Gearing Up for MYP Projects: Personal Project

Patrick Ong

< 1 min read

The MYP projects are an opportunity for students to engage in self-directed learning, exploring areas of interest through a cycle of inquiry, action and reflection. Through these explorations, students also demonstrate and strengthen their ATL skills. At this Toddle Talk, you’d get to understand your role as a project supervisor better. Take away actionable insights, and inquire into tools for fostering deep learning with projects.

Session: Personal project with Patrick Ong

The personal project is the culminating project for MYP students in Year 5. The project allows students to work toward a learning goal and showcases their learning journey. Join independent school consultant, Patrick Ong, as he unpacks student inquiry in MYP personal projects.

In this session, you will:

Examine the 2021 personal project objectives with a specific focus on ATL skills
Understand how ATL statements can apply in the personal project
Explore tools & strategies for supporting students with goal setting

Related Resources
Check out the other track for Gearing up for MYP projects: Community project with Nadia Abdallah.

Speaker

Patrick Ong

Independent school consultant and university lecturer

Disclaimer - This event is organised independently of and not endorsed by the IB. Toddle’s events and webinars are organised to enable an exchange of practices and ideas within the educator community and are not a replacement for official IB workshops. Views and opinions expressed by the speakers are their personal views and should not be construed as official guidance by the IB. Please seek assistance from your school’s IB coordinator and/or refer to official IB documents before implementing shared ideas and strategies in your classroom.

Up next: Related articles, talks and more

Back

Patrick Ong

Patrick Ong is an independent consultant who works with schools seeking to develop international programmes of study. He is also teaching courses at the University. Over the past decade, he has taught and supervised MYP and DP courses and projects/extended essays. He has also served in an advisory role to a Head of School for IB matters, and led IB schools as Academic Dean, Head of Secondary and Dean of Schools. Patrick has been part of the IB Educator Network since 2012, presently functioning as an MYP, DP and continuum workshop leader. In the past, he served as the IB’s Recognition ambassador to the Philippines and worked as an MYP assistant examiner for Personal Project, Design and Interdisciplinary.Patrick holds a bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Communication Technology Management from the Ateneo de Manila University. He is presently pursuing further studies at the University of the Philippines Open University.

MYP Personal Project, MYP Projects

Gearing Up for MYP Projects: Personal Project

Session 1: Personal project with Patrick Ong

The personal project is the culminating project for MYP students in Year 5. The project allows students to work toward a learning goal and showcases their learning journey. Join independent school consultant, Patrick Ong, as he unpacks student inquiry in MYP personal projects.

Session 2: Community project with Nadia Abdallah

The community project is the culminating project for MYP students in Year 3. Students work together to take action and serve their communities, building crucial life skills in the process. Join education consultant, Nadia Abdallah, as she delves deeper into introducing the IB MYP community project to students, and promoting authentic learning