by Kyle Wagner | Jan 21, 2023 | Blog
Do you co-plan learning experiences with a teaching team? Learning experiences are SO much more powerful when co-designed with fellow educators. You get more voices in the room. Unique perspectives to pull from. Individual talents and expertise to incorporate.... 
by Kyle Wagner | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog
Returning back after a holiday break is exciting. Our staff and students are re-energized, refreshed, excited, and ready to take on a new semester of learning. So are we. As visionary leaders, our temptation is to capitalise on this new energy and introduce a strategy... 
by Kyle Wagner | Dec 12, 2022 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects
I just watched ‘Elf’ with Will Ferrell for about the 100th time this weekend. I love the scene with all of the elves hurriedly making and assembling toys to pack into Santa’s sleigh days before the holiday. Which gave me an idea… In the 5 days... 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...