Letting Students Lead

Letting Students Lead

Students are leading collaboration and change at South San Francisco High School with Action Collabs. Students are leading collaboration and change at South San Francisco High School with Action Collabs.It is 11:00 pm on the last night of Big Ideas Fest and I am in...
Reimagining the Role of School Librarians with OER

Reimagining the Role of School Librarians with OER

Last month, my colleagues — ISKME CEO, Lisa Petrides, Director of Research and Learning, Cynthia Jimes, and Librarian, Letha Goger — published an article on The Role of “Open” in Strategic Library Planning, in the Education Policy Analysis Archives, which...
Big Ideas Impacting Teaching and Learning

Big Ideas Impacting Teaching and Learning

I recently had an opportunity to catch up with a member of our BIFnik community, Chula Vista High Tech High Director, Lillian Hsu. Lillian attended Big Ideas Fest in 2014 along with three teachers from her school. Lillian and her teachers utilized their time at Big...
Announcing the ISKME & 23andMe Learning Challenge

Announcing the ISKME & 23andMe Learning Challenge

ISKME and 23andMe invite educators to submit their ideas for ways to study life and social sciences using their own personal genetic information. Five winners will be selected to receive 23andMe kits ($99 value) and training that will enable them to create high...