by Kyle Wagner | Jul 26, 2020 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects
Story of PBL Transformation: Community Food Truck When I met with the 5th grade team at Park Maitland, a small school in Orlando, Florida, they were hoping project-based learning could better develop their students as community problem solvers. And while they...
by Kyle Wagner | Jul 12, 2020 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects
When Anne Robinson, the instructional coach at Gompers Charter School in San Diego approached me, she was hoping her teachers could develop projects that better connected students with the surrounding community. The major challenge was that teachers had no prior...
by Kyle Wagner | Jul 9, 2020 | Blog, Resources
After a few conversations with school leaders across East Asia, I learned that the #1 thing keeping them up at night is configuring next year’s master schedule. It makes sense. How do you configure a master schedule with teachers stuck across the world, new laws...
by Kyle Wagner | Jul 9, 2020 | 12 Shift Video Series, Blog, Resources
Do you remember what your classroom looked like when you were a kid? I remember my 8th grade Social Studies classroom well. There were fifteen tables, all aligned in neat rows, that faced the front. I sat next to my best friend at a table in the back. Our teacher, an...
by Kyle Wagner | Jul 8, 2020 | 12 Shift Video Series, Blog, Resources
With many students now only attending 1/2 days at school because of CoVid-19, learning will no longer be confined to the classroom. Learning will require a community effort. Imagine your students connecting and partnering with the community to tackle complex...