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This workshop is designed for teachers who are new to the IB Maths Studies course and aims to help delegates familiarise themselves with the make up and philosophy of the course. We will look at the administrative and creative elements involved with delivering this course and delegates should go away with lots of good ideas for their classrooms. To each other, to the course, to the IB learner profile and philosophy. This session should help delegates to have a sound overview the requirements of the course. Making use of popular maths and context. Bringing Maths Alive and making it topical. Introduction to the Internal Assessment element of the course, marking and moderating. Following on from the previous session, we will look at getting projects started, helping students with ideas for projects and management strategies. What are we working towards? Familiarisation with the paper 1 and paper 2 formats for the external assessment at the end of the course. Teaching the course! The most important thing we do. In these sessions we will be looking at good ideas for teaching the syllabus. Delegates will design tasks in the second session for us all to take away. Books, websites, software and web 2.0. We will have a look at the resources we have at our disposal to support the teaching of the course and how they can be used. Getting familiar with this important tool for Maths Studies. What can be done? How is it done? This session is reserved for addressing issues we have not been able to during the workshop, answering remaining questions and a final splurge on good ideas! It is strongly recommended that delegates bring a wireless enabled laptop (and check the details with their technicians) to take a full part in the course. Having reserved a place on the workshop, delegates should receive a questionnaire to gather information about their backgrounds and needs for the course. The course outline may vary from the above in response to information gathered from the questionnaires.
 * Overview **
 * Agenda **
 * 9:00 **** – 10:30 Session 1 ****– **** – Introductions **
 * 11:00 **** – 12.30 Session 2 ****– **** – Popular Maths  ****– **** – Maths in the media **
 * 13:30 **** – 15:00 Session 3 ****– **** – Internal Assessment 1 **
 * 15:15 **** – 16:45 Session 4 ****– **** – Internal Assessment 2 **
 * 9:00 **** – 10:30 Session 5 - Exams **
 * 11:00 **** – 12.30 **** – 13:30 **** – 15:00 Session 6 and 7 **** – Task design **
 * 15:15 **** – 16:45 Session 8 **** – Resources **
 * 8:30 **** – 10:00 Session 9 **** – The Graphical Display Calculator **
 * 10:30 **** – 12:00 Session 10 **** – Roundup **