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Destination Imagination Colorado Confident Kids in an Amazing State of Creativity

Our mission is to prepare Colorado’s kids to be the innovators of the future by combining the arts, sciences, and technology with creativity, teamwork, and problem solving.

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How to Speak DI

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Destination Imagination Odyssey of the Mind

Challenge Problem

Team Manager Coach

Challenge Master Problem Captain

Instant Challenge Spontaneous

Central Challenge Long Term Problem

RS, EL, ML, SL Divisions I, II, III, IV

Appraisers Judges

Team Choice Elements Style

• By the end of today– Where to find resources to help you– Understand the DI Creative Process– How to start being a team manager

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• Destination Imagination teaches students the creative process for Imagination to Innovation using challenges focusing on STEM, the Arts, Service Learning and 21st Century Skills

Destination Imagination

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•All students from Kindergarten through University can participate in age or grade-defined levels:

•Rising Stars Preschool-2nd grade•Elementary K-5th grade•Middle 6-8th grade•Secondary 9-12th grade•University Level

•Students must participate in 2- to 7-person teams.•Teams compete in one of 7 Team Challenges.

•We offer the following types of Team Challenges: Technical, Scientific, Fine Arts, Improvisational, Structural, Service Learning, and Rising Stars!

• Resources– DIColorado.org– Destinationimagination.org– Youtube– Facebook– Challenge Masters– Regional Director– Affiliate Director

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The Creative Process

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The Creative Process

Establishing Goals

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• DI is a competition based program, the final product is presented at the tournament

• However, the competition is not the end goal• You and your team should have goals and

expectations that may change as the year goes on

• Completing the challenge and having a solution to present at your regional tournament is an amazing goal

• By doing this your team will have learned many life skills

• Celebrate!

Creative Problem Solving Tools

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•Many ways to generate and focus ideas

•Road Map

•Google Creative Problem Solving Tools online

Financing a DI Team

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• Team Membership Fee: $90-$150• Team Supplies: $250 on average• Regional Tournament Fee: $30• T-Shirts (optional) $15 for team member• Total cost is about $535, or about $77.00 a team

member for a team of 7• PTA, team parents, local businesses• Collect up front or at the end of tournament season

Team Meetings

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• Team meetings should fit the needs of the team manager and the goals set by the team

• Team meetings can be after school, in the evenings or on weekends.

• On average teams meet for 16 weeks, for an average of 2 hours a week

• You may need to increase practice time as tournament gets closer depending on your solution

Your Role as Team Manager• You are your team’s personal challenge

master• In other words, you are the team’s expert on the

challenge

• You ensure that your team understands the challenge

• Your team is responsible for how they solve the challenge

• You are responsible for explaining the challenge so you team can understand it

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Becoming the Challenge Expert• Read the entire challenge – every page• Read it again• Each challenge is divided into several parts.

Technical, Scientific, Fine Arts, and Structural all follow the same format; Improvisational and Service Learning have slightly different formats.

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• The first page is an overview of the challenge with two very important pieces of information.

• Time Limit – this tells your team exactly how long they have to present their challenge at the tournament

• Team Budget – this lists the amount of money your team can spend on the items included in the solution they bring to tournament. This amount does not include tools used to build the solution or anything that did not make it into the final solution.

• Section A – The Central Challenge– Here your team learns the overall intent of the

challenge and the specific requirements and creative elements of the challenge

• Section B – Team Choice Elements– Every team presents two creations that

demonstrate their talents and abilities. This section describes the requirements for those two creations.

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• Section C – Presentation Site– Here you learn the minimum requirements for the

presentation site where your team will present their solution. You should check with your Tournament Director to determine the exact dimensions of the presentation site at your tournament.

• Section D – Reward points– One of the most important parts of the written challenges,

this section lets your team know the amount of points each requirement is worth. If your team understands this section they will better be able to budget their time and effort.

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Tournament Data Forms•Part One: Required Paperwork and Materials – a checklist of the paperwork that you supply at the tournament to help the appraisers learn about the work of your team.•Part Two: Brief Description of Team Choice Elements – an opportunity for your team to describe the items they want the appraisers to score as their Team Choice Elements. •Team Manager Tip: the more detail the team provides about the Team Choice Element and the Appraiser understand how the team solved the challenge.

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Instant Challenge Success•Practice, Practice, Practice•And practice some more•Allowed to teach everything (even the solution)•Coach on all aspects of challenge•Practice, practice, practice•Challenges available online

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What do I do first?

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How to choose a challengeHow to choose a challenge

Interference

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SkillsChallenge and Rules

SOLUTIONThe Team OWNS the top

Interference• Safety is NEVER interference• Teaching skills the students ask to be taught is not

interference• Using Instant Challenge to teach building and performance

skills is not interference• Making sure the students understand the challenge is not

interference• No person (teacher, parent, friend, sales assistant) other than

the team members may touch the materials used in the actual performance. That IS interference

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Integration• Combining into the whole• All elements of the challenge relate to the central story• Team Choice Elements need to add to the story, not be apart

from it.

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Safety• Volunteer Code of Conduct

– Must be signed by all Team Managers, Appraisers, and Volunteers

– Will be signed online at www.idodi.org, open a shopdi account.

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Safety• Background Check• Teacher’s Licence• Check with your district• Verified Voluneteers• CBI

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Safety continued…• Working with children

– Have two adults and at least two children at all meetings– When driving, always have at least two kids with you (no

texting, phone calls)– Have homeowners or renters insurance and automobile

insurance– Get permission slips signed by parents for transportation

and tools use– Ensuring safety is not interference; if the activity is not

safe you can stop it

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