Twila Busby

by | Sep 1, 2021

Twila has more than 20 years’ experience in education, where she has been an advocate and trainer for Project Based Learning.
 
Most recently she has been the Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Shenzhen American International School which is the only wall to wall PBL school in Shenzhen.
 
During her time at SAIS she co-organized the Shekou School Maker Faire, facilitated Exhibitions of Learning, and was dedicated to guiding staff to design quality learning experiences.
 
While SAIS had one of the first dedicated school makerspaces, Twila promoted the idea that every classroom should be a makerspace, where academics support creativity and students bring their ideas into the physical world.
 
Twila holds a M.A. in Educational Psychology and prior to coming to China her work with school transformation led to her school receiving awards of Magnet School of Excellence and School of Distinction.

Zoom Reflectors

Using John Umekubo's (@jumekubo on Twitter) Pocket Document Camera design and Amazon boxes, Twila and Elisa Busby just finished cutting/scoring and gluing 120 reflectors for their Tucson, Arizona students. This device redirects a laptop camera from the student's face...

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