Action Collab Facilitator Training, August 5 – 6
We are pleased to announce the upcoming two-day Action Collab Facilitator Training, August 5th and 6th in San Francisco. This training is for those who want to learn how to facilitate design thinking that addresses real issues of innovation and change in education.The...
When Teachers and Standards Meet on Polar Ice: Inquiry, Literacy, and Rigor
ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning” project addresses teachers’ familiarity with Common Core standards and multi-disciplinary learning through their collaborative authoring of new and adapted curriculum ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core...
An Introduction to User Experience Design with Kendra Cunningham
From children’s lunch boxes to online learning platforms for educators, user-centered design informs the products and services we engage with everyday. Kendra Cunningham, ISKME’s User Experience Designer, works on improving the user experience of ISKME’s OER Commons...
Unleashing Innovation in Teachers
“In the future I am going to do something that scares me more often.” “In the future I am going to do something that scares me more often.” -Prior Big Ideas Fest 2014 ParticipantReflections like the one above are what keep me coming back every year as a...
Turn on, Tune in, Drop into Improv
We’ve built in “improv"–the improvisational method of achieving cooperation–into the DNA of Action Collabs that we offer at ISKME. Most recently, a writer from San Francisco’s KQED Mind/Shift called out our use of improv at our annual Big Ideas Fest. We’ve...