by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog
“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...
by admin | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog
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....
by agodwin | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog
ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning” project addresses teacher isolation by building networks of collaborators. The project is part of the Teacher Practice Networks Initiative, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ISKME’s...
by admin | Jan 31, 2015 | Blog
Talk about Big Ideas Fest success stories. Ashanti Branch walked off the stage at Big Ideas Fest 2014 and onto the stage at Sundance Film Festival in early 2015, where he premiered his documentary, The Mask You Live In. Talk about Big Ideas Fest success stories....
by msimmons | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog
The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers; he’s the one who asks the right questions.- Claude Lévi-Strauss The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers; he’s the one who asks the right questions.- Claude Lévi-StraussDo you...
by msimmons | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog
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...
