Transcript ATL*s in the Personal Project

ATL’s in the
Personal Project
Learning Intention/ Success Criteria
Students will be able to
explain the different ATL
skills, and identify 3 ATL’s
that they are going to focus
on throughout their project
Students will be able to
select the 3 ATL skills that
they will focus on
throughout their project
and explain why they have
selected those ATL skills.
What are the
ATL’s?
Approaches to Learning Skills
According to IB:
“Over time, students should develop a clear
and sophisticated understandings of how they
learn...This kind of self-regulated learning
helps students:
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Reflect purposefully on their learning
Understand the diversity of human learning needs
Evaluate and provide evidence of their learning
Prepare for further study and responsible participating in
local and global communities”
From Principles into Practice
Approaches to Learning Skills
Skills that reflect how you learn now and in the future
Self-Management
Communication
Social
Thinking
Research
Self - Management Skills
Initiating one’s own learning through management of
time, tasks, and deadlines
Organizational Skills
▧ Meeting
deadlines
▧ Setting
challenging
realistic goals
▧ Create plans to
prepare for
assessments
Affective Skills
▧ Practice
concentration
▧ Practice
strategies to
reduce stress
and anxiety
▧ Demonstrate
persistence and
perseverance
Reflective Skills
▧ Try new skills
and evaluate
their
effectiveness
▧ Reflect on skill
development
Social Skills
Effectively and respectfully collaborating
Collaboration Skills
▧ Take responsibility for one’s own actions
▧ Advocate for one’s own rights and needs
▧ Listen actively to other perspectives and
ideas
▧ Give and receive meaningful feedback
Communication Skills
Exchanging thoughts, messages and information
(written, spoken, and visual forms) effectively through
appropriate interaction
Communication Through
Interaction
▧ Use intercultural
understanding to interpret
communication
▧ Use a variety of media to
communicate to various
audiences
▧ Negotiate ideas and
knowledge with peers and
teachers
Communication Through
Language
▧ Make inferences and draw
conclusions
▧ Use and interpret a range of
discipline specific terms and
symbols
▧ Organize and depict
information logically
▧ Find information for
inquiries
Research Skills
Finding, interpreting, and judging appropriate
media to create ideas and information to present
in a variety of formats and platforms
Information Literacy
▧ Collect, record, verify
data
▧ Make connections
between various forms
of information
▧ Collect and analyze
data to make informed
decisions
Media Literacy
▧ Use information from
a variety of sources
and media
▧ Seek a range of
perspectives from
multiple and varied
sources
▧ Make informed
choices
Thinking Skills
Analyze issues and develop creative solutions
within multiple contexts
Critical Thinking
▧ Draw reasonable
conclusions and
generalizations
▧ Consider ideas
from multiple
perspectives
▧ Revise
understanding
from new
information
Creative Thinking
▧ Use brainstorming
to create new
inquiries
▧ Consider multiple
alternatives
▧ Create original
works and ideas;
use existing works
and ideas in new
ways
Transfer Skills
▧ Apply skills and
knowledge in
unfamiliar
situations
▧ Compare
understanding
across multiple
perspectives
▧ Inquire in different
contexts to gain
perspective
So what do the
ATL’s have to do
with the Personal
Project?
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“MYP projects are culminating activities
through which students present, in a truly
personal way, their development of
approaches to learning (ATL) skills.”
MYP From Principles to Practice
ATL Skills Throughout Personal Project
Investigating
▧ Communication
▧ Thinking
▧ Research
Taking Action
Communication
Social
Thinking
Planning
▧ Communicating
▧ Thinking
▧ Social
Reflection
Communication
Thinking
Through the Entire Project
Self Management
Activity
As each ATL is reviewed, do a short
reflection on that ATL skill on the
handout provided. This will help you
select the ATL skills that you want to
focus on through the process of
completing your Personal Project
Self - Management Skills
Initiating one’s own learning through
management of time, tasks and deadlines
Things to think about:
▧ How have you done in the past with turning
assignments in on time?
▧ How well do you manage your time to complete
assignments on time?
▧ Do you use your agenda to make smaller,
manageable deadlines for yourself?
Social Skills
Effectively and respectfully collaborating
Things to think about:
▧ How well do you ask for help when you need it?
▧ How effectively do you give and receive meaningful
feedback?
▧ Do you always take responsibility for your own
actions when working within a group?
Communication Skills
Exchanging thoughts, messages and information
(written, spoken, and visual forms) effectively
through appropriate interaction
Things to think about:
▧ How well do you communicate with your peers?
▧ Do you use your cultural understanding to look
at things through multiple perspectives?
▧ Do you organize and depict information
logically?
Research Skills
Finding, interpreting, and judging appropriate
media to create ideas and information to present
in a variety of formats and platforms
Things to think about:
▧ When researching, do you use a variety of
resources?
▧ When researching how do you make connections
between a variety of sources?
▧ How do you make informed decisions based on
information collected?
Thinking Skills
Analyze issues and develop creative solutions
within multiple contexts
Things to think about
▧ Do you consider ideas from multiple perspectives?
▧ How well do you apply knowledge from previous
experiences to new ones?
▧ How do you revise your understanding from new
information?
Selecting your
ATL’s
Process Journal Entry
Analyze your self-evaluation and select three
ATL’s that you will focus on throughout this
project
In your process journal (on managebac)
respond to the following prompt:
Which of the ATL’s are you focusing on? For each,
ATL skill, how do you currently assess yourself, and how
will you show growth in that ATL skill throughout your
project?
Action Steps Next Week
Continue to reflect on your ATL skills
Begin to research information to help you reach your goal!