by Kyle Wagner | Dec 22, 2019 | Blog
There I was, Friday morning, thirty minutes before my first exhibition of student learning. Materials were spread haphazardly across the room with several students fighting over the lone glue gun to piece together the remaining parts of their model civilizations. I...
by Kyle Wagner | Dec 10, 2019 | Blog
One of the most common questions I get from schools I work with is, ‘How do I motivate the unmotivated student?” And while my knee- jerk reaction would be to insist there is no such thing as an ‘unmotivated student;’ I’ve been an educator...
by Kyle Wagner | Dec 1, 2019 | Blog
Last week I told you about the incredible students pictured above. Together they knit over twenty scarves for elderly members of their community without ever having knit before. How were they able to do it? Was it their resourcefulness? Perseverance? Prior...
by Kyle Wagner | Oct 15, 2019 | Projects
School: Yew Wah International School of Rizhao Project Summary: The related challenges that the children were involved in were as follows; Rainwater Harvesting challenge, Organic Garden-farming in a local village, Recycling, Reducing and Reusing challenge,...
by Kyle Wagner | Oct 2, 2019 | Projects
School: ETU Beijing Project Summary: Students will use the scientific process to hypothesize, investigate and eventually grow a school garden. In the process, students will learn about local flora and fauna; climate patterns and growing seasons in Beijing; function...
by Kyle Wagner | Sep 30, 2019 | Projects
School: International Montessori School of Hong Kong Project Summary: Students in year 6 were tasked with designing an animal habitat for a lower year pet. Pets included lizards, fish, and even an iguana! Students used the design process in order to best understand...
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