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Achieving the Dream Announces “DREAM Big for College” Video Competition
NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: January 18, 2012Press Contact: Lauren Lewis, Achieving the DreamAssistant Director of Communications(240) 450-3817 Email: LLewis@AchievingtheDream.org NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: January 18, 2012Press...
Great Opportunity to Learn About Custom Schooling at the Internet Archive, Wed., Jan 11th
Next Wednesday, January 11th, from 6:30pm-8:30pm, the Internet Archive and ISKME will co-host a conversation that explores the concept of custom schooling, which is a model of individualized teaching and learning experienced in class sizes of one to four students. The...
Building a strong foundation for open practices
I was fortunate to attend this year’s Big Ideas Fest, held in Half Moon Bay, California. While I attended last year’s Big Ideas Fest (BIF), this year’s was particularly relevant to our work here at Open.Michigan. A primary feature of the Big Ideas Fest each year is...
Big Ideas Fest: A Student Perspective
Our team attended the Big Ideas Fest Half Moon Bay with a group of eight amazing Roadtrip Nation students from South San Francisco High School who interviewed Leaders at the conference! I had a chance to talk to Roadtrip Nation student Natasha Lee about her experience...
Helping Educators Determine the Quality of Open Education Resources
Open Educational Resources (OER), or digital materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research and more, are made available for free to be used with few or no restrictions. They include full lesson plans, learning modules, complete courses, and many other...