Tag: IB education

When Cynicism Becomes a Commodity: Helping Students Recognize Marketed Identities, Emotional Influence, and Algorithmic Culture

July 2, 2026

My reflection on social media, adolescence, and the urgent need for emotional and algorithmic literacy There was a time when a slogan was just a slogan. A sentence on a T-shirt, a phrase on a coffee mug, a joke shared among friends, or a sarcastic comment at the end of a long day could remain … More When Cynicism Becomes a Commodity: Helping Students Recognize Marketed Identities, Emotional Influence, and Algorithmic Culture

AI and Assessment Redesign: Why Schools Must Move from Product Control to Thinking Evidence

May 6, 2026

For many schools, the arrival of generative AI has been treated as an academic honesty crisis. Teachers worry that students are using AI to write essays, complete homework, generate projects, solve problems, and polish responses beyond their actual level of understanding. These concerns are valid. But they are also only the surface of the issue. … More AI and Assessment Redesign: Why Schools Must Move from Product Control to Thinking Evidence

A Pedagogy of Play

March 20, 2026

Book Review As I turned the pages of A Pedagogy of Play ¹, I found myself pausing more often than usual—not because the ideas were difficult to grasp, but because they felt deeply familiar. It is one of those rare books that affirms what you already believe as an educator, while at the same time … More A Pedagogy of Play

Beyond Bloom: How Digital Tools Are Shaping Collective Thinking in Education

October 5, 2025

by Ramazan Dicle Prague, 05 October 2025 We are living through a quiet but profound transformation in how we think, learn, and build knowledge together. For decades, education has largely focused on developing individual cognition: helping learners understand, analyze, and synthesize information within their own minds. But what happens when we start thinking together—visibly, synchronously, … More Beyond Bloom: How Digital Tools Are Shaping Collective Thinking in Education

Rethinking School Feedback: From Data to Dialogue

May 19, 2025

Reading and watching Alan Smith’s insights on data literacy sparked a deep reflection on how data—particularly feedback—is used in educational contexts. Schools, ironically the institutions meant to model learning and ethical inquiry, often become arenas where data is collected uncritically, analyzed selectively, and then wielded to support decisions already made. In other words: feedback, once … More Rethinking School Feedback: From Data to Dialogue