1. ATL’s in the Personal Project

2. Learning Intention/ Success Criteria
Students will be able to explain the different ATL skills, and identify 3 ATL’s that they are going to focus on throughout their project
Students will be able to select the 3 ATL skills that they will focus on throughout their project and explain why they have selected those ATL skills.

3. What are the ATL’s?

4. Approaches to Learning Skills
According to IB:
“Over time, students should develop a clear and sophisticated understandings of how they learn...This kind of self-regulated learning helps students:
Reflect purposefully on their learning
Understand the diversity of human learning needs
Evaluate and provide evidence of their learning
Prepare for further study and responsible participating in local and global communities”
From Principles into Practice

5. Approaches to Learning Skills
Skills that reflect how you learn now and in the future
Self-Management
Communication
Social
Thinking
Research

6. Self - Management Skills
Initiating one’s own learning through management of time, tasks, and deadlines
Organizational Skills
Meeting deadlines
Setting challenging realistic goals
Create plans to prepare for assessments
Affective Skills
Practice concentration
Practice strategies to reduce stress and anxiety
Demonstrate persistence and perseverance
Reflective Skills
Try new skills and evaluate their effectiveness
Reflect on skill development

7. Effectively and respectfully collaborating
Social Skills
Effectively and respectfully collaborating
Collaboration Skills
Take responsibility for one’s own actions
Advocate for one’s own rights and needs
Listen actively to other perspectives and ideas
Give and receive meaningful feedback

8. Communication Skills
Exchanging thoughts, messages and information (written, spoken, and visual forms) effectively through appropriate interaction
Communication Through Interaction
Use intercultural understanding to interpret communication
Use a variety of media to communicate to various audiences
Negotiate ideas and knowledge with peers and teachers
Communication Through Language
Make inferences and draw conclusions
Use and interpret a range of discipline specific terms and symbols
Organize and depict information logically
Find information for inquiries

9. Research Skills
Finding, interpreting, and judging appropriate media to create ideas and information to present in a variety of formats and platforms
Information Literacy
Collect, record, verify data
Make connections between various forms of information
Collect and analyze data to make informed decisions
Media Literacy
Use information from a variety of sources and media
Seek a range of perspectives from multiple and varied sources
Make informed choices

10. Analyze issues and develop creative solutions within multiple contexts
Thinking Skills
Analyze issues and develop creative solutions within multiple contexts
Critical Thinking
Draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations
Consider ideas from multiple perspectives
Revise understanding from new information
Creative Thinking
Use brainstorming to create new inquiries
Consider multiple alternatives
Create original works and ideas; use existing works and ideas in new ways
Transfer Skills
Apply skills and knowledge in unfamiliar situations
Compare understanding across multiple perspectives
Inquire in different contexts to gain perspective

11. So what do the ATL’s have to do with the Personal Project?

12. “MYP projects are culminating activities through which students present, in a truly personal way, their development of approaches to learning (ATL) skills.”
MYP From Principles to Practice

13. ATL Skills Throughout Personal Project
Investigating
Communication
Thinking
Research
Planning
Communicating
Thinking
Social
Taking Action
Communication
Social
Thinking
Reflection
Communication
Thinking
Through the Entire Project
Self Management

14. Activity
As each ATL is reviewed, do a short reflection on that ATL skill on the handout provided. This will help you select the ATL skills that you want to focus on through the process of completing your Personal Project

15. Self - Management Skills
Initiating one’s own learning through management of time, tasks and deadlines
Things to think about:
How have you done in the past with turning assignments in on time?
How well do you manage your time to complete assignments on time?
Do you use your agenda to make smaller, manageable deadlines for yourself?

16. Effectively and respectfully collaborating
Social Skills
Effectively and respectfully collaborating
Things to think about:
How well do you ask for help when you need it?
How effectively do you give and receive meaningful feedback?
Do you always take responsibility for your own actions when working within a group?

17. Communication Skills
Exchanging thoughts, messages and information (written, spoken, and visual forms) effectively through appropriate interaction
Things to think about:
How well do you communicate with your peers?
Do you use your cultural understanding to look at things through multiple perspectives?
Do you organize and depict information logically?

18. Research Skills
Finding, interpreting, and judging appropriate media to create ideas and information to present in a variety of formats and platforms
Things to think about:
When researching, do you use a variety of resources?
When researching how do you make connections between a variety of sources?
How do you make informed decisions based on information collected?

19. Analyze issues and develop creative solutions within multiple contexts
Thinking Skills
Analyze issues and develop creative solutions within multiple contexts
Things to think about
Do you consider ideas from multiple perspectives?
How well do you apply knowledge from previous experiences to new ones?
How do you revise your understanding from new information?

20. Selecting your ATL’s

21. Process Journal Entry
Analyze your self-evaluation and select three ATL’s that you will focus on throughout this project
In your process journal (on managebac) respond to the following prompt:
Which of the ATL’s are you focusing on? For each, ATL skill, how do you currently assess yourself, and how will you show growth in that ATL skill throughout your project?

22. Action Steps - Next Week
Continue to reflect on your ATL skills
Begin to research information to help you reach your goal!