Lincoln Center Institute’s Capacities for Imaginative Learning

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Linda Miles

A growing number of blog visitors have been seeking information about Lincoln Center Institute‘s Capacities for Imaginative Learning. LCI has created the Capacities for Imaginative Learning as a framework for student learning, applicable to the Common Core Standards across the curriculum. The Capacities operate as both strategies for, and outcomes of, study according to LCI’s [...]

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A Convergence of Disciplines: Singapore’s New ArtScience Museum

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Linda Miles

Last week in the Bangkok Post, Ezra Kyrill Erker wrote about the stunning new ArtScience Museum in Singapore and about its three inaugural exhibitions. First of all, the lotus-shaped museum building by architect Moshe Safdie is quite beautiful and, most of all, fascinating—a part of Safdie’s Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort. The headline for Erker’s [...]

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The “ICI Continuum”: Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Linda Miles

I noticed recently that a number of readers had arrived at the Imagination Now site hoping to learn more about the imagination-creativity-innovation continuum, something that Scott Noppe-Brandon speaks about often and something that comes up frequently as a topic of discussion during the Imagination Conversations happening around the country. To help satisfy that curiosity, here [...]

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What We Learn from Animals: How to Play

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Linda Miles

In a January 21 Huffington Post entry, Brenda Peters writes of important lessons gleaned from the animal world: play in order to thrive. Peters, who has studied wild dolphins, writes that in play, dolphins learn essential survival and relationship skills. Rats apparently laugh more readily than humans (see the video). In some species, the absence [...]

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Give Them Room to “Just Do the Thing”

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Linda Miles

High school history teacher Diana Laufenberg has witnessed some amazing learning—and learned to step back and allow her students to fail along the way. In this brief TED Talks video, Laufenberg discusses how profound changes in the information landscape have altered education, opening up opportunities for experiential, student-centered learning focused on exploration and creativity. During [...]

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Lincoln Center Institute’s Pepsi Refresh Project

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Linda Miles

Take a few minutes in your morning routine to vote for Lincoln Center Institute! Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), Lincoln Center’s core education program reaching over 400,000 students throughout the country, is competing for $250,000 in the Pepsi Refresh Project. During the month of December, your daily vote can mean much-needed support of students and teachers [...]

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Submit an Imagination Practice and Your Idea May Be Featured in the New Paperback Edition of Imagination First!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Linda Miles

Imagination First: Unlocking the Power of Possibility will be out in paperback in spring of 2011! This time around, Lincoln Center Institute will take an interactive approach with our readers by incorporating some of your ideas into this publication—you never know, you may just end up with your name in print! To submit an imagination [...]

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Council of School Supervisors & Administrators: Embracing Imagination, Fostering Creativity

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Linda Miles

On November 13th, 2010 the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators will convene for their annual educational leadership conference, this year centering on the theme “Embracing Imagination, Fostering Creativity.” Lincoln Center Institute is co-sponsoring and will present several sessions at the event, including an Imagination Conversation moderated by Sade Baderinwa, WABC news anchor. Today CSA [...]

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Catch an Interview with Scott Noppe-Brandon on BlogTalkRadio!

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Linda Miles

Scott Noppe-Brandon, Lincoln Center Institute’s Executive Director and co-author of the book Imagination First: Unlocking the Power of Possibility, will appear on the show Creativity in Play, hosted by Steven Dahlberg and Mary Alice Long, Ph.D., and produced by the International Centre for Creativity and Imagination. Catch the interview live on Wednesday October 20th at [...]

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Hear Scott Speak on Blog Talk Radio

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Linda Miles

Tomorrow, Friday, at 10 am, our Executive Director, Scott Noppe-Brandon will be interviewed on Blog Talk Radio. Expect to hear a lively discussion about the purposes and practical applications of the imaginative themes in Scott’s book Imagination First. Participate! – the call-in number is 877.483.3161. Log on to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/breakfreetosuccess and click the play icon to [...]

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