Fusion 10

There's not been a lot of activity on this blog for Fusion MKIV, I will admit. What I'm hoping, is that this post gets some wider circulation because, as we jack into the matrix full time, we need help. Let's back up and give some background. Fusion is a cohort of grade 10 students at St George's School who devote their year to...

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Fusion MKIV, the fourth iteration of our Grade 10 STEM cohort, is off to a very quick start this year! After getting to know each other and learning the basics of design thinking back in June at our retreat, we jumped into a very public design challenge at the Vancouver Maker Faire on the weekend.  With the prompt, "How might we design an...

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OK, so the intent was to blog every day, but that was clearly an unrealistic goal.  I got caught up in the day to day busyness of our time in Waterloo and reading the students reflections on their own blogs.  This post is more about final reflections on the trip and the students themselves with some more photos from the trip. I have...

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The last few days have been busy with all sorts of fun and activity.  So much so, in fact that I've gotten behind in writing my blog posts!  Apologies for that.  This post will fill in some blanks and provide some images and video.  Hopefully, you've been keeping up with the student blog posts and keeping up with us all and getting more...

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Today seemed to be all about keeping multiple balls in the air.  We started the day with an introduction to our program coordinators and then launched into a ball challenge that involved passing a soccer ball between every member of Fusion in under 10 seconds.  But, of course, there are rules around how the ball may get passed that make this a much...

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While not a terribly exciting day, Fusion MK3 has now landed at the University of Waterloo.  The boys were very effective at napping on planes, busses and in airports.  Once we landed and get settled in our dorms, we had a great walking tour of the campus and a pizza dinner.  The boys are now relaxing before hitting the hay a little on...

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We're so excited to be launching into the third year of our Fusion Cohort programme at St George's School.  Not only are we beginning to see the legacy of the the work students have started during their Fusion year, but the third iteration of the programme is allowing us refine, reflect, and revise the way the year roles out for our boys. The...

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