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2 New Ice Breakers to Build Your Team

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Sep 15, 2013 | Coordinators, EduBytes, Educators, KickStart, Team Manager Corner

Ice Breakers are a form of Instant Challenge that help teams build trust, collaboration and situational management skills needed to solve any Destination Imagination Challenge. Here are a few new Ice Breakers to help your teams! The Machine Game  Adapted from:...

What Is Creativity? Cultural Icons on What Ideation Is and How It Works

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Sep 8, 2013 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner

In an informative article by Maria Popova on her Brain Pickings site writes that creativity is a grab-all type of term, but what did some really creative people have to say? She quotes Bradbury, Eames, Angelou, Gladwell, Einstein, Byrne, Duchamp, Close, Sendak, and...

Getting Visual with Story Planning

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Jan 12, 2013 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner

Educator and blogger Shelly Terrell put together a good resource of visual aids to help students and educators create or “tell the story” when words sometimes just don’t work out. These organizers can help teams look at alternate ways of generating...

NPR: How Creativity Works

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Mar 22, 2012 | Coordinators, Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner

NPR aired a great story on March 21, 2011 with Jonah Lehrer [web site | Twitter]. They were discussing his new book, “Imagine: How Creativity Works”. Full story: http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/148777350/how-creativity-works-its-all-in-your-imagination  ...

Changing Education Paradigms: Sir Ken Robinson

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Nov 21, 2011 | Coordinators, Educators, KickStart, Team Manager Corner

Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation.  He is also one of the world’s leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere.  The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to...

NPR’s Ira Glass on Storytelling and Creativity

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Sep 5, 2011 | KickStart

A great little video by David Shiyang Liu who took “Ira Glass On Storytelling, Part 3” by Current.tv and Public Radio International and underscored his words with this visual. Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on...

Destination ImagiNation Provides Parents With Tips on Choosing the Most Beneficial After School Program

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Aug 30, 2011 | KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner

CHERRY HILL, N.J., Aug. 29, 2011 — With schools across the nation now back in session, parents should be scouting for after school programs for their kids that will be enriching, fun, educational and challenging. Experts say that keeping kids engaged in...

Storytelling 101: Video from Team Manager Training

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Jan 16, 2011 | KickStart, Resources, Team Manager Corner

At the Team Manager Cafe Training, two NH Destination ImagiNation alumni , John Herman and Jillian Thiele, both educators and members of the NH-based improv troupe Stranger Than Fiction led several amazing storytelling sessions. Here are some of the highlights from...

DIY (Do It Yourself) Web Resources

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Jan 11, 2011 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner

This is a guest post by NH-DI Alum Angela Sheehan who makes some amazing things. You can visit Angela’s DIY (Do It Yourself) web site at softcircuitsaturdays.com. Please note, we have no control over the content of the web sites linked here. If you like...

Wall Street Journal: Destination ImagiNation

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Dec 15, 2010 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner

In a great follow-up article on creativity, the Wall Street Journal looks into how parents are trying to give their kids a creative edge. “A Box? Or a Spaceship? What Makes Kids Creative?” by Sue Shellenbarger points out that “Americans’ scores...

106 Creative Things on the Web

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Oct 18, 2010 | KickStart, Team Manager Corner

Sure, we all need some creative inspiration. This has it. Collected by Google’s Tom Uglow, these resources can keep a team busy all day and help generate all types of ideas. Team Managers, just a reminder that this links off our site and we are not responsible...

NPR: Collaboration Beats Smarts In Group Problem Solving

by wayne.kurtzman@nh-di.org | Oct 6, 2010 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner

What do you think? Destination ImagiNation team members learn how to identify and best use the skills that each brings. Here is a study that looks at what makes successful groups successful. Maybe not the definitive word, but a great kickstart! “Everywhere you...
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