IB Asia Pacific World Conference 2019│小学部PYP走入2019 IB 亚太会议

▲小学部PYP外籍副校长Lisa和她的助理王颖女士

The purpose of a conference like this is unite with colleagues from 40 different countries who are working towards the same goal so that we can meet, engage, learn and share experiences. It also gives us a chance to be inspired, feel confused, have concerns moderated and seek clarification. The other very valuable aspect is that we can find out about some excellent companies that support the delivery of our education through resourcing, both physically and technologically.

2019年3月24日-3月26日，来自40个国家的IB教育工作者齐聚一堂，怀揣共同的目标来到了2019 IB亚太会议，面对面地学习和分享经验。与此同时，座谈会给予了我们一个启迪思考、感知困惑、缓解担忧和寻求答案的机会。另一个非常有价值的方面是，我们找到了几家可以合作的高新技术教育公司。

We arrived in Hong Kong and enjoyed the warmer but damper air – a change is always a positive!! After registration, and throughout the following days, we were entertained by some local talent from IB schools to launch the Conference; drumming, dancing, a very engaging and graceful harp player and a charming choir that warmed our hearts with an enthusiastic rendition of Tim Minchin’s, “When I grow up” – must for our 2019 PYP Choir!!

On a more serious note, we had the pleasure of listening to a range of plenary speakers that created chills, made us tear up, invited curiosity and shocked us with statistics. We were indeed pushed from considering the daily life at school to thinking about the future for the children in our classrooms. As we move into an era of artificial intelligence, we stop and wonder, how can we prepare our babes for this new, unknown lifestyle. One of the most significant factors that impacted me was that in this new world, creative thinking, problem solving and leadership will be in greater demand.

The skills we will need to have a greater focus on can be seen on the photo below:

到达香港后，我们享受着温暖而潮湿的空气——这种与北京不同的气候给我们带来了另外一种感受。注册后，我们感受到了主办方的热情，他们预备了丰富的会议“热身”节目：在击鼓表演、跳舞展示、迷人且优雅的竖琴手与充满魅力的合唱团配合之下热情演绎出一曲蒂姆明钦的《当我长大了》，这支歌曲温暖了我们的心，我们2019的PYP合唱团一定要收录这首歌！

言归正传，我们有幸聆听了一系列会议发言者的演讲，他们的发言有些让人产生了寒意，有些让我们黯然泪下，有些引起我们的好奇心，大会上所展示的统计数据也让我们相当震惊。这一系列的讲座，让我们从考虑普通学校的日常工作转变到了考虑孩子们的未来。当人类步入人工智能时代时，我们不禁停下来思考，如何才能让我们的下一代适应这种全新的、未知的生活方式。让我深受影响的一点是，新的世界对创造性思维、解决问题和领导力的需求将会变大。

我们需要更多关注的技能如下图所示：

Jack Ma, Executive Chair Alibaba Group says, “If we do not change the way we teach, we will be in trouble in 30 years. We have to change to teach something unique that machines cannot catch up with so that in 30 years our kids will have a chance.” (2018)

Without a doubt, the future is unknown, however, we would be foolish to just throw in the towel! The definition of future-ready learning is an education that develops transformative competencies to empower students for an uncertain future and enable them to believe they can make the world a better place.

One of the final speakers shared stories of how he has encouraged students to take action – it was not about being charitable, but actually being empathetic. He posed 3 simple questions that I think we should all ask ourselves: Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?

正如阿里巴巴集团董事局主席马云先生所说:“如果我们不改变教学方式，30年后我们就会陷入麻烦。我们必须做出改变，教孩子机器无法替代的知识，这样30年后我们的孩子才有机会。”(2018)

毫无疑问，未来是未知的。然而，如果我们不去顺应改变，那我们就毁了我们的孩子。为未来做准备的学习被定义为一种培养变革能力的教育，这使得学生能够面对不确定的未来，并使他们相信自己能让世界变得更美好。

接近尾声时，一位演讲者分享了他如何鼓励学生们采取行动的故事——给别人服务不是一种施舍，而是用心去真正地学习和帮助他人。他提出了三个我们都应该扪心自问的简单问题：我活着吗？我心中有爱吗？我重要吗？

Each of the 3 days also had Breakout sessions where a range of topics were offered for leadership, cross program topics, PYP specific topics, authorization processes, program updates as well as companies sharing their technology platforms, assessment programs, and what to consider when furnishing a learning space!!! Ying and I made sure that between the two of us, we gathered information, made valuable contacts and asked for some suggestions from colleagues with greater experience.

在这三天的会议中，每一天都有分组讨论。讨论的主题涵盖领导力、跨项目主题、PYP特定主题、授权流程、项目更新、各公司分享他们的技术平台、评估项目，以及在提供学习空间时应该考虑的问题。我和王颖根据我们所收集的信息，联系对我们有帮助的供应商，同时也征求经验丰富的同仁的建议。

Needless to say, we are exhausted.

毫无疑问，这三天把我们累坏了。

We thank the School Administration Office sincerely for allowing us to attend the conference; it was a great opportunity and it allowed us to some professional learning of our own!

衷心感谢王府学校给了我们如此难得的机会参会。这次会议对于我们是一个很好的学习机会，也让我们获得了更多的专业知识！