Kyle Metzner is an Educator, Storyteller, and Head of the Work program at East Bay School for Boys where he runs the 21st Century workshop. The Work program develops empathy, stewardship, civic engagement, social entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and design/ build skills through projects that challenge students to problem-solve in social, creative, and building contexts. Kyle presents workshops around interdisciplinary integration at conferences around the country and always positions storytelling as his most useful tool. Prior to EBSB, Kyle spent 17 years in the field of design and fabrication, concentrating in the areas of architectural design, furniture design, art fabrication, and aerospace manufacturing. His work has appeared in Dwell, Architectural Digest, Metropolitan Home, and in the landing gear of the space shuttle Endeavor.
Previous Conferences
• Presenter: Maker Ed National convening; 2016 in Oakland, CA
• Presenter: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM); National Conference 2016 in San
Francisco, CA
• Participant: Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education Maker Ed convening;
2015 in Cambridge, MA
• Presenter: "Math, Making, and Designing Purpose" at Project Zero Perspectives: Making, Thinking,
Understanding Conference; October, 2014 hosted by Harvard Graduate
School of Education and CASIE (Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education) in San Francisco
• Facilitator: Design School X Envisioning Day at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
(d.school) April 2014 in Palo Alto
• Panelist, KQED hosted screening of Extreme By Design at Impact Hub; 2014 in Oakland
• Panelist: “Teaching Boys in the 21st Century” at the Boys to Men Education Series: A
Series for Educators and Parents to Support the Healthy Development of Boys hosted by East Bay
School for Boys; April 2014 in Berkeley
Publications
• Maker-Centered Learning (published by Jossey-Bass 2016 )
• Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond (published by Constructing Modern Knowledge Press 2016)