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Crafting Strong Central Ideas in the IB PYP

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Cindy Blackburn
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About the talk:

Central ideas can unify teams around the big ideas and goals for a unit of inquiry. In this interactive webinar, Cindy will walk you through a 5 step collaborative process for designing central ideas. Take a deep dive into Cindy’s strategy that sets the stage for meaningful transdisciplinary learning and collaboration, and come away with tools you can use with your teams to plan powerful units of inquiry! 

Get access to the padlet with central ideas populated during the session here.

In this session you will

  • Explore the role of central ideas in collaborative planning
  • Engage with a 5 step process to co-create a strong central idea
  • Access tools to evaluate and modify central ideas

Speaker
Cindy Blackburn
Director of Learning and Engagement, Toddle
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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Cindy Blackburn
Cindy has a Masters of Education in Teacher Leadership and has worked as an PYP educator and coordinator internationally for the past ten years. She currently works as the Director of learning and engagement at Toddle and specializes in developing resources to support teachers and leaders in honing their practice and understandings, to make the PYP simple, actionable, and above all else, joyous.
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Crafting Strong Central Ideas in the IB PYP
Central ideas can unify teams around the big ideas and goals for a unit of inquiry. In this interactive webinar, Cindy will walk you through a 5 step collaborative process for designing central ideas. Take a deep dive into Cindy’s strategy that sets the stage for meaningful transdisciplinary learning and collaboration, and come away with tools you can use with your teams to plan powerful units of inquiry!