Pamela Usai (she/her)
@Pamela_Usai
IB Educator & English Teacher in ๐ฒ๐จ | #BOOKS ๐ | SEL๐ง , inclusive, GAMES!-based classrooms ๐ค๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | MUN ๐บ๐ณ | #representationmatters | (opinions my own)
๐ MYP โMiniโ Community Project - encouraging to see our Year9/MYP3 students investigating needs in the community and developing solutions and products to address them! ๐ญ @ibmyp @ISMonaco @laValeBazza



Next week, ISM hosts 6 girls from Afghanistan's Youth Womenโs National Football Team. ๐ฆ๐ซโฝ๏ธ After escaping the Taliban, they now inspire from Portugal. Join us for โThe Breadwinner' on June 5! ๐ฌ Sign up: t.ly/SGCqF Learn their story here: t.ly/1ctf4 โก๏ธ
Huge congrats to our teachers who presented at Practical Pedagogies 2024 in Cologne over fall break! ๐ฉ๐ช @Pamela_Usai explored Gamifying the Secondary Classroom, and @amelia_sm shared insights on AI in UDL classrooms. Well done! ๐๐
๐ก T-2 days to @pracped 2024! Excited to host a session on Games-Based Learning - (and play an escape room). See you in Cologne! ๐ฉ๐ช #pracped #practicalpedagogies



Year 11 fun in the immersive room today with an #EscapeRoom activity led by @Pamela_Usai and @VipulaSharma1! ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐งญ๐
๐ ISM was thrilled to attend the #IBGC2024 in Budapest, gaining key insights into the future of the @iborganization! Special shoutout to @Pamela_Usai for her session on games-based learning & @amelia_sm for her session on UDL for inclusion in the @ibmyp classroom! ๐๐
Time to set up for an escape room with @ClassVR and @ThingLink_EDU for @Pamela_Usai Yr11 students. Love your Games Based Learning passion and your creativity Pam. Will the students be able to escape in time for lunch?
๐ first Oxford, now Budapest, and then Cologne! Grateful everyday I get to have an inspirational and supportive teacher-bestie like @amelia_sm ! ๐ญ canโt wait for our next adventure! #lifelonglearners @ISMonaco

๐ญ๐บ Greetings from our team at the @ibo IB Global Conference, Budapest! #IBGC2024 @Pamela_Usai @amelia_sm
#IBGC2024 ๐ grateful to have presented on Games-Based Learning to enthusiastic and like-minded peers ๐น๏ธ @ibmyp @ISMonaco



Tomorrowโs the day! ๐ #IBGC2024 come by for games-based learning strategies in the MYP classroom! #lifelonglearner @ibmyp @ISMonaco

T-3 to #IBGC2024 Budapest! Can't believe I get to share my love of all things games within an educational context in my breakout session: Press Start! Games-Based Learning within the MYP Inquiry Cycle ๐ฎ. Especially grateful to @ISMonaco in supporting my passion. @VipulaSharma1

Great start to the morning as I got a sneak preview of @Pamela_Usai session โPress Startโ game based learning within the @ibmyp #IBGC2024 This is going to be an amazing session!
๐ Throughout October, ISM is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth! ๐ A big shoutout to Georg, one of our library assistants in Year 10, for preparing a fantastic booklist of fiction and non-fiction resources available in the library and English classrooms. Well done! ๐
Lifelong learning in progress with the MYP Personal Project! ๐ญ ๐ looking forward to better supporting our students @ISMonaco @ibmyp #IBPD



Less than two months to go! Looking forward to presenting ๐น๏ธon games-based learning @pracped pracped.net/u/Pamela_UsaiUโฆ
Journals printed and lessons prepared - weโre ready to begin our MYP3 Community Project journey! ๐ @ibmyp @ISMonaco

Thank you to everyone in our community for making this school year so special! As we head into the summer, we wish you wonderful summer holidays! โ๏ธ We look forward to kicking off the 2024-25 academic year in our brand-new school in Testimonio II this September! See you then! ๐
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Pride Month at the MS Hub ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @ISMonaco

Excited to share that Iโll be presenting a breakout session at #IBGC2024 in Budapest ๐ญ๐บ on the topic of Games-Based Learning as part of the MYP Inquiry Cycle @iborganization @ibmyp @ISMonaco canโt wait to see you there! #lifelonglearner
