by lpetrides | Jan 4, 2012 | Blog
Next Wednesday, January 11th, from 6:30pm-8:30pm, the Internet Archive and ISKME will co-host a conversation that explores the concept of custom schooling, which is a model of individualized teaching and learning experienced in class sizes of one to four students....
by chedgspeth | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
ISKME’s 3rd annual Big Ideas Fest (www.bigideasfest.org) was held this week in Half Moon Bay, CA, and as promised, creative doers and thinkers from diverse levels of education gathered to learn from and share with each other. This convening yielded creative,...
by swayne | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog
For the past three years, we have been delighted to host Roadtrip Nation and their students at Big Ideas Fest. When the famous green RV pulled onto the roof of the Ritz Carlton’s parking lot last Sunday afternoon, the first day of Big Ideas Fest 2011, we knew we...
by lpetrides | Dec 7, 2011 | Blog
Today, ISKME’s Big Ideas Fest got a shot in the arm from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with a $50,000 matching grant to incubate our new program, Big Ideas in Beta, which launched at this year’s Big Ideas Fest, Dec. 4-7 in Half Moon Bay. Today,...
by cynthiajimes | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog
ISKME’s OER Commons network unites teachers with a curated collection of over 30,000 open educational resources (OER). Providing access alone, however, does not empower teachers to integrate OER into K-12 classrooms and other settings. ISKME’s OER...
by chedgspeth | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog
Overheard at 2011 STEMTECH 2011: “Technology doesn’t have to be scary – just innovative enough to make a change in how learners learn.” Overheard at 2011 STEMTECH 2011: “Technology doesn’t have to be scary – just innovative enough to make a change in how...
