Preparing for the Big Ideas Fest

Preparing for the Big Ideas Fest

I’ve been preparing a solo presentation for the 2010 Big Ideas Fest in Half Moon Bay, California, hosted by ISKME–The Institute For the Study of Knowledge Management in Education.  I’m especially excited about this, not only because I get to spend several days on the West Coast, but because the conference, or festival, promises to be something special.
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Big Ideas and Reform Fatigue: Working with Educators to Redesign Learning

Since Horace Mann introduced the common school in the early 19th century, the United States has been no stranger to big ideas in education. In the last century, the introduction of the GI Bill and the creation of community colleges expanded access to higher education and helped fuel a century of economic growth and prosperity.
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