by Kyle Wagner | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog, Projects
Story of PBL Transformation: Creating Eco-Friendly Busses When I first met Hirotake Wang as a facilitator/ co- founder of Futures Academy at The International School of Beijing, I knew he was special. At 12 years old, he was already trilingual, a standout tennis...
by Kyle Wagner | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog
It’s the late afternoon with the sun just beginning to make its descent on the horizon. The foreign language teacher sits at her desk in a cramped corner of her bedroom/ makeshift office; her computer screen opened to a new Zoom window. One of her fifty 10-year-old...
by Kyle Wagner | Nov 19, 2020 | Blog, Projects
How do you ensure the mental, social and emotional well- being of students when you can’t even see them in person? This is the challenge Mark Myers, a secondary Physical Education teacher faced when he arrived to his quarantined hotel in Ulabaantar, Mongolia....
by Kyle Wagner | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog
I am sure your plate is overflowing during this unprecedented time of CoVid. But I’m also sure as the innovative, forward thinking leader you are, you are also considering how to use this unprecedented time to create unprecedented learning experiences for kids....
by Kyle Wagner | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog
Do you have a hard time managing student projects? You aren’t alone. Projects are messy. Unlike traditional learning, they don’t follow a neat, scripted linear pathway with teacher generated lessons, worksheets, calendars and paper/pencil assessments....
by Kyle Wagner | Oct 16, 2020 | Blog
I vividly remember the first time I was observed on that warm, sunny Wednesday morning at 9 am. I was a fresh, 22 year old bright eyed and bubbly Middle School Social Studies teacher in my very first classroom. The lesson topic for that morning; ‘The achievements of...