IBDP ANZ Meet: Role of ATLs and TOK in shaping AI-ready citizens

Corin Bone and Michael Murphy

3 min read

AI is changing the way schools and jobs operate, and this means the skills your IBDP students need to develop are definitely changing too!

As Federal Education Minister of Australia, Jason Clare points out, “AI tools are now as common as calculators and the internet.” So it’s no longer about how much students know before they step into the real world.

What’s essential is their ability to undertake meaningful research, critically evaluate AI’s output, and ultimately apply their learnings responsibly.

In other words, ATLs and TOK have become more critical than ever for 21st-century citizens – and it’s high time we prioritise them in the IBDP classroom!

Join IBDP leaders, Corin Bone and Michael Murphy, to discover:

Strategies to meaningfully cultivate students’ ATLs within the IBDP curriculum
Best practices for using ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in your TOK classrooms
How to use AI ethically and empower your students to be first-class humans, not second-class robots!

About the Sessions

Session 1

ATLs in the AI era: Integrating thinking and research skills into your curriculum

4:00 – 05:30 PM AEDT (90 minutes)

Join Corin Bone as he explores how ATLs seamlessly fit into the IBDP, especially in the age of AI. He will introduce a comprehensive ATL rubric, emphasising thinking and research skills, and provide strategies to help your students progress on the rubric. You will also learn how to reinforce these skills across subjects and tackle the primary challenges you may face in this process.

In this session, you will:

Identify what sets apart successful IBDP learners in terms of thinking and research skills
Learn how student self-reflection on ATL skills boosts metacognition
Explore strategies to build a school culture that effectively encourages the development of ATL skills

Corin Bone

Session 2

TOK, ATLs, and AI: A deep dive into the 21st-century IBDP classroom

5:45 – 6:45 PM AEDT (60 minutes)

Join Michael Murphy for a thorough understanding of generative AI’s capabilities and constraints in your IBDP classrooms. Michael will demonstrate how to use these tools in your theory of knowledge classes and explain why this way of thinking is important for using new technology in all subjects. Feel free to ask anything, disagree with what you learn, and suggest new ideas for teaching!

In this session, you will:

Discover ways to integrate generative AI tools like ChatGPT, in your IBDP classrooms
Understand methods to cultivate students’ ATLs when engaging with generative AI
Be inspired to apply the TOK framework across the curriculum groups in the IBDP

Michael Murphy

The Aus-NZ IBDP Meet

About the Sessions

ATLs in the AI era: Integrating thinking and research skills into your curriculum

In this session, you will:

TOK, ATLs, and AI: A deep dive into the 21st-century IBDP classroom

In this session, you will:

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