by msimmons | Oct 3, 2012 | Blog
Applications are now being accepted for ISKME’s 2012-2013 OER Fellowship Program Applications are now being accepted for ISKME’s 2012-2013 OER Fellowship ProgramNext month we’ll embark on our fourth year of the OER Fellowship Program. Each fall we accept up...
by admin | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog
It is a new school year and I still find myself instinctively gearing up for the pace and rigor of starting a new year. Until a few years ago, my work was in California public schools, coordinating state-level student assessments, managing textbook adoptions and...
by msimmons | Sep 6, 2012 | Blog
Last week’s blog by ISKME’s Director of Research, Cynthia Jimes, focused on how institutions are supporting the development of social and emotional learning skills in students. This week we’ll get a glimpse of the work we at ISKME are doing to support skill...
by cynthiajimes | Aug 30, 2012 | Blog
My colleague Amee Godwin’s recent blog post about the importance of supporting students’ social emotional learning made me reflect on my own experiences as an undergraduate in journalism. In my junior year, while sitting in the student union wearing my uniform of...
by swayne | Aug 24, 2012 | Blog
Like most good conversations, it started over dinner. Like most good conversations, it started over dinner.This past October, my colleague Megan Simmons and I were in Chios, Greece facilitating Action Collabs for the inaugural Green Ideas Project. One night at dinner...
by agodwin | Aug 19, 2012 | Blog
Unpacking emotions to nurture student successAs my colleague Shenandoah Weiss outlined in her last post, Lessons for Learning, managing fear, cultivating trust, and encouraging creativity are all essential building blocks for productive, holistic learning. Unpacking...
