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What’s After Next?
Being innovative is the must-have quality of any successful leader in the competitive for-profit sector, but that attribute is generally not mentioned as often with regard to those who lead nonprofit organizations. Maybe that is beginning to change. Being...
What Are Open Educational Resources?
Though the term "open educational resourcs" has become widely used in recent years, not everyone is clear on exactly what it means. Though the term "open educational resourcs" has become widely used in recent years, not everyone is clear on exactly what it means....
7 resources for open education materials
Shrinking school budgets and growing interest in open content has created an increased demand for open educational resources. According to the FCC, "The U.S. spends more than $7 billion per year on K-12 textbooks, but too many students are still using books that are...
Back to School Haiku Competition
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, using the haiku structure of 5 syllables for the first line, 7 syllables...
Next Generation Science Standards Aligned Open Simulations and Tools
For many, the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) means a required shift and different approach to teaching. A shift from teaching science facts, vocabulary and figures to a more integrated, engineering, design focused and inquiry-based...