THE ONLINE CURRICULUM CENTER Introduction

What is the OCC  The Online Curriculum Center features information about all areas of the IB program. There are three main divisions  Diploma Programme (DP)  Middle Years Programme (MYP)  Primary Years Programme (PYP)  Each program has a home page providing general information and news.  Each program has individual curriculum pages.

General info  Where is Econ listed?  Economics is listed under The Diploma program as follows: On the top menu: OCC home>DP home> Individuals and Societies>Economics  What’s on the OCC?  IBO publications –to view or download  The Economics Forum Ask questions about anything you need to know and get answers from other teachers as well as Manuel Fernandez View and participate in discussions about areas of interest  Access resources and teaching ideas that other teachers have posted and post your own ideas and resources.

What do you need to access the site?  You need the following:  Your school code  a user name  a password  Your School IB coordinator will provide you with your username and password.  Parts of the site require the following software:  Adobe Acrobat Reader  Macromedia Flash  Macromedia Shockwave  WinZip

Registration  When you log in for the first time, you will be asked to fill-in some information.  Name, address, job description, language preferences, and years teaching IB

IBO Publications  On the Economics home page you could access the following :  Detailed syllabus outline  IA guidelines, criteria and sample portfolios  Extended Essay guidelines and samples  Specimen for examination papers  Subject reports for various examination sessions  An Overview of the current developments in the Econ Syllabus as well as a questionnaire to get your feedback  And much more

The Economics Forum  On the LHS of the economics home page you will find an entry called ‘forum’  If you have a specific question, you could post it and wait for an answer  However, you could always start by searching for a keyword. Chances are, you will find that your question has been addressed in the past  You may also search for general areas of interest and follow the various threads you find

OCC Resources  On the LHS navigation menu, you will find an entry called ‘view resources’  These are resources recommended by other IB teachers.  You will also find that the resources are rated. You may also rate the resources and teaching ideas that you find on this link  This link allows you to view and download existing resources as well as add your own

Hands On The best way to explore the OCC is to spend some time playing around and following the various links Let us get started… OCC