ISKME Blogs

Lisa Petrides, Ph.D.    December 01, 2016
  Our vision for Big Ideas Fest has always been to break through the comfort zone of typical education conferences—with the goal of creating a space to empower educators, catalyze collaboration...
ISKME    November 21, 2016
  We are thrilled to announce ISKME's partnership with the Ever Forward Club to kick off Big Ideas Fest 2016. Young men from The Ever Forward Club along with Founder Ashanti Branch, will conduct...
ISKME    November 04, 2016
  As we put the final plans into place for ISKME’s 8th annual Big Ideas Fest, we are pleased to announce our partnership with the Born This Way Foundation and Intel’s Hack Harassment Initiative...
ISKME    October 18, 2016
  Our director of Action Collabs, Andrea Saveri chatted with facilitator Emily Simas to learn about her experience. Action Collab facilitators see the Big Ideas Fest (BIF) from a unique...
ISKME    September 06, 2016
To kick off the school year, ISKME is hosting a Back to School Haiku Competition. Educators are invited to create an original haiku that describes how they will support student success this year,...
ISKME    August 09, 2016
  We caught up with Bryan Lakatos, Director of Technology & Innovation at The Miami Valley School in Dayton, OH. In addition to being a two time BIFnik, Bryan attended our recent Action...
ISKME    July 26, 2016
  We love having educators come to Big Ideas Fest for the first time. When they come back year after year and bring their colleagues, it's even better. We caught up with Colorado Education...
ISKME    July 06, 2016
Last month, OER research got some serious air time. I attended a convening of researchers, school district leaders, state departments of education, and funders at the National Science Foundation in...
ISKME    May 16, 2016
It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the...
Erin O'Connell    May 03, 2016
It’s not often that we see evidence for the claim that a small group of people can make enormous leaps in understanding and problem solving in a short amount of time, but that is exactly what ISKME’s...