PenPal Schools is committed to supporting IB learners of all age and ability levels!
IB programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners. PenPal Schools supports the IB learner profile and IB's mission statement to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
PenPal Schools helps IB educators connect students with peers from 150 countries to learn together through collaborative online projects. Students learn about the world through topics ranging from human rights and environmental sustainability to robotics and literature. Topics are offered in English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese. Teachers and students from Iraq, and Mexico to the United States, Russia use PenPal Schools to target crucial academic skills ranging from writing and reading comprehension to digital citizenship and social & emotional skills. PenPal Schools helps IB educators foster international mindedness and prepare students to be capable collaborators across cultures.
IB programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners. PenPal Schools supports the IB learner profile and IB's mission statement to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
PenPal Schools helps IB educators connect students with peers from 150 countries to learn together through collaborative online projects. Students learn about the world through topics ranging from human rights and environmental sustainability to robotics and literature. Topics are offered in English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese. Teachers and students from Iraq, and Mexico to the United States, Russia use PenPal Schools to target crucial academic skills ranging from writing and reading comprehension to digital citizenship and social & emotional skills. PenPal Schools helps IB educators foster international mindedness and prepare students to be capable collaborators across cultures.
Primary Years Program & PenPal Schools
PenPal Schools supports PYP students through transdisciplinary project-based learning units of study. Through PenPal Schools, PYP students connect with peers from around the world to develop international mindedness and respect towards others. PYP students grow as lifelong learners through the design, creation, and publication of original projects. PenPal Schools projects follow students through their PYP experience and can be used in student portfolios.
PenPal Schools helps PYP educators make global connections easier than ever to bring to the classroom. PYP teachers can provide students with personalized feedback by customizing assessment criteria ranging from reading comprehension and writing skills to and social and emotional learning. Some of the most popular PenPal Schools topics for PYP include World Explorer, Protecting the Planet, and Explorers and Adventurers, and Walking to Freedom.
PenPal Schools helps PYP educators make global connections easier than ever to bring to the classroom. PYP teachers can provide students with personalized feedback by customizing assessment criteria ranging from reading comprehension and writing skills to and social and emotional learning. Some of the most popular PenPal Schools topics for PYP include World Explorer, Protecting the Planet, and Explorers and Adventurers, and Walking to Freedom.
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Hortencia Juarez, IB Coordinator from Harlingen CISD in Texas, describes the impact PenPal Schools is having on students in her IB candidate schools.
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Middle Years Program & PenPal Schools
PenPal Schools supports MYP students through transdisciplinary project-based learning units of study. Through PenPal Schools, MYP students make practical connections between their studies and the real world as they they explore topics like immigration, politics, and civil rights with their peers around the world. MYP students often put their knowledge into action and design service projects that help members of the community. PenPal Schools even helps MYP students make global connections in STEM topics like geometry, algebra and both natural and physical science. Many MYP students choose to include PenPal Schools projects in their student portfolios.
PenPal Schools helps MYP educators make global collaboration and real world context an easy addition to every academic subject. PenPal Schools also helps MYP educators support student learning through customizable assessment criteria that range from reading comprehension and writing skills to digital citizenship and social and emotional learning. Some of the most popular PenPal Schools topics for MYP include Facts, Opinions, and Fake News, World Religions, American Perspectives, A World of Geometry, Plant and Animal Adaptation, and Robotics.
PenPal Schools helps MYP educators make global collaboration and real world context an easy addition to every academic subject. PenPal Schools also helps MYP educators support student learning through customizable assessment criteria that range from reading comprehension and writing skills to digital citizenship and social and emotional learning. Some of the most popular PenPal Schools topics for MYP include Facts, Opinions, and Fake News, World Religions, American Perspectives, A World of Geometry, Plant and Animal Adaptation, and Robotics.
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MYP coordinator Linda Johnson from Texas explains how PenPal Schools supports their IB program
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Diploma Program & PenPal Schools
Through PenPal Schools, DP students build on existing academic knowledge through digital lessons, collaborative discussion with peers around the world, and self-guided research. PenPal Schools helps DP students design transdisciplinary projects that have a real world impact. DP students use PenPal Schools to lead service projects, become storytellers, develop relevant career skills, and create art.
PenPal Schools helps DP educators by making global connections and project based learning available in every academic subject. PenPal Schools also helps DP educators support student learning through customizable assessment criteria that range from reading comprehension and writing skills to digital citizenship and social and emotional learning. Some of the most popular PenPal Schools topics for DP include Race in America, The World Through My Eyes, World News, Financial Literacy, and Joining Forces for the Environment. Additionally, PenPal Schools supports DP students as they learn target foreign languages as many topics are available in French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese.
PenPal Schools helps DP educators by making global connections and project based learning available in every academic subject. PenPal Schools also helps DP educators support student learning through customizable assessment criteria that range from reading comprehension and writing skills to digital citizenship and social and emotional learning. Some of the most popular PenPal Schools topics for DP include Race in America, The World Through My Eyes, World News, Financial Literacy, and Joining Forces for the Environment. Additionally, PenPal Schools supports DP students as they learn target foreign languages as many topics are available in French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese.
