Articles of Interest – February 15, 2013
QUOTE(S) OF THE WEEK
“Wisdom begins in wonder.” – Socrates
“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.” – John Louis von Neumann
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” – William Pollard
“If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.” – Jean Piaget
“It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.” – Alfred North Whitehead
“True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.” – Abigail Van Buren
Pictures: 12 Awesome Quotes to Motivate You Today
Under30CEO.com
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine
Video on TED.com
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February 21, March 21
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“Educating for Creative Minds: Using Brain Science to Ignite Innovation and Imagination”
Learning and the Brain Society
February 14 – 16
Beauty and the Brain, February 22
The Artful Manager
February 22
South by Southwest Conference 2013
STEM to STEAM | RISD
March 4 – 7
Powering Student Learning Interactive Workshop
National Art Education Association, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and Crayola
March 6
Global Grand Challenges Summit Announced
National Academy of Engineering
March 12 – 13
RISD President John Maeda to Deliver a Keynote Address at AEP National Forum
Arts Education Partnership
April 4 – 5
NYLA – Live Ideas
New York Live Arts
April 17 – 21
Creativity Event
NZ Creativity Challenge
April 27 – 28
Why Won’t You Let Me Innovate?
Front End of Innovation Blog
May 6 – 8
The National Innovation Summit and Showcase jointly announces its call-for-innovations with TechConnect World 2013 in Washington D.C.
PR Newswire – The Sacramento Bee
May 12 – 16
Creative Oklahoma
November 19
CreativeMornings | a monthly breakfast lecture series
CreativeMornings
Various
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Analyzing President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com
Sorry Mr. President, Manufacturing Will Not Save Us
The Atlantic
4 Things Obama Could Do To Foster America’s Creativity
Co.Design: Fast Company
Nearing 1 billion views on YouTube, ‘Sesame Street’ aims for Justin Bieber territory
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, AP
On the Benefits of Failure
Blog: The Human Beast, Psychology Today
Your Innovation Problem Is Really a Leadership Problem
Harvard Business Review
This Biotechnology Company Run By High Schoolers Is Developing A “Flying Syringe”
Co.Exist: Fast Company
Why Open Innovation Is More Than Hype
15inno
Radovation and Incrovation
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Shawn Parr: How Two Young Women Are Super-Charging Female Entrepreneurs
PSFK
Role Models in Science and Engineering: Marie M. Daly-Chemist
USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog
10 Personality Traits Every Successful Entrepreneur Has
Business Insider
Inspiration Tip for Creatives: Get a Library Card and Use It
Living on GOOD
Book Nooks: 7 Eco-Friendly, Modern Libraries To Drool Over
Design on GOOD
It’s Neuromagic: How Penn and Teller Are Helping Brain Science (and Vice Versa)
TIME.com
18_Buzzfeed | Most Innovative Companies 2013
Fast Company
Brain Training, Not Nature, Makes Humans Like Music
Science News – redOrbit
Brands and agencies team up to launch Tech City innovation hub
The Drum
Apple’s Next Innovation: TV
MIT Technology Review
When Our Local Libraries Closed, Here’s How We Designed Our Own
Cities on GOOD
Why Managers Fear Innovation
Innovation Management
Attraction Power – a strategy that is innovative in itself
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Why Software Developers Should Learn the Thriller Dance
Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
Saving The Sounds Of America
The Record : NPR
Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks are beautiful works of art in themselves
Art and design | guardian.co.uk
Why Memes Are a Bad Idea
Blog: Hot Thought, Psychology Today
Characteristics of Highly Creative People
Blog: Innovation Excellence
The Promise and Peril of 3D Printing
Blog: Innovation Excellence
The Learning Potential
The Creativity Post
Obama’s Bold Plan to Reshape American Higher Education
The Conversation – The Chronicle of Higher Education
What Is ‘Artistic Literacy’? Framework for Arts Standards Takes Look
Curriculum Matters – Education Week
NASBE Partners with AEP on Arts Education Policy Portal
PRNewswire-USNewswire
Top Down Innovation Is Dead
Forbes
Exhibitions Opening This Month Explore African Presence, Legacy in Art, Science
Town Topics
The State of the 4-Year-Olds
The New York Times
LibraryFarm: Check out a Garden Plot With Your Books
Living on GOOD
Four Amazing Mini Libraries That Will Inspire You to Read
Architecture on GOOD
CultureLab: How to use art to help explore other minds
New Scientist
3D printed plastic house
dezeen Magazine
9 things entrepreneurs can learn from Winnie the Pooh
ventureburn
Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘bullish on innovation’
USA Today
IBM’s Watson Can Treat Cancer Patients Faster Than Doctors
PSFK
Nike CEO Mark Parker On His Company’s Digital Future: Body-Controlled Music, Color-Coded Heart Rates
Fast Company
Remaking Detroit: Can Creative Companies Save an American City on the Brink?
