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SSIS High School Engineering Challenge: Rock the Boat!

Post author:Jeff Nesmith
Post published:August 29, 2018
Post category:Education Video Vietnam

⛵🌊🛥🌊🚢🌊🚣There are already great things coming out of the new I.D.E.A. Center at Saigon South International School. Evan Weinberg—Secondary STEM Coordinator—recently came up with a new Engineering Challenge for his High School Robotics and Engineering Technology Class. The assignment: build a boat with limited time, limited materials, and limited revisions. Students were not only responsible for designing and assembling a boat with cardboard, duct tape, and just a few other items; but also testing their boat’s “seaworthiness” out on the water.
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“You Can’t Sell Sameness, Part 2”

Post author:Jeff Nesmith
Post published:May 31, 2018
Post category:Education Final Cut Pro Post Production SE Asia Video Vietnam

You Still Can’t Sell Sameness

This is a quick update to my previous blog post about the importance of differentiation in our marketing efforts. There are many things that all international schools have in common. For instance, SSIS offers the IB Diploma program—which is a great thing. Our closest competitors in the area offer the same program. So while this is something that prospective parents/families put a high value on, it’s not necessarily what makes us stand out from the crowd. But when you mention that we offer both IB and AP, ears perk up. (more…)

Project Based Learning in Kindergarten

Post author:Jeff Nesmith
Post published:December 8, 2017
Post category:Education SE Asia Video Vietnam

Yesterday, I had the inside scoop on a certain party going on in a certain Kindergarten class, so I stopped by to take some shots. Ms. Charlotte’s class put together the coolest project-based unit around the concept of Appreciation. And much of this project was designed by the kids along the way! The sad part is that my son, Dominic, got sick and barfed all over the playground about an hour before the party. And he was really looking forward to it. 🙁

But the show must go on! Congratulations to Charlotte on another job well done; she is really a gift to our family and our school. Check it out:
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