Our Mission

The mission of Ningxia Dragon Student Ambassadors is to provide an international project-based participatory learning experience that:

• Improves language and media literacy skills
• Enhances cross-cultural creativity and innovation by developing critical thinking skills
• Focuses on 21st century collaboration and communication skills
• Builds story telling, persuasion, and presentation skills for US and Chinese students


Project-based educational programs will be delivered to teams that combine Chinese and US students through online, interactive environments making maximum use of social media, social production, collaboration, and communication (text, audio, video) tools. New School Student Ambassadors has fully developed and piloted joint US-Chinese participatory learning, project-based programs using open source course management, electronic portfolios, and activity management systems.


Through a network of collaborating professionals and organizations, we support teacher/coaching professional development in both China and the US. Our participatory learning programs are designed to have a positive effect on increasing cross-cultural educational experiences, developing student global awareness and cultural sensitivity, improving creativity and innovation through cross-cultural teamwork, solving real-world problems, and simulating 21st century working relationships in a global knowledge economy.


The online project-based learning activities are designed to serve as preparation for exchange trips and face-to-face visits between participating Chinese and US students. Through a unique collaborative relationship with Chinese organizations aimed at improving educational opportunities in impoverished regions, our US-Chinese student exchange will focus on the sustainability of sensitive cultural, economic, and environmental ecosystems, and prepare US and Chinese students for international education programs and meaningful work in a knowledge economy.