the podcast or if you would like to sponsor the podcast, please contact us at the email above.