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Welcome to
Creativity has the power to change the world.
Becoming a team is a life-changing experience.
Our world’s future depends on extraordinary problem solvers.
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What is Destination ImagiNation?
Destination ImagiNation (DI) is an educational activity in which
student teams solve open-ended Challenges and
present their solutions at Tournaments.
Our Impact
- 125,000 participants annually
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Colorado is 3rd largest with 800 teams
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8 regions
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38,000 volunteers
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The DI Program
Teams showcase their Challenge solutions in Tournaments:
• Teams first attend Regional Tournaments
– Boulder Regional Tournament is Saturday, March 15, at Monarch High
– Thank you for registering!
• Teams can advance to Affiliate (State) Tournaments
– First & second place per Challenge, per level
– CO State DI Tournament is April 12,
at CU Denver
• Top teams advance from Affiliate Tournaments to the DI Global Finals at the
University of Tennessee in Knoxville
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Destination ImagiNation®
• Central Challenge
– 60%
• Instant Challenge
– 25%
• Team Choice Elements
– 15%
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Instant Challenge Success
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Practice, Practice, Practice
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And practice some more
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Allowed to teach everything (even the solution)
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Coach on all aspects of challenge
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Challenges available online
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Door Prize – IC bucket!
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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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Interference
SOLUTION
The Team OWNS the top
Skills
Challenge and
Rules
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Working with Parents
• Provide a copy of Parent’s Guide from www.idodi.org website
• Ensure parents understand interference
• Their most important job is ensuring that their team member
comes to meetings
• Divide costs of materials
• Share responsibility for snacks, food, and transportation
• At tournament, create a list of appraised elements, so they
can follow what their kids do
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A Word about Volunteers
• First preference: Each team would provide one parent to be trained
as an Appraiser.
– Appraiser Training: Saturday, February 1, at Grandview High or
February 22 at Alameda High
– Parent works another tournament in March
• Second preference: Parent volunteer would be trained as an
Appraiser and work at the Boulder tournament.
– Will try to accommodate the schedule
• Third preference: The parent volunteer would help with the Boulder
tournament
– 2- or 3-hour shift by helping with registration, sign-in, etc.
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The DI Program
This Year’s Team Challenges
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Challenge Breakout for 2014
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Boulder Regional Challenge Masters (RCMs)
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Challenge A -Technical: Dave Hogsett, [email protected]
Challenge B - Scientific: Cate Stanek, [email protected]
Challenge C - Fine Arts: Paul Chinowsky, [email protected]
Challenge D - Improv: Megan Morgenthaler,
[email protected]
• Challenge E - Structural: Nora Johnson, [email protected]
• Service Learning/projectOutreach: Paul Chinowsky,
[email protected]
• Rising Stars: Meredith Sherock, [email protected]
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Tournament T-shirts
- $10 each
- Front: “DI-fining Creativity,” Back: list of schools
- Look for order form email soon!
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Boulder Tournament Housekeeping
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Thank you for registering on Google!
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Pick up team manager bar/pin
T-shirt order form due 2/20/14
Appraiser training 2/1/14 or 2/22/14
Tournament schedule posted no late than 3/5/14
Meet your RCM
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