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When Teachers and Standards Meet on Polar Ice: Inquiry, Literacy, and Rigor
ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning” project addresses teachers’ familiarity with Common Core standards and multi-disciplinary learning through their collaborative authoring of new and adapted curriculum The project is part of the Teacher Practice...
An Introduction to User Experience Design with Kendra Cunningham
From children’s lunch boxes to online learning platforms for educators, user-centered design informs the products and services we engage with everyday. Kendra Cunningham, ISKME’s User Experience Designer, works on improving the user experience of ISKME’s OER Commons...
Winning Teachers Announced in DNA Learning Challenge Prize
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- The four winners of the DNA Learning Challenge — an award to recognize the innovative use of personal genetics in teaching life and social science — were announced today.Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge...
Unleashing Innovation in Teachers
“In the future I am going to do something that scares me more often.” -Prior Big Ideas Fest 2014 Participant Reflections like the one above are what keep me coming back every year as a designer and facilitator of ISKME’s Big Ideas Fest — an annual immersion in...
The University of Nairobi enhances education for all with Open Educational Resources
UNESCO supported the University of Nairobi, Kenya, to transform four courses from static text into dynamic online learning materials and released with an open license that allows users to freely and legally access, use, and adapt the materials. The courses are hosted...