Posts Tagged ‘ Destination ImagiNation ’

Engaging global youth through innovation design challenges

7/20/2009

Note: Education Futures is on a reduced publication schedule for the summer, and will return with its regular schedule in mid-August. Slides from Saturday’s talk at World Future Society‘s World Future 2009 conference in Chicago: Destination Imagination is the world’s largest creative problem solving program for kindergarten through college-aged learners. DI participants develop life skills [...]


Two weeks of creativity

5/23/2009

This past week, I have been in Knoxville, TN, for Destination ImagiNation’s Global Finals. Perhaps one of the best kept secrets in education, “DI is an innovative organization that teaches creativity, teamwork and problem solving to students across the U.S. and in more than 30 countries. Its main program is an unconventional team learning experience [...]


Upcoming talks

4/13/2009

Spring semester at the University of Minnesota will conclude in about a month, and I am already busy assembling my summer schedule. So far, it’s looking great! May 20-24, 2009, various talks, Destination ImagiNation Global Finals, Knoxville May 26, 2009, opening keynote, ITSMF Academy, Garderen (Netherlands) May 26, 2009, talk/presentation, Creative Company Conference, Amsterdam May [...]


Global Finals 2008 recap (with video!)

5/28/2008

Last week, John Moravec and I were the guests of Destination ImagiNation during the DI Global Finals in Knoxville. We were delighted at experiencing the largest imagination and creativity gathering ever to assemble – anywhere! Our greatest respect and admiration was for the kids’ impressive demonstrations of intellectual, academic, and personal skills – just three [...]


Back from Global Finals

5/27/2008

Arthur Harkins and I got back from Global Finals late on Sunday. We’ll post a recap video and our thoughts soon. In the meantime, here’s a video from the closing ceremonies assembled by Destination ImagiNation:


Minnesota delegation leapfrogs to DI Global Finals!

5/22/2008

At last night’s Destination ImagiNation 2008 Global Finals opening ceremonies, the Minnesota delegation LEAPFROGGED into the Thompson-Boling arena at UTK! More Global Finals coverage coming soon… Did you notice that they carried frogs in with them, too? Rock on, Minnesota! (If the embedded video doesn’t play, you can view it here).


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“3G” education

Gustavo Andrade at UNAM in Mexico City just posted a video from a conference I participated in last April. He writes: 3G technology allows us to build an innovative vision of education. Education anywhere and at anytime, with a device that can be your own cell phone. John Moravec at the University of Minnesota explains [...]


Global Finals 2008 recap (with video!)

Last week, John Moravec and I were the guests of Destination ImagiNation during the DI Global Finals in Knoxville. We were delighted at experiencing the largest imagination and creativity gathering ever to assemble – anywhere! Our greatest respect and admiration was for the kids’ impressive demonstrations of intellectual, academic, and personal skills – just three [...]


Back from Global Finals

Arthur Harkins and I got back from Global Finals late on Sunday. We’ll post a recap video and our thoughts soon. In the meantime, here’s a video from the closing ceremonies assembled by Destination ImagiNation:


A co-seminar in action

Following-up from yesterday’s post on the characteristics of co-seminars, here’s a taste of what they look like. This joint co-seminar, organized between the University of Minnesota, FLACSO-México, FLACSO-Chile and the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja is an “open seminar” – that is, with permission from the students and collaborating institutions, all course content and most [...]


Open seminar 2.0 countdown

The co-seminar “From information to innovative knowledge: Tools and skills for adaptive leadership” begins this Thursday evening. Our first open conference with three FLACSOs and UTPL will take place on January 31, and additional conferences will take place every other Thursday evening through May. Minnesota students can contact us for details on the course and [...]


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