Team Members Team Managers Parents and Relatives Teachers

Team Members Team Managers Parents and Relatives Teachers and School Personnel Community Organization Members

Team Formation

Team Formation Your team must be made up of participants currently enrolled in a school, school program, college, university, community group, Boy Scout, Girl Scout, 4 H Club, PTA/PTO, home school program, parent group or business or government group. Your team’s Competition Level is determined by the grade or age of your oldest team member. (See “Competition Levels” on the following page. ) Please Note: Teams that have not followed the rules of Team Formation and Competition Level may present their solutions, but they will not be scored and will not be considered for the next tournament level. Any team that does not have a current license will not be allowed to compete.

Team Members Your team may recruit up to seven team members. Only the original team members (up to seven) are allowed to work on the Team Challenge solution. 1. Your team may compete with fewer than seven team members, but in order to be considered and be able to compete as a team, there must be at least two members. 2. Once your team has begun working on the Team Challenge solution, you may add team members up to a maximum of seven until you submit your registration roster to your first tournament. After your team has registered for the first tournament but before competing, you may add team members with the permission of the Tournament Director, but only if you have not previously reached seven team members. 3. Your team may not replace team members after the total number of members has reached seven, even if a team member quits, moves away or is unable to attend the tournament for any reason. If a team member moves away, that person is still considered part of your team and may still compete with the team if she or he is able. Replacing team members after the total number of members has reached seven will result in disqualification as a competitive team. Your team may still present but will not be scored

Determining Your Level Do I Use Grade OR Age to Determine My Team’s Level (US)? The Method You Use Is Up to the Team Rising Stars! The Rising Stars! Team Challenge is designed for preschool through 2 nd grade. Elementary Level (EL) Kindergarten through Grade 5 OR No student born before June 15, 2006 Middle Level (ML) 6 th through 8 th Grade OR No student born before June 15, 2003 Secondary Level (SL) 9 th through 12 th Grade OR No student born before June 15, 1999 University Level (UL) Full time, post secondary students enrolled in college, university, trade, or technical school or in the military. College-bound high school seniors who are taking accredited courses offered by a college or university that will qualify for course credit when entering higher education. If you choose this level, all team maembers must either be college students or meet the high school senior requirement above.

Purchasing Your Team Number with Destination There is a NEW system for purchasing memberships this year. Imagination, Inc. Step 1: Go to https: //www. destination imagination. org/challenge program/start a team and click on one of the boxes under the Team Numbers heading Step 2: Follow the directions for purchasing the Team Number New This Year: Teams will have the opportunity to review Challenge preview videos and a First Look document to learn more about each of the six competitive Team Challenges. These will be available on Destination. Imagination. org/previews mid August. Once the decision is made to participate and 2017 18 Team Numbers are purchased, Team Managers can log in to the Resource Area to review a full Team Challenge by selecting the Challenge and the team’s competition level. Teams may change their selection to review a different Challenge at any time and as many times necessary to make a final Challenge selection. Once a team has decided on their preferred Challenge, the Team Manager must make sure that the final Challenge selected in the Resource Area is the one their team plans to solve for the purpose of competing in a tournament. Team Managers (U. S. , Canada and Mexico only) may also request a printed copy of their final selected Challenge. It is important to note that if a team decides to change their Challenge selection after requesting a printed copy, they will only gain digital access to the newly selected Challenge. In addition to gaining digital access to the final Challenge selected, purchasers will gain immediate digital access to Rules of the Road and Roadmap. These resources will automatically be shipped to the purchaser’s address of choice at no additional cost (U. S. , Canada and Mexico only).

Registering Your Team, Challenge, and Level with Destination Imagination, Inc. Go to https: //resources. destinationimagination. org/resources. php/auth/login Sign in using your email on file and password or create a new account. When you get to the Welcome screen, accept the Code of Conduct for the 2018 year. Select My Teams from the Teams pull down menu at the top of the page Choose the correct Team Number and assign the correct Challenge and level to that team. If you are not able to assign the correct Challenge and Level to your team, contact the person who purchased your membership and have them complete this step. Your Regional Director should also be able to assign your team to the correct Challenge and Level.

