Destination Imagination is a world leader In teaching creativity and critical thinking 8,000 YOUTH ON 1,260 TEAMS EXPECTED AT GLOBAL FINALS MAY 23-26 FARGO, ND – Destination Imagination has had a positive impact on more than 1.5 million youth and adults who have benefitted from taking part in its acclaimed Challenge Program. This year, another [...]
The International Challenge Masters work hard to build the best possible Appraisal Teams to work at Global Finals. The Appraisers are not chosen casually – there is no dart board or pulling names out of a hat involved in the selections. Each Appraisal Team is a careful balance of several factors. Geographic Balance: Each Appraisal Team [...]
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TEAMS COMPETE FOR TOP CREATIVE HONORS 47 Teams from Around North Dakota Compete For Destination ImagiNation Forty-seven teams from Centennial Elementary, Central Cass, Enderlin, Harvey, Leeds, Minot AFB, Northern Cass and South Fargo DI presented their creative solutions to a number of challenges during the North Dakota Destination ImagiNation State Tournament on Saturday March 31st [...]
Destination ImagiNation and the Council on Foreign Relations Agree That Creative Problem Solving, Critical Thinking Should Be In Schools The Council on Foreign Relations recommends that creative problem solving, critical thinking, communications and leadership should receive more significant focus in America’s schools in order to supplement academic learning with life skills that will help our [...]
Students in survey report they “do better in school” Through involvement with Destination ImagiNation Note to editors: As school systems and legislators continue to try to find ways to improve student grades in school, a survey conducted by Destination ImagiNation suggests after school creative thinking challenge programs may prove valuable in that effort. PHILADELPHIA, PA — [...]
I am sharing this with permission from Lisa. Lisa is a long time supporter of Destination ImagiNation in North Dakota and has been a champion for the young people of the state. Her passion, enthusiasm and dedication to our program has been both inspiring and a breath of fresh air. This is not the first [...]
The Destination ImagiNation Scholarship Committee (DISC) today announced new scholarships for the Global Finals graduating class! For the first time ever, the event’s “ValeDIctorian” will be awarded a $1000 scholarship for earning the position. Additionally, each of the event’s “DI Scholars” will receive a $250 scholarship. To apply for ValeDIctorian of Global Finals 2012 graduating [...]
Reposted from DestinationImagiNation.org Destination ImagiNation hosted its annual Quality Review Panel for the 2012-13 Program Materials at its Headquarters in Cherry Hill, NJ last week. The event, now in its 4th year, brought together many of the organization’s different stakeholders for one common purpose: review the organizations most important product, its Challenges. In attendance were [...]
Reposted from Colorado Destination ImagiNation A story on NPR this morning prompted me to take time from my over-booked schedule to write my first DI blog post. The story states, “Richard Arum, a co-author of the book and a professor of sociology at New York University, tells NPR’s Steve Inskeep that the fact that more [...]
Team North Dakota Schedule - Thursday Central Cass The Hopelessly Lost SL Coming Attractions 8:54am Northern... http://t.co/Ai3ruyefSaturday May 19 - 7:04pm