by Kyle Wagner | Jul 19, 2024 | Blog
Last week we discussed the benefits we provide our learners when we give them voice and choice around the work they complete. How about when they are working collaboratively to complete work/projects/assignments? How do we help facilitate productive teamwork? Ensure...
by Kyle Wagner | Jul 13, 2024 | Blog
Last week we discussed how to move beyond the siloes of our classroom, and move inquiry into the real-world. Utilizing expertise from other subjects, real professions, co-collaborators and the community. What about the work students produce? What if it moved...
by Kyle Wagner | Jul 10, 2024 | Blog
Last week we discussed what happens when we guide learning with inquiry vs. content. What happens when we allow that inquiry to move beyond the siloes of our classrooms? Four adults huddle around a large writable table with a stack of Post-Its in their hand. One...
by Kyle Wagner | Jun 15, 2024 | Blog
Last week we discussed the agency we unleash when we invite learners and the community to co-design with us. What happens when we guide learning with inquiry vs. content…. One hundred students stood huddled together, trying to keep warm in an abandoned field in...
by Kyle Wagner | Jun 8, 2024 | Blog
How might you co-design learning experiences in the 2024-2025 school year? Linda Amici harnessed the power of co-creation by inviting her Year 5 students to plan around what she described as her “most hated academic standards”: Ancient Western Civilizations....
by Kyle Wagner | May 21, 2024 | 12 Shift Video Series, Blog
This post is submitted in its entirety by Mariann Beagrie, an MYP Teacher at Beijing City International School, Beijing. One of the most effective ways to enhance a student’s learning is to give them agency in their learning. In practice, this means using strategies...