Registering Your Team for Your Regional Tournament Go to http: //www. ohdi. org/ and look for the area to register your Team Follow the directions for registering your team. If you have not completed the Code of Conduct, follow the directions under the registration form. Make sure you read and understand the 5 steps you must complete for your Team Registration to be official. The Photo Release Forms will be collected when your team picks up their Team Packet at your Regional Tournament. Make sure you download the appropriate Invoice for your Region. Refer to it for any special Regional requirements and where to send your Regional Tournament Registration Fee and any other paperwork required by your Region. You will receive an immediate confirmation your Team is registered and within a couple of days a copy of the Team information you submitted. Please check it for errors. If there any, follow the directions at the top of that email to report the error. DO NOT re-register your team with the correct information.

Registering Your Required Appraiser(s) for Your Regional Tournament Go to http: //www. ohdi. org/ and look for the area to register your appraiser Follow the directions for registering your required Appraiser(s). If you have not completed the Code of Conduct, follow the directions under the registration for, You will receive an immediate confirmation your Appraiser is registered and within a couple of days a copy of the Team information you submitted. Please check it for errors. If there any, follow the directions at the top of that email to report the error. DO NOT re-register your team with the correct information.

Registering Your Required Volunteer(s) for Your Regional Tournament if Your Region Requires Volunteers Go to http: //www. ohdi. org/ and look for the area to register volunteers Follow the directions for registering your required Volunteer(s). If you have not completed the Code of Conduct, follow the directions under the registration for, You will receive an immediate confirmation your Team is registered and within a couple of days a copy of the Volunteer information you submitted. Please check it for errors. If there any, follow the directions at the top of that email to report the error. DO NOT re-register your team with the correct information.

Central Challenge Solving the Central Challenge

Goals • Understand the components of the Team Challenge – Central Challenge – Team Choice Elements • • Locate helpful information in the Rules of the Road Locate helpful information in the Roadmap Recognize the Elements of the Team Challenge Reinforce the DI® philosophy of Awarding Points and the Level Playing Field

Goals continued • Understand the roles of the different members of Appraisal Team • Understand the general flow at the Presentation Site • Understand how scoring is performed • Provide a video representation of a Tournament Team Challenge Presentation Site • Provide the experience of solving an Instant Challenge on a minimal scale

Rules of the road • It is very important for team members and Team Managers to read and completely understand this year’s Rules of the Road • A team cannot solve the Team Challenge without knowing the Challenge Rules, Rules of the Road, and all Public Clarifications

DI Roadmap The Roadmap provides: • An outline for the first 16 team meetings • Practice Instant challenges • Tips on team development and management for Team Managers • It is generally a great resource aimed at helping teams get the most out of being a Destination Imagination participant

Types of Clarifications • General Public Clarification – These are Challenge Specific and published on the Destination Imagination, Inc. website. – They apply to all teams within that Challenge • Individual Team Clarification – They are used by teams that need a rule clarification for their unique solution – They are shared only with the team asking the question – There is a team limit of 10 Clarification Questions – The Clarification Deadline is February 15 th

Public Clarifications If you have questions about your Challenge or the Rules: You might not be sure whether you understand something about your Team Challenge or the Rules. When you have a question and you cannot find the answer in the Challenge or the Rules of the Road, your team should ask for a Clarification. A Clarification is a statement that explains the boundaries of a stated rule or Team Challenge requirement. Questions asked by your team are answered by the International Challenge Masters (ICMs) who are in charge of each Team Challenge. The answers to your questions are called Clarifications are OPEN Submit before: Mon Feb-16 -2015 at 03: 00 AM ET Challenge-Specific Public Clarifications apply to every team within the Challenge. It is important to check them weekly to see if your Challenge has been 2015 Public Clarification for Scientific Challenge: Making Waves modified The last sentence of A. 3. d should read: If the team makes modifications that are simply decorative to a purchased item or to a commercially made instrument, the team will receive lower scores for Technical Design and Innovation.

