by Kyle Wagner | Nov 28, 2021 | Blog, Remote Learning
Lucy, a High school student in Betzy Orenos, Innovations Coach at Decroly Americano School’s class, suddenly stopped showing up to remote lessons. Betzy tried emailing. No response. Phone calls. Endless ringtones. Sound familiar? What happened to Lucy? Was she...
by Kyle Wagner | Aug 22, 2021 | Blog, Remote Learning
As we start a new school year, many of us have been thrust back into a digital space. And while it’s not ideal. It’s what we’ve got. The question for us as we return shouldn’t be: ‘How many days until things ‘return’ to...
by Rob Kilvington-Shaw | Jun 6, 2021 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects, Remote Learning, Resources
Robert Kilvington-Shaw, head of Visual Performing Arts and Middle School Music Teacher at the American International School in Hong Kong, reflects on integrating PBL into his teaching practice. The Scenario In the autumn of 2020, I had the opportunity to attend the...
by Kyle Wagner | Mar 14, 2021 | Blog, Remote Learning
It’s a late Wednesday evening and my facilitator team has just put the final touches on the ‘principles of entrepreneurship’ project. Students will each take on a business concept and see it through to completion; using revenue raised to help fund...
by Kyle Wagner | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog, Project Examples, Remote Learning
The Background When CoVid-19 first sank its teeth in last March, Bill and Alex, project mentors and coordinators of student-led Community Service And Action Projects at The International Montessori School of Hong Kong had two choices: Put the CAS (Community Action and...
by Kyle Wagner | Feb 14, 2021 | Blog, Project Examples, Remote Learning
How do you help High School students receive lost credit for classes they missed because of CoVid? This was the question PBL Innovators Denise and Jackie faced at the end of last year when CoVid was in its most contagious phase. They had two choices. Create study...