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...
by Kyle Wagner | Aug 29, 2022 | Blog
So many teachers design projects in isolation. It’s understandable. 🙁 They feel like they don’t have time to get others on board. 🙁 More voices means potential disagreement on outcomes or processes. 🙁 They fear they won’t be able to deliver their... by Kyle Wagner | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog
“”I think there’s this misconception that there’s no structure in PBL, that it’s just kids fluidly moving towards the completion of projects, but as a facilitator, we know it’s highly structured, it’s just INVISIBLE.”-...