Destination Imagination 2007-2008

1. Destination Imagination2007-2008 Rob Chambers

2. Tonight’s Agenda • Introductions • What is Destination Imagination? • What are these “challenges” anyway? • Who participates? • Why is creative problem solving important? • What’s the timeline? • What resources are available? • How do I sign up? • Do you want to give it a try?

3. Introductions • Rob Chambers • DI Coordinator at Cascade Ridge • Irene Davis • Cascade Ridge Staff Advisor • Volunteers (so far!) • Brian LaMure • Rhonda Kaetzel • Swapna/Shirish Vaidya

4. What is Destination Imagination? • National program for kids – all ages, all abilities, and all intellects • Teaches kids teamwork and creative problem solving techniques • Teams solvechallenges using CPS and compete at a Regional Competition • FUN! FUN! FUN! • At Cascade Ridge since 2002!

5. What are “challenges” anyway? • Two main parts to the “competition” • CentralChallenges • Instant Challenges • Elements: • Structural • Technical • Artistic • Improvisational • Performance Based

6. 2007-2008 Central Challenges • Teams work toward solution most of the year • Competitive challenges to choose from • A: Obstacles, Of Course! • B: Hit or Myth • C: DI’ve Got a Secret! • D: Chorific! • E: SWITCH! • 1 non-competitive challenge • TwisDId History!

7. 2007-2008 Team Challenge A:Obstacles, Of Course! Focus: Technical Design and Construction, Innovation and Design Process, Mathematics, Experimentation, Theater Arts, Teamwork The Destination: Where This Challenge Will Take You! Young or old, big or small, we all face obstacles in everyday life. Things are always getting in our way! Overcoming these obstacles, and how we do it, helps all of us grow and reach our goals. To solve this Challenge, your team’s vehicle will need to go over, under, around and through obstacles that it encounters on its path. Calculate carefully: your final score will depend on the choices your team makes – to overcome obstacles, of course! It’s all up to YOU! • Each challenge has detailed requirements and deliverables in addition to the short descriptions on your handouts

8. Instant Challenges • Teams work on the skills to solve instant challenges • But they don’t know what the specifics are for the Instant Challenge until the day of the competition • Situational • Improvisation required

9. Instant ChallengeExample THE BIGGER THE BETTER Challenge: Your TASK is to create a Sculpture that is as big as possible in honor of your school and then to present a PERFORMANCE for the Appraisers in which you tell about the Sculpture. Time: You will have up to 5 minutes to use your IMAGINATION to design and build your Sculpture, as well as plan your PERFORMANCE, and up to 1 minute to tell the Appraisers about your creation. The Scene: Your team has been asked to design and build a new Sculpture that honors your school. Your Sculpture should be as high and wide as possible. You should build your Sculpture on a table. You will be told when you have 1 minute remaining and 30 seconds remaining in Part One. At the end of Part One, the Appraisers will measure how high your Sculpture from the top of the table and how wide your Sculpture is at its widest point. In Part Two present a PERFORMANCE in which you explain how your Sculpture pays honor to your school. Materials: 1 Balloon 2 Mailing Labels 6 Paper Clips 2 Rubber Bands 2 Cotton Balls 4 Straws 6 Pipe Cleaners 1 Index Card 1 Piece of String

10. Who participates?

11. Who participates? Kids! • Kids: K-5th • Kids: Volunteer to be on a team • Kids: Help recruit other team members • Kids: Start meeting as a team • Decide which Challenge to take on • Learn what’s required • Think; research; experiment; brainstorm; devise; try; persist • Use Teamwork: be flexible, listen well, cooperate, share strengths. • Have fun!!

12. Who participates? Parents! • Parents volunteer to manage/assist • Parents supervise, facilitate, run team-directed errands, host team meetings at their houses, buy snacks, etc… • Parents DO NOT INTERFERE • Challenge solutions are 100% kid made • Team Managers • Required: No Manager, No team • Help schedule team meetings • Attend all team meetings • Facilitate learning Creative Problem Solving skills

13. Creative problem solving • Why is it important?

14. What’s the timeline? • Registration Deadline: Fri Oct 19th • Final Teams formed: Fri Oct 26th • Team Manager Training • You don’t need to attend training to be a team manager • Seattle Metro Team manager info session: Tue, Oct 16th • Cascade Ridge Team manager training session: TBD

15. What’s the timeline?

16. What’s the timeline? • Competitions • Seattle Metro: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 • Bellevue WA • Phantom Lake Elementary • Tillicum Middle School • Washington state: Sat Mar 29th, 2008 • Wenatchee WA? • Global Finals: May 21st – 24th, 2008 • Knoxville TN

17. What resources are available? • Rob Chambers • Cascade Ridge DI Coordinator • rob@cascaderidgedi.org • 425-703-5420 • Irene Davis • Cascade Ridge Staff Advisor • davisi@issaquah.wednet.edu • (425) 837-5584 • Suzanne Zeitz • Seattle Metro Coordinator • szeitz@mail.com • 425-836-3977 • Web sites: • http://www.idodi.org/ • http://www.cascaderidgedi.org/

18. How do I sign up? • Turn in your paper work by Fri Oct 19th!

19. Do you want to give it a try? • Instant Challenge stations set up

20. Questions?