A call to action

Koen Timmers

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About the Talk

Want to send your students’ messages to Mars? Koen Timmers explains how you can do that.

Teaching through technology has really upgraded in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemics and distance learning is not a buzz word anymore. Rather, it is the reality of current times. Although it may replace the classroom, technology will never replace the teacher! It is how we interact with the technology and how we choose to use it to support learning and develop connections, that makes the difference.

In his Keynote from the PYP Leaders Boot Camp, Koen shares his perspective on how technology can be used to enhance learning and suggests frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of applications. He expands on one particular case where technology has been used to connect students and teachers across the world: the Climate Action Project.

Highlights you don’t want to miss

Unpack powerful frameworks and tools to design authentic inquiry in a virtual setting
Explore the power of meaningfully designed global projects such as the ‘Climate Change Project’
Discover examples of authentic synchronous and asynchronous online learning

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Speaker

Koen Timmers

Executive Director of TAG inc., Researcher, Lecturer and Author

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.

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Koen Timmers

Koen is a Belgian researcher, lecturer, and author. In 2018 he was announced as one of the best teachers globally by Bill Gates as part of the Global Teacher Prize. Koen is Executive Director of TAG inc., a 501(c3) non-profit registered in USA (Florida) and is lecturer and researcher at the Teacher Training department at PXL university college Hasselt. In 2020 he built his own 2 schools in the camp in partnership with UN Refugees Agency. He also launched several global educational projects focusing on several UN Sustainable Development Goals including the Climate Action Project involving 100,000 schools over 90 countries Koen developed Innovation Lab schools in Tanzania, Kenya, Palestine and in collaboration with several organizations including Dr. Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots. Koen is a Microsoft Expert Educator Fellow, winner of the HundrED award, National Geographic Certified Educator and TeachSDGs founding ambassador.

Inquiry-based Learning, Leadership

A call to action

Want to send your students’ messages to Mars? Koen Timmers explains how you can do that. Teaching through technology has really upgraded in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemics and distance learning is not a buzz word anymore. Rather, it is the reality of current times. Although it may replace the classroom, technology will never replace the teacher! It is how we interact with the technology and how we choose to use it to support learning and develop connections, that makes the difference. In his Keynote from the PYP Leaders Boot Camp, Koen shares his perspective on how technology can be used to enhance learning and suggests frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of applications. He expands on one particular case where technology has been used to connect students and teachers across the world: the Climate Action Project.