The Exhibition Online PD - Staging and reporting the exhibition and final reflections

Reflect on your own learning and how it will determine the way you lead the PYP exhibition at your school. Post your reflection when you upload the final version of your planner to the module forum.

I have really enjoyed participating in this course and being able to share strategies and ideas with other IB educators. As Rebecca has mentioned above this course was very timely as we are just beginning the PYP Exhibition process at our school for 2018. I have therefore already been able to implement some of the new resources we have made and share some of the ideas discussed with my other colleagues. My own understanding of the five essential elements of the PYP has been strengthened through our activities, readings and discussions and this has helped me to develop my students understanding. I already feel more organised for this exhibition because of the way we have developed our planners and have put together personal timelines. The readings that we have engaged with have reminded me of the information and support that is out there from other IB educators. This has motivated me to find out more and continue to develop my practice. I have thoroughly enjoyed learning alongside all of you and would like to thank everyone for their contributions.

Before completing the final task for this workshop, we will do some preliminary reflections on some of the concepts, skills and contents that we developed through these four weeks.

In order to do that, you will need to reflect upon:

• three skills you developed during this workshop

• two key concepts

• one attribute of the IB learner profile and

• one action you will be taking as soon as you complete your workshop.

Share any other reflections and comments that you would like your peers to read before we all say goodbye in the conclusions task of the workshop.

• three skills you developed during this workshop

Communication: This is the first online course that I have participated in. I have learnt to communicate my thoughts and ideas clearly with others in this type of forum.

Organisation: I have developed several tools throughout this course to aid with the organisation of our exhibition but have also developed my own ability to be organised and complete all activities during the busy weeks we have currently been having.

Collaboration: Even though our school works very collaboratively already, it has been fantastic to work alongside Hayley and Rebecca (both in different teaching teams from my own) to create a collaborative planner and tools that will benefit our school’s exhibition.

• two key concepts

Form & Function: Throughout this course my understanding of the PYP exhibition process has developed and grown. I understand what each stage is like and have a better grasp on how it all works.

Connection & Perspective: The connections made with others throughout this workshop have had a huge impact on my practice and have encouraged me to look at things through different lenses. I feel I have a new creative way of looking at the exhibition process and hope to share this enthusiasm with my students.

• one attribute of the IB learner profile

Open-minded: Discussing and sharing ideas and strategies with other IB Educators throughout this course has definitely opened my eyes to a whole range of new ideas and ways of doing things. I look forward to implementing many of these in my own school and to continuing to find out more!

• one action you will be taking as soon as you complete your workshop

I will be implementing all of the new knowledge and strategies learnt throughout this course into our school’s PYP exhibition process which we have just begun working through with the students. I am excited to share my new findings with our other colleagues to strengthen our PYP practice.