* Michael E. Auer; * Don Ambrose; * Fred A. Bonner II; * Françoys Gagné; * Vlad P. Glăveanu; * Hisham B. Ghassib; * Laurie-Ann Hellsten; * Christer Johannesson; * Lannie Kanevsky; * James C. Kaufman; * Nabil Kharman; * Lloyd Kornelsen; * Todd Lubart; * Ken McCluskey; * Karen Magro; * Barry Meatyard; * Maureen Neihart; * Douglas P. Newton: * Lynn Newton; * Roland S. Persson; * Ken Reimer; * Sally M. Reis; * Joseph Renzulli; * Susanne Richert; * Uğur Sak; * Dorothy Sisk; * Patricia Schuler; * Del Siegle; * Robert Sternberg; * Derek Stovin * Wendy Stewart; * Rena Subotnik; * Trevor J. Tebbs; * Kirsi Tirri; * Javier Touron; * Lesley Eblie Trudel.
Values & Beliefs
Value Education: We value lifelong learning opportunities that respond to the needs of gifted, creative and talented students and their parents and teachers and are accessible, affordable, and of the highest quality;
Value Students: We value students as the primary reason we exist. We respect their diverse life experiences, value their achievements, and appreciate their contributions to our learning community;
Value Excellence: We invite innovation, support creative problem-solving, and encourage risk-taking;
Value Cooperation: We value teamwork, cooperation, and collaboration as a part of our continuous improvement efforts;
Value Honesty and Integrity: We believe academic and personal honesty and integrity are essential elements in our educational environment;
Value Freedom: To foster our virtual educational environment, we respect individual rights and the privacy of our customers, and encourage dialogue and the free exchange of views;
Value Fairness: We advocate fairness and just treatment for all customers;
Value Responsibility: We are all responsible for making our learning experiences significant and meaningful. We are accountable to our customers for the efficient and effective use of resources; and
Value Public Trust: We honor the trust placed in us by you to prepare our children for their role as productive world citizens.
Aims & Objectives
The International Centre for Innovation in Education (ICIE) is committed to the development of all learners as productive world citizens and leaders for the future. The ICIE International Conferences will provide programmes with the highest calibre of: Nobel Prize winners, keynote speakers, invited speakers, and a large number of scholars and presenters alongside a selection of exhibitors and symposia. Each conference is another milestone in the journey towards leadership, creativity and innovation.
The rapidly changing field of giftedness and creativity is opening rich possibilities for gifted, creative and talented children to gain valuable learning experiences, and is providing an environment for creative expressions. The major goals of programmes and special provisions designed for gifted, creative and talented children are to help them develop higher levels of cognitive skills, problem solving, decision making, and creativity.
The ICIE could establish a link between regional programmes designed to serve the gifted, creative, and talented children. The ICIE is committed to the following aims and objectives:
Screen and identify the gifted and talented as early as possible;
Enhance the general public awareness and create a climate of acceptance and recognition that gifted, creative, and talented children are valuable global asset whether disabled or able bodied, from advantaged or disadvantaged backgrounds, or from developing or developed countries;
Initiate, conduct, and support research into the nature of giftedness, talent, and creativity, and the education and development of gifted, creative, and talented children;
Disseminate the findings of research and provide a database for researchers;
Establish means for a continuing worldwide exchange of ideas, experiences, and teaching and teacher-training techniques relevant to gifted, creative, and talented children;
Persuade governments to recognize gifted children as a category for special attention in normal educational programmes, and to cooperate with national and other organizations for gifted and talented children who share these purposes (e.g., The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT), and The International Association of Educators for World Peace);
Design, develop and organize activities, forums and programmes that bring together gifted, creative and talented children worldwide;
Assist educational system in capacity building and qualify teachers to work with the gifted and talented children; and
Provide guidance, counseling, and consultation.
Vision
We believe that: everyone can learn; education is learner-centered; education prepares learners for solving real life problems; continual personal and professional growth is vital; technology is essential to education; education can actively link the community; assessment and evaluation are critical steps in the cognitive process.
Mission
To empower every person to become a responsible, self-directed, lifelong learner through a positive partnership of families, teachers, scholars in gifted education, ministries of education and community. The ICIE will be committed to the development of all students and teachers as productive world citizens and leaders for the future.
Accordion
The Widgetkit Accordion enables you to display a set of items in a compact space, by clicking on each items header it expands or collapses it's content section.
Features
- Clean and very lightweight code
- Smooth transitions on content section toggle
- Option to match automatically the height of varying content
- Option to auto collapse or allow multiple opened items
- Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
- Works with Joomla 1.5, 1.6, WordPress and Stand-alone
Example
[widgetkit id=30]How To Use
The Widgetkit Accordion lets you easily create and manage all the accordions contents through the user-friendly Widgetkit administration user interface. After you have created an accordion you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.
Map
The Widgetkit Map provides a simple solution for adding a map to your website. Various features let you customize the map like changing colors and adding markers or directions.
Features
- Location selection with auto geocoding
- Support for multiple map markers with text popups
- Option to get the direction to the active marker
- Support for custom map styles and colors
- Uses the latest Google Maps API
- Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
- Works with Joomla 1.5, 1.6, WordPress and Stand-alone
Direction Example
This map features all map controls, multiple markers and you can get the direction.
[widgetkit id=26]Color Scheme Example
Set or invert the hue, saturation, lightness and gamma of a map.
[widgetkit id=28]Minimal Example
This map has a fixed width, no controls and no markers.
[widgetkit id=29]How To Use
With the Widgetkit Map you can quickly create and manage simple maps with features like multiple markers, text popups and custom color schemes. Once you have created a map you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.