Some big ideas start small. This year’s Big Ideas Fest focused on “Education Innovation for a Small Planet,” and it was a little different from previous years. Located here in Half Moon Bay, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education deserves praise, not just for embracing change, but for embodying it.

Some big ideas start small. This year’s Big Ideas Fest focused on “Education Innovation for a Small Planet,” and it was a little different from previous years. Located here in Half Moon Bay, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education deserves praise, not just for embracing change, but for embodying it. Many changes were small, but they went a long way toward improving what is already one of the most enlightened education conferences in the country (right here in Half Moon Bay!).