Ohio Team-specific Clarification 1263 from The World Canvas -- 135 - 37525 Your team may ask questions of the International Challenge Masters (ICMs) for your Team Challenge. The ICMs will answer your team’s questions and send them directly back to you via email. The question and answer will not be shared with any other team. Question: The brochure is required to "be printed on and made from one sheet of 8. 5 in by 11 in or A 4 paper". Can the brochure be hand-drawn or does printed mean it has to be completely digitally generated? Additionally, is it ok to alter the paper or does it need to remain a complete 8. 5 by 11 in paper? Thank you Answer: Hi Miamisburg High School Secondary Level project. OUTREACH Team in Ohio! We are glad to hear from you and to know that you are interested in making the world you live in a better place! Your team wants to know if the Marketing Brochure may be hand-drawn or does it have to be completely digitally generated. Additionally, your team would like to know if you can alter the paper or if it must remain a complete 8. 5 in by 11 in piece of paper. Let's see what the Challenge says about the Marketing Brochure. In the World Canvas, Section B. 3. it states, ". . . The Marketing Brochure must be printed on and made from one sheet of 8. 5 in by 11 in or A 4 paper. Both sides of the paper may be used. . " So, your quote from the Challenge is correct! We are happy to see that you have been reading! The definition of "printed on" is not given in the Challenge so you are not limited to digitally generating the document. It may be hand-drawn. The Challenge requires the Marketing Brochure to be printed on and made from one sheet of 8. 5 in. by 11 in. or A 4 paper. The Challenge does not require the paper to remain a complete piece of 8. 5 in by 11 in or A 4 paper, so your team may alter the paper. Keep On Reaching Out! Mary Jane Campbell and Jennita Speicher International Challenge Masters project. OUTREACH: The World Canvas These are team-specific. The questions and answers are only shared with the team requesting the Clarification. Large numbers of questions about the same item may produce a general, published clarification, which then applies to all teams.

WHAT TAKES PRECEDENCE? Sometimes it seems like a rule or requirement in a Team Challenge, a Clarification, or the Rules of the Road conflicts with something in one of those other documents. Which document would take precedence? In general: Rules of the Road states general rules applicable to all Challenges. BUT: A Team Challenge may have a special requirement that supersedes Rules of the Road. (For example, even though Rules of the Road states that batteries are allowed, a specific Challenge may prohibit any use of electricity, making bat teries of all kinds illegal for that Challenge. In that case, the Team Challenge takes precedence. ) HOWEVER: A Published Clarification supersedes Rules of the Road and the Team Challenge, as well as a Team Clarifi cation. This is why it is important to check the Clarification Web page frequently throughout the time leading up to your tournament.

Solving the Central Challenge

Teams Must In order to successfully solve a Challenge, teams must read and follow: • Team Challenge o The Central Challenge (240 points) o Team Choice elements (60 points) o Presentation Area • • Reward Points Rules of the Road Published Clarifications (Destination Imagination. org) The information in these materials are binding on all teams.

Requirements for Solving the Central Challenge • Know what the Challenge says you must do • Decide what facts the team already knows about the Challenge • Decide what else they need to know or find out about to solve the Challenge • Teams should frequently review the facts and rules • Team members should be able to state all the Challenge requirements accurately

Requirements for Solving the Central Challenge … • How else can you say it? Consider all possibilities • This is what the team decided their Challenge and their solution really is • Look for ideas that might solve the Challenge (Generating ideas Brainstorming) • Which 2 or 3 ideas might be really good? (Focusing on ways the team can solve it)

Solving the Central Challenge… • Test some of the brainstormed solutions • Include the team’s special qualities • Fine tuning the team’s individual solution

The Elements of each Team Challenge • Challenge Contents: – – – Challenge Quick Look Getting Started Team Resources Central Challenge Team Choice Elements • The checklist of requirements for teams and Managers • A. Presentation Site • B. Reward Points • C. Tournament Data Form • D. Design, Create, and Present A Show

Resources Team Managers are strongly encouraged to read and use • Roadmap • Travel Guide for Teams • Destination Imagination Blog • Facebook. com/Destination. Imagination • Twitter. com/Ido. DI • Instagram. com/Box. And. Ball • Check Public Clarifications at least weekly • Practice Improvisation with the team • Practice IC starting with very 1 st meeting

Questions for the Team Manager • Is there sufficient time for productive team member interaction during each meeting? • Are team meeting area and conditions optimal for Problem-Solving to take place? • How do I utilize the Roadmap? • Is each team member participating as an equal? • Is there a positive atmosphere (no put downs)? • Are team members taking the initiative? • Are only team members suggesting solutions? • Is there real progress from week to week?

