Roadtrip Nation Makes Their Mark
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...
ISKME Receives Matching Grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Incubate Big Ideas In Beta Initiative
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. Big Ideas Fest, a...
Building Knowledge and Practice through Supporting OER Adoption and Use
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. To address this critical need,...
STEMTech Highlights: Innovation in STEM Education
Overheard at 2011 STEMTECH 2011: “Technology doesn’t have to be scary - just innovative enough to make a change in how learners learn.”At the League for Innovation’s 2011 STEMTech Conference in Indianapolis, I attended workshops on innovations currently being used to...
Supporting OER Leaders with ISKME’s Fellowship Program
Applications Now Being Accepted for ISKME's OER Fellowship Program As we begin our third year of the OER Fellowship Program, I reflect on all of the inspiring collaborations that have taken place with our fabulous Fellows. ISKME began the OER Fellowship Program in...