ImBlaze makes it easy for schools and non-profits to curate a vibrant dataset of internships/apprenticeships for their young people. The tool provides an equitable process for students to explore these opportunities and enables schools to collect vital data on student attendance and mentor feedback. ImBlaze has the largest dataset of actual student real world learning experiences with nearly 600 thousand student attendance days out in the real world. With the help of the Tools Competition, ImBlaze will be leveraging AI to better surface opportunities for young people and to enable schools and policy makers to refine the data points on what constitutes high-quality real-world learning.
David Berg
Director of Digital Innovation, ImBlaze Co-Creator
David is the Director of Digital Innovation at Big Picture Learning and the Co-Creator of the ImBlaze Internship Management platform. He pitched the idea of ImBlaze to Big Picture Learning as a solution to the complexities of managing Real World Learning. Before spearheading the ImBlaze initiative, David served on the leadership team at Gibson Ek High School, an innovative program in Issaquah, Washington, where he was also the founding Internship Coordinator. Additionally, he spent a decade as an Advisor and Assistant Principal at The Met Sacramento High School. Prior to his education career, David led wilderness leadership expeditions for NOLS, taking groups such as NASA Astronauts and US Naval Academy students on extended journeys in challenging environments to develop their leadership abilities.