Strategies a Team Manager might use • How could the team restate the Challenge? • Could they focus on one part if the whole idea is too big? • When the team is stuck, encourage them to try something • Be positive!

• If their solution is arrived at too easily or too early, ask them, “What else might we do? ” or “How might the team be more creative? ” • Use Problem Solving tools • Encourage risk taking

• Keep team focused on producing a creative solution that they can complete without help • Maintain the true spirit and intent of DI

2017 18 Central Challenges TECHNICAL Challenge A: Maze Craze

Challenge A Overview! – Your Team Will:

2017 18 Central Challenges SCIENTIFIC Challenge B: Unlikely Attraction

Challenge B Overview! -- Your Team Will:

2017 18 Central Challenge THEATRICAL Challenge C: Change of Tune

Challenge C Overview! -- Your Team Will:

2017 18 Central Challenge IMPROVISATIONAL Challenge D: Treasure!

Challenge D Overview! -- Your Team Will:

2017 18 Central Challenge ENINEERING Challenge E: Drop Zone

Challenge E Overview! -- Your Team Will:

2017 18 Central Challenge SERVICE LEARNING Challenge p. O: Inside Impact

Challenge p. O Overview! -- Your Team Will:

2017 18 Central Challenge EARLY LEARNING Rising Stars: Friends Everywhere Non-scored Challenge – Pre-K through 2 nd Grade only

Rising Stars®: Overview! -- Your Team Will:

Including What’s Special. . . A Brief Look At Team Choice Elements

Goals • Know that Team Challenge is comprised of the Central Challenge and 2 Team Choice Elements • Locate helpful information about Team Choice Elements in the Rules of the Road • Understand how Team Choice Elements contribute to the Team Challenge solution and how they are scored • Understand how Team Choice Elements can contribute to the Instant Challenge solution • Use the Team Choice Elements Specialties Inventory to identify strengths of the team

Team Choice Elements • Are based on theory of multiple intelligences • Promote uniqueness in team solutions • Give the team the chance to “show off” its: – Talents – Strengths – Skills

Team Choice Elements Specialty Inventory • Refer to Roadmap & Rules of the Road • Complete Individual Specialties Inventory • Complete Individual Specialties Tally Sheet • Circle 2 or 3 specialties with highest score • Small Group – Complete Team Choice Specialties Tally Sheet

Individual Specialties Tally Sheet A. Linguistic intelligence involves sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain goals. This intelligence includes the ability to effectively use language to express oneself rhetorically or poetically; and language as a means to remember information. Writers, poets, lawyers and speakers are among those that Howard Gardner sees as having high linguistic intelligence. B. Logical-mathematical intelligence consists of the capacity to analyse problems logically, carry out mathematical operations, and investigate issues scientifically. In Howard Gardner's words, in entails the ability to detect patterns, reason deductively and think logically. This intelligence is most often associated with scientific and mathematical thinking. C. Musical intelligence involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns. It encompasses the capacity to recognize and compose musical pitches, tones, and rhythms. According to Howard Gardner musical intelligence runs in an almost structural parallel to linguistic intelligence. D. Bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence entails the potential of using one's whole body or parts of the body to solve problems. It is the ability to use mental abilities to coordinate bodily movements. Howard Gardner sees mental and physical activity as related. E. Visual and Spatial intelligence involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more confined areas. F. Interpersonal intelligence is concerned with the capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and desires of other people. It allows people to work effectively with others. Educators, salespeople, religious and political leaders and counselors all need a well developed interpersonal intelligence. G. Intrapersonal intelligence entails the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciate one's feelings, fears and motivations. In Howard Gardner's view it involves having an effective working model of ourselves, and to be able to use such information to regulate our lives. H. Nature and Environment entails the capacity to understand nature and the environment.

