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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
