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George Lakoff: Neural Binding Can Nurture Big Ideas
“Every idea that you have is physical — because you think with your brain,” said keynote speaker, George Lakoff, during the closing session of Big Ideas Fest. In outlining what that meant to the educational community, the well-known cognitive linguist and UC Berkeley...
Caine’s Arcade Video Wins Education Prize: ISKME Announces First “Big Ideas Fest Innovation in Action” Award
(Half Moon Bay, CA) – Caine’s Arcade – a short film by Nirvan Mullick about a 9-year-old boy’s cardboard arcade that’s received over 7 million views since it was posted online April 9, 2012 – is the recipient of a new annual education prize called the Big Ideas Fest...
Debut of OER Commons Arabic Expands Global Reach of Open Educational Resources
(Half Moon Bay, CA) – Today marks a shift toward expanded access to open educational resources (OER) for the Arabic-speaking world, with the launch of OER Commons Arabic. Developed by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), the Arabic...
Dept. of Education Funds Project Supporting Expanded Level of Disability Access
November 30, 2012 (Half Moon Bay, CA) – The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has recently funded a project dedicated to helping people with disabilities personalize a “one-size-fits-one” approach to...
Music, Art and Imagination Focus of Big Ideas Fest
Music, Art and Imagination Focus of Big Ideas FestEducation Renaissance in Half Moon Bay, Dec. 2-5November 27, 2012 (Half Moon Bay, CA)--Naif Al-Mutawa, founder of The99 superheroes cartoon that’s sweeping the globe to unite young people of different cultures and...