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...
Dec 9, 2012 | Parents, Resources
As we get closer to the New Year and (GULP!) Tournaments, there are several new ways to get the latest New Hampshire Destination Imagination news coming directly to you. E-mail Subscription Look in right column on most pages (including this page) on our web site. You...
Oct 27, 2012 | Frequently Asked Questions, Parents
Article courtesy of Destination Imagination Destination Imagination, Inc. is a non-profit that helps kids around the world discover their creativity. Our Challenge program invites student teams to solve open-ended Challenges and bring their solutions to a tournament....
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...
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 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 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...
Aug 2, 2010 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner
As posted on TED (Techonology, Education and Design)” This poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’...
Aug 2, 2010 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner
TED (Technology, Education and Design) talks are known for leading edge talks. In 2006, Sir Ken Robinson in one of the most watched education videos of all times (over 4-million downloads worldwide) makes a case that we are still educating our children to be better...
Aug 1, 2010 | Coordinators, Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner
An interesting paper released in April, finding “Students are learning how to be successful repeaters of knowledge, but they are not learning how to apply their knowledge to open ended, real-life challenges. After-school programs and visual and performing arts...
