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Big Ideas in Beta: ISKME As Incubator
Eagerly awaited at Big Ideas Fest 2012 was an update from our three Big Ideas in Beta 2012 teams, whose projects originated at Big Ideas Fest 2011, and who had spent the year meeting regularly to develop their kernel of an idea to the next stages. The three teams...
Craving Questions at Big Ideas Fest
As Big Ideas Fest 2012 comes to a close under a soft canopy of clouds in Half Moon Bay, a frenetic buzz resounded inside the walls of the main ballroom with its 200 participants. Even after three days of intense listening to Rapid Fire speakers and collaboration on...
Dispatches From the Field: Big Ideas Fest
Carie Page Dec 7, 2012 This week, NGLC staff headed west to attend Big Ideas Fest, an annual gathering of teachers, policymakers, funders, and researchers dedicated to surfacing “big ideas” in education. After three days of networking, we left inspired, refreshed, and...
Big Ideas Fest Engages Half Moon Bay Teachers
Cabrillo District teachers attend Big Ideas Fest, an annual convening of innovators in education, redesigning the future of education. By Christa Bigue December 4, 2012 An “Education Renaissance” is happening in Half Moon Bay this week, and Cabrillo Unified...
Conference Gives Green Light to Ideas
Educators collaborate to solve problems By Sara Hayden [ sara@hmbreview.com ] Since Sunday, teachers have been in class, or something like it. The Big Ideas Fest hosted at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, brought out about 240 people from across the United States to...