IB Voices

International Baccalaureate•www.ibo.org

Welcome to IB Voices, where IB students, educators, alumni and more with a passion for the International Baccalaureate share their stories and experiences.

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The DP at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Since becoming an IB school in 1997, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (or B-CC), has been named one of the best public high schools in Maryland and the United States. With the school year just starting, DP juniors Emma, Eden and Nene, and seniors Eli, and Cristina discuss the challenges and benefits of the DP curriculum, and how they feel about being a part of the global IB community.

Nov 25, 2019•19 min•Ep. 4

Mackenzie Kelley

During her final year as an undergraduate at American University, Mackenzie Kelley prepared a Fulbright Program application to build upon her research interests. Her efforts led to an award and after receiving a degree in biochemistry, she moved to the island of Barbados to study the influence of gender and culture on type 2 diabetes. Mackenzie joins us to share her experience and insights from the IB Diploma Programme at the American Community School of Abu Dhabi.

Oct 30, 2019•19 min•Ep. 3

Lynn Nanticha Ocharoenchai and the strike for climate

Nanticha “Lynn” Ocharoenchai is the 21-year-old student from Chulalongkorn University behind the Climate Strike Thailand movement, which is inspired by Greta Thurnberg’s Fridays for Future school strikes. Lynn joins us to share her drive for climate action, tips for organizing large grassroots movements and, of course, her IB experience!

Oct 03, 2019•20 min•Ep. 2

The DP at the Dwight School

In the inaugural episode of the IB Voices Podcast, Zach from the International Baccalaureate sat down with five impressive eleventh grade Diploma Programme (DP) students, Isolde, Malvika, Charlotte, Leah and Anish, to chat about their experience in the programme at The Dwight School in New York City, New York, the first IB continiuum school in the United States. The students started the conversation about New York City, and how it’s a unique and beneficial place to study an international program...

Sep 24, 2019•11 min•Ep. 1

The Big Understanding

Listen to learn more about how Melanie enables her students to make the connections between existing knowledge and new learning across the year, and how key and related concepts can transfer across units of inquiry and into everyday life. Melanie’s practical tips: Before collaboratively planning your unit of inquiry – ask yourselves these questions: a. What do we want the students to learn? What are our lines of inquiry and what are the important concepts within those lines of inquiry? b. Do we ...

Sep 16, 2019•17 min•Ep. 1

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