**IB DP Diploma Programme updates 2024-2027 ** Welcome to the Diploma Programme updates, the new name for Coordinator’s notes. The name change has been introduced as a result of feedback from stakeholders and to reflect the fact that this regular publication contains important information for the whole IB community. This more compact publication features content that is brand new or especially relevant for the forthcoming assessment session. The decision to remove older content was made as a result of discussions with stakeholders. All previous editions of the Diploma Programme (DP) Coordinator’s notes and Programme updates are available on the Programme Resource Centre at DP resources > Implementation > Information for coordinators > Diploma Programme updates. Please send any feedback on the new look to support@ibo.org. In addition to contacting schools directly, the International Baccalaureate (IB) will post updates regarding upcoming assessment sessions or curriculum amendments on the IB website, ibo.org. Schools and educators are reminded that official IB information is published through the Programme Resource Centre. Resources shared through social media and other channels are unofficial. For general IB news and information—for example, research news and professional development (PD) opportunities—please refer to the monthly newsletter IB Global News. Coordinators will automatically receive newsletters via email using the email address they have entered into the IB information system (IBIS)

IB DP Academic integrity policy Academic integrity is a guiding principle in education and a choice to act in a responsible way whereby others can have trust in us as individuals. It is the foundation for ethical decision-making and behaviour in the production of legitimate, authentic and honest scholarly work. Academic integrity goes beyond a definition and a well-structured school policy; it should also be part of an “ethical culture” of any educational institution, be that a primary school or a university. It is an obligation that must be embraced and fostered by the entire school community, so students continue their future life, whether in higher education or in the workplace, in strict adherence to this principle. Fostering an academic integrity culture, and a personal positive attitude towards it, requires the design of a school strategy that combines policies and good academic practice, while understanding the fundamental dimension it has in the authentic construction of meaning and learning in all IB programmes. The guiding principle of academic integrity can be seen as built up from a number of simpler concepts in education, that can start early during the Primary Years Programme (PYP), be reinforced during the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and cemented later through the Diploma Programme (DP) and Career-related Programme (CP). Expectations should be clearly communicated and modelled at an age-appropriate level so that all IB students understand: • their responsibility for producing authentic and genuine individual and group work • how to correctly attribute sources, acknowledging the work and ideas of others • the responsible use of information technology and social media • how to observe and adhere to ethical and honest practice during examinations. Educators supporting IB students in their learning should understand their own central role in developing the approaches to learning and reinforce the principle of academic integrity through all teaching, learning and assessment practices

IB DP Artificial intelligence (AI) tools – common questions and concerns The simple answer is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) are software tools—with ChatGPT being one example— that can respond to a request (or prompt) with an answer that creates a humanlike conversational dialogue. So, for example, if an AI tool is asked “What started World War 2?”, then it would provide several, detailed paragraphs—just as if you had asked a human that question. AI tools such as ChatGPT are different to search engines which direct you to webpages that could answer your question. Dramatic improvements in AI tools have taken place over the last few months and many people have been surprised at the quality of what they can produce. Though others see it as superficial and there are many questions around its limitations, accuracy and bias.

Lesson Plan and Full Lesson 6: Use two’s complement to represent positive and negative 8-bit binary integers. • Convert a positive binary or denary integer to a two’s complement 8-bit integer and vice versa • Convert a negative binary or denary integer to a two’s complement 8-bit integer and vice versa