Co.Create: Fast Company
7 Reasons Why Wearables Are Poised To Disrupt Our Lives
Co.Design: Fast Company
The Year of the Snake
Blog: Design Thinking
Cognitive scientists advance the art of magic with a study of Penn & Teller’s ‘cups and balls’ illusion
Science Daily
Why I’m Taking to the Streets to Demand Education Equity
Education on GOOD
We Need to Redefine Core Competencies to Include Social Emotional Learning
Education on GOOD
The mirror and the periscope
Seth’s Blog
Key Issues in Innovation Management
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Developing a Culture of “Can” In Your Classroom
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Listening to Music Ain’t a Simple Thing
Blog: Your Musical Self, Psychology Today
Dinosaurs, Bones Cavort in $185 Million Science Palace
Bloomberg
Female auto engineers make marks while outnumbered
Stevens Point Journal, USA Today
Sweet Spot Therapy
The Gift of ADHD, Psychology Today
Rhythm & Hues to file for bankruptcy protection
The Los Angeles Times
7 Steps to Ensure a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
Blogtrepreneur.com
Those people
Seth’s Blog
Best Ideas Are Never Very Creative
The Creativity Post
In Photo Series, When Math Meets Art
DesignTAXI.com
Videos explore science of innovation
Cosmic Log, NBC News
Google Authorship, Google+ & Business
tompeters!
Innovators are Unreasonable Networkers
Blog: Innovation Excellence
The need for focus on America’s cities
Video on NBCNews.com
The Art of 5 Whys
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Playing Brave: Online Gaming With Real Life Missions
Technology on GOOD
Could a computer save lost languages of the ancient world?
Science Recorder
Ecommerce is now a trillion dollar industry: here’s how it happened
memeburn
A Portable Emergency Room
Blog: Innovation Excellence
A pox upon cancer
Body & Brain | Science News
Melinda Gates: Reclaiming the ‘Art and Science’ of Teaching
The Huffington Post
Macmillan reaches e-book pricing settlement with DOJ
Internet & Media – CNET News
Liberal Arts Majors Didn’t Kill the Economy
The Atlantic
Can conservatives break the copyright stalemate?
Gigaom.com
The Creativity Post
4 Ways To Amplify Your Creativity
Co.Design: Fast Company
Science Valentines For Your Sweetie
The X Change Files, The Science & Entertainment Exchange
Mathemusician Vi Hart Explains the Space-Time Continuum With a Music Box, Bach, and a Möbius Strip
Open Culture
Center for Childhood Creativity and UCSF Laboratory for Educational Neuroscience Form Partnership to Collaborate on Creativity in Children
SF Gate, The San Francisco Chronicle
National Coalition for Core Arts Standards releases guiding framework document
National Coalition for Core Arts Standards
Workshops get kids started as entrepreneurs
USA Today
Silicon China: high-tech innovation on the rise
Asian Correspondent
The 48-Hour Sulk Rule & the Creative’s Occupational Hazard
Blog: Tracking Wonder, Psychology Today
One Billion Dancing
Blog: Meaning in Motion, Psychology Today
CultureLab: Can the internet revive US democracy?
New Scientist
True Innovators -10 Insights That Define Them
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Creative Intelligence
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Orthodontist in Buffalo Grove Shares Art/Science Link With Young Artists
Digital Journal
When is it Not the Right Time to Innovate?
Blog: Innovation Excellence
New Feature – Innovation or Not?
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Blog: Innovation Excellence
Acoustic Guitar Project Forces Musicians To Play Without Technology
PSFK
How to Tell a Good Learning Story
Blog: Sam Chaltain, Democracy. Learning. Voice
The roller coaster of shipping
Seth’s Blog
The Psychology of Seth Godin’s The Icarus Deception
The Creativity Post
Virtues of Cognitive Workout
The Creativity Post
The Risks and Rewards of Crowdfunding
TIME.com
Three Pro Tips for Creating Conditions for Social Innovation
Business on GOOD
Innovation Nation at War
The New York Times
After 40 years, Waisman Center still at forefront of research on the brain
Wisconsin Technology Network News
Will we ever… simulate the human brain?
BBC – Future – Science & Environment
The Psychological Benefit Of Smartphones
Red Orbit
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