Thursday 24 September 2015

ORAL INTERACTIVE 4 IB INMIGRATION




Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor was living in Afghanistan — until his risky work forced him to leave the country. But for Batoor, a member of a displaced ethnic group called the Hazara, moving home to Pakistan proved dangerous too. And finding a safer place wasn't as simple as buying a plane ticket. Instead, he was forced to pay a human smuggler, and join the deadly tidal wave of migrants seeking asylum by boat. He documents the harrowing ocean trip with powerful photographs.

Wednesday 23 September 2015

ORAL INTERACTIVE 4 IB GENDER PREJUDICES


How would you react in a situation like this? 
Would you act in the same way?
Can you explain why this happens?
Do you think that when discrimmination affects men nobody really pays attention to it?



Yes, we all know it’s the right thing to do. But Michael Kimmel makes the surprising, funny, practical case for treating men and women equally in the workplace and at home. It’s not a zero-sum game, but a win-win that will result in more opportunity and more happiness for everybody.

Sunday 20 September 2015

For the 1IB interactive oral, based on a listening resource for science and tech option.

Is BIG BROTHER already at our homes?
Are these all advantages of advance and technology?
What other questions come to mind when you watch this video?
Does technology always make our lives easier?

https://www.facebook.com/Arch2OMagazine/videos/887379071273454/?fref=nf

Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds — within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as "smart" as a human being. And then, says Nick Bostrom, it will overtake us: "Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make." A philosopher and technologist, Bostrom asks us to think hard about the world we're building right now, driven by thinking machines. Will our smart machines help to preserve humanity and our values — or will they have values of their own?