by Kyle Wagner | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog
High Tech High, my former school, and the most infamous place for project-based learning in the world does not consider itself a ‘PBL’ school. They consider themselves a dialogue school. As a young teacher at High Tech High 20 years ago, this confounded... 
by Kyle Wagner | Nov 7, 2022 | Project Examples, Projects
Project Summary: Over the course of eight weeks, students used hydroponics to grow herbs that were used to make dumplings. Why dumplings? When defined broadly as “dough that encases a filling” or “dough that sits on top of a filling,” this food is found and loved in... 
by Kyle Wagner | Oct 23, 2022 | Blog
That’s me above building a planter box with my wood shop mentor. You should have seen my first planter box. Soil leaked regularly out of the bottom. The wood cracked with the slightest bit of pressure. The plants had no room to grow their roots. Two out of three... 
by Kyle Wagner | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog
Should I let them fail? This is the question a PBL facilitator I coach called me up with three days ago. His current project ask students, in teams, to generate sustainable solutions for unused spaces on the campus they just moved into. In less than a week, teams... 
by Kyle Wagner | Sep 4, 2022 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects
This case study is shared in its entirety by Jonathan Bisson. Learn more about Jonathan in his bio following the case study. The Project I was teaching Literature at The Kildonan School back in 2018. My grade 12 World Literature class entered a PBL unit centered on...