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...
Sep 5, 2010 | KickStart, Team Manager Corner
Some of our friends on Twitter shared an interesting storytelling resource from American author S.E. Schlosser. The Famous American Folktales & Stories web site [home page | story listing | New Hampshire folklore]. These may or may not be the way you heard the...
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...
