av Moa Foss | nov 14, 2016 | active learning, alumni, Economy, entrepreneurship, Learning at VR Schools, students, vrg info
How can we make a good Business Studies Program great? This was the question we asked ourselves two years ago. Teachers and students and partners in our community were asked this question. Answers were debated in different forums. We studied other programs in...
av Moa Foss | nov 4, 2016 | active learning, Learning at VR Schools, math, students, technology, vrg info
For many years, students have used Quizlet to review basic concepts and definitions. And, teachers have used Kahoot for in-class interactive quizzes. This year, our math teachers have started using Quizlet Live to get the best of both worlds. Quizlet is a review tool...
av Moa Foss | okt 12, 2016 | active learning, English, international, Learning at VR Schools, students, vrg info
(guest bloggers: Kristine, Malva and Felicia) Over this past weekend, we had the opportunity to attend a Pro-Am BP debating tournament at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia. We traveled there as representatives of VRGD but also in conjunction with the...
av Moa Foss | okt 6, 2016 | active learning, international, Learning at VR Schools, staff, vrg info
In early October, all of the VRG Djusholm teachers traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark to think about and discuss how to create innovative learning environments (ILE). Through literature studies, school visits and disciplined dialogue in cross-curricular teacher teams,...
av Moa Foss | sep 25, 2016 | active learning, alumni, Economy, Learning at VR Schools, vrg info
On Thursday, September 22, VRG welcomed 15 new mentor companies to school to meet their year 2 Economy students. As defined in our vision for the Economy program, we want our students to have authentic and relevant learning experiences. When we studied our...
av Moa Foss | sep 5, 2016 | active learning, Learning at VR Schools, students, vrg info
VRG Economy students kicked-off their diploma projects last week in an unusual way – they left school. After a short theory introduction to the LEAN methodology, students were challenged to travel to new places in their community to investigate what type of...
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