by christens | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Innovation & Design Thinking, Innovation Team
by Patrick Benfield, Innovation Director at The Magellan International School The past few weeks, Austin was the epicenter of pioneering ideas in education during the annual SXSW Edu Conference and Festival, which “fosters innovation in learning by hosting a community...
by Scott Francis | Dec 15, 2017 | Featured, Magellan In Action
by, Scott Francis, CEO of BP-3 Global, Board of Directors Chair and Magellan Parent Tomorrow is our first day of school at Magellan for 2017-18 school year. My kids are too excited to sleep. I came across this post from November on “The PYP and the genie in a bottle”...
by christens | Jun 9, 2017 | Featured, Innovation & Design Thinking, Magellan In Action
by Mike Millard – Magellan Parent, Managing Director of MassChallenge Texas, and Founder of Pitch-A-Kid What skills do we need to teach now to make kids successful twenty years from now? What values do you want to instill in children from an early age that...
by christens | May 8, 2017 | Featured, Innovation & Design Thinking, Magellan In Action
Last week I was speaking to another parent on the playground about the Earth Day project I have been leading in Robotics Club. I used the phrase “design thinking” and she asked, “What does that even mean?” I had to pause for a moment to think of the most concise...
by magellanis | Apr 29, 2017 | Featured, Innovation & Design Thinking, Magellan In Action
Last week I was speaking to another parent on the playground about the Earth Day project I have been leading in Robotics Club. I used the phrase “design thinking” and she asked, “What does that even mean?” I had to pause for a moment to think of the most concise...
by christens | Jun 3, 2016 | Featured, Magellan In Action, Uncategorized
Magellan hosted Gary Kitmacher, Ed.D. from NASA on June 1, 2016 as its inaugural Innovator-in-Residence. Dr. Kitmacher spent the day with our community, including students, parents, board and administrators to discuss innovation and technology in education. The...
