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The team has created accounts on certain how can they be put to good use?

AI sites, receives weekly newsletters on AI
How do you optimize them?
applications and tools, and provides training The team has created accounts on certain AI
for teachers, notably on ChatGPT. sites (Discord or Fliki, for example), receives
weekly newsletters on AI applications and
tools, and provides training for teachers,
Why did you decide to obtain Positive notably on ChatGPT. The aim was to respond
Discipline certification? to their legitimate concerns and questions,
We realized that our school had been applying while experimenting with students who were
the principles of Positive Discipline from particularly keen to try out all these new features.
the outset. That’s why we undertook this
certification process. Over a two-year period, Teachers have thus demonstrated in their
teachers, administrative staff and management classrooms the limits of ChatGPT if its use is
underwent a demanding training program. We devoid of any analysis or critical eye, proving
are thus the first private school in Switzerland to to their students that they know more than
be awarded the Positive Discipline label for all this chatbot.
its sections (Primary, Secondary I, Secondary
II) by the Positive Discipline Association. At the start of the 2022 academic year, you
launched a course of study that is unique in
The school is renowned for its commitment to French-speaking Switzerland: the Maturité
digital technology. The Moser Lab was founded + IBDP double diploma. What does it
in 2020. Can you tell us something about it? comprise?
This commitment is deeply rooted in our DNA. IBDP (International Baccalaureate Diploma
Just imagine, the Geneva School acquired its Programme) emphasizes the importance of
first computer, a Honeywell Bull terminal, in exploring the relationships among school
1977! The Moser Lab is our innovation center subjects and raising students’ awareness of
dedicated to new educational dynamics. It international realities by going beyond the
strives to be a point of convergence, dialogue framework of each discipline.They also strive
and stimulation, connecting the needs of users to multiply opportunities to establish links
and students, IT technologies, pedagogical between learning and the world. In this way,
research, the know-how of teaching staff and they coincide with the Moser School’s open,
the School’s areas of development. Since 2020, active and multilingual approach.
the Lab has been rolling out the MOVE24
(Moser Virtual Experience 2024) training In practical terms, the majority of IBDP disciplines
plan in line with the digital PER (Plan d’études overlap with those of the maturitée, regardless
romand, Education numérique) launched at the of the type chosen: bilingual English, bilingual
beginning of the 2023 school year. We’re also German or classical. The Maturité project is
looking at the use of VR headsets in educational equivalent to the IBDP Extended Essay.
sequences to illustrate and enhance courses.
The team identifies and selects relevant footage In fact, only two subjects are new compared
already available, forges partnerships with to the Maturité: TOK (Theory of Knowledge),
creators and broadcasters, and eventually plans taught in English, which teaches students to
to develop its own material. Finally, the Lab become more aware of their points of view and
produces dozens of tutorials (Book Creator, assumptions; and CAS (Creativity, Activity,
Comic Life, cyberthreats, Quizlet, Word etc.) Services), which involves students in a range
to enrich the training catalog for students, of activities throughout their studies.
teachers and administrative staff.
Find out more about the School’s training
Are you even at the forefront of AI thinking? courses, fees and pedagogical principles by
Today, the Lab is prospecting and testing consulting the www.ecolemoser.ch and www.
various AI tools along two avenues of thought: ecolemoser.ch/education websites.

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