Hi Greg, Welcome back! The Big Ideas Fest sounds interesting. Ummm, when? Where? Heidi
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg DeKoenigsberg Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TOS] Announcement: Big Ideas Fest, December 5-8, Half Moon Bay, CA Last year ISKME held its inaugural Big Ideas Fest in Half Moon Bay. Some of the speakers from last year's event: Arne Duncan, US Sec'y of Education (http://www.youtube.com/user/bigideasfest#p/c/3F7325A1899724F6/1/ XXTvcxT9SUY) Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive (http://www.youtube.com/user/bigideasfest#p/c/3F7325A1899724F6/2/ lliqrGjX374) Neeru Paharia, founder of Peer 2 Peer University (http://www.youtube.com/user/bigideasfest#p/c/3F7325A1899724F6/16/ t8wxUbU1W_0) Yvonne Chan, principal, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, and an *amazing* speaker (http://www.youtube.com/user/bigideasfest#p/c/3F7325A1899724F6/16/ t8wxUbU1W_0) Kevin Johnson, mayor of Sacramento, former NBA basketball star, former charter schools executive (http://www.youtube.com/user/bigideasfest#p/c/3F7325A1899724F6/4/ pIkA2T45UBs) The official pitch: "Big Ideas Fest is an extraordinary immersion into collaboration and design with a focus on cutting-edge thinking in K-20 education. Three days are jam-packed with visionary speakers, interactive creation labs, and cross-silo networking with top thinkers and doers in education." The unofficial pitch: "There are enough venues for sensible, incremental ideas. Come to a place where people are free to share ambitious, ridiculous ideas." Early bird registration codes available. Stipends for folks willing to blog about open education ideas possibly available, depending. --g -- Greg DeKoenigsberg CTO, ISKME [email protected] _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
