Welcome

A day to refresh your thinking about teaching and learning...

A day to revitalize your spirit ...

A day to renew your commitment to the power of imagination and creativity ...

This one day retreat, September 30th, at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Constitution Hall, brings international leaders together with Oklahoma educational and civic leadership for an intellectual exchange of ideas about the shifts occurring today as we prepare young people to be equipped for their roles in this 21st century global economy. Are we experiencing a New Renaissance? Is this perhaps the most exciting, yet challenging, frontier of ideas since the Italian Renaissance?

With the utilization of interactive hand-held devices, attendees will have an opportunity to actively participate in stimulating presentations and dialogue with student leaders about this New Renaissance in learning which is facing us at all levels of the formal educational strata and as lifelong adult learners. Presenters will begin the day with a look at the elements of the Italian Renaissance, the Creative Mind of Leonardo da Vinci with Leonardo experts Bulent Atalay and Peter Donaldson. Dennis Cheek, an internationally renowned scientist and Kauffman Foundation fellow, and Jack Lew, from the University of Central Florida, will look at what we now know about development of the creative mind and how the confluences of the arts, sciences, and technology are influencing that development. The day will conclude with a look at specific examples of creative learning environments and a roundtable discussion with several of Oklahoma’s university presidents.

The symposium is presented by Creative Oklahoma, Oklahoma’s statewide creativity network, in conjunction with Apple. The DaVinci Institute and the University of Central Oklahoma are co-sponsors for the event.