Team Specialties Inventory

Team Specialties Tally Sheet Team Member 1. 2. 3. 4. . . 7. TOTAL A B C D E F G H

A Team Might Use the Specialties Inventory to • recognize areas of both individual and team strength • identify how team members are alike • identify how team members are unique • promote better understanding of one another • highlight skills, talents or strengths of individuals and the team

A Team Manager Might Use the Specialties Inventory to • know his or her own “specialties” • recognize areas where their expertise might lend itself to intentional or unintentional Interference

The Team Manager’s Job Is to Help Team Members • Recognize that together, team members possess a unique combination of interests, talents, strengths and skills • Discover and respect the individuality of one another • Celebrate diversity • Learn to value and utilize the wide variety of abilities and interests on the team • Figure out ways the TEAM is unique and exceptional • Design Team Choice Elements that showcase those unique and exceptional intelligences of the TEAM and all team members

Evaluating Team Choice Elements The team-written description of their Team Choice Element says… One of our team members created this stained glass window for our backdrop based on MC Escher’s Alhambra Sketch Now, please score this Team Choice Element using the 1 to 30 scoring range

Evaluating Team Choice Elements – cont’d This team’s description says… Regular divisions of the plane, called “tessellations, ” are arrangements of closed shapes that completely cover the plane without overlapping and without leaving gaps. LOGO is an old Apple program language used in the mid 1980 s to create crude graphics, including tessellations. One of our team members learned to program in Apple Logo to create this stained glass window for our backdrop using LOGO and the computer. It is based on MC Escher’s Alhambra Sketch. Now, please score this same Team Choice Element using the 1 to 30 scoring range.

Evaluating Team Choice Elements – cont’d • For which Team Choice Element did you give the higher score? • What affect did the information that a team member had learned to program in the LOGO computer language have on you score? • What would you like to know about a Team Choice Element to help you score it as high as possible?

Deciding What’s to Be Evaluated and How to Evaluate Your Team Choice Element Score the costume on a scale of 1 to 30… • My score for this costume = ? • My score for what I am wearing = ? • My score for how this fits into our western theme = ? • My score for how the costume and horse fits into our western theme = ? • My score for how the total costume, including the vest, neckerchief, hat, and horse presents our western theme = ?

Here are some Team Choice Element Creations How might your team ask for these TCEs to be scored? giant sphinx working lock robot judge bus pantomime

Recap • The purpose of Team Choice Elements a is to give all teams an opportunity to show off their greatest strengths in ways other than those required by the Challenge! • Teams do not have to use the Specialties Inventory • Teams may create any type of Team Choice Elements they wish • Be specific in the description of what the team wishes the Appraisers to evaluate • Practice writing examples of how they would like Appraisers to evaluate parts of the team’s solution • Generally, the more specific and complete information the team provides the Appraisers, including why the team thinks it is so important, the higher the Appraiser’s score

Assessment • List 1 example of something that could be done as a Team Choice Element • Explain which area of strength from the Specialties Inventory this example would highlight • Identify a good way to describe your team’s request of how they want a Team Choice Element evaluated

A Brief Look At Interference What NOT to do. . .

The 10 Second Team Manager Pyramid Red is for the Team Members Only TEAM’S SOLUTION Green is for Team Members, parents and the Team Manager INFRASTRUCTURE SKILL DEVELOPMENT

The 10 Second Team Manager Pyramid Guide Skill Development • We all learn skills. They do not appear via osmosis or the Matrix. Some team members will astound you with the skills they already have. Other skills may need to be learned to accomplish even the most basic tasks. • Skills are tools that fill a virtual box. The magic truly happens when team members pull an existing skill from their box and creatively apply it to the unknown. As a Team Manager, encouraging skill development is not just a technique, but a gift to the team for a lifetime. • Skills for creative thinking are presented as a major part of this level. Take advantage of them, for yourself and for your team. • Facilitating at the Skills level is not Interference. In fact it is the essence of what Team Managers and parents should do.

The 10 Second Team Manager Pyramid Guide INFRASTRUCTURE • Without a purpose and place to apply them, skills quickly wither and fade into time. • In our case, Destination Imagination® creates a simulated slice of reality on which to focus for about six months or so…. The Challenge is the Infrastructure. As a Team Manager it is not Interference to help your team understand the aspects and rules of the Challenge.

The 10 Second Team Manager Pyramid Guide Team Solution • This area belongs only to the team. This is the team’s Presentation. Team Managers and parents can’t touch it. In terms of the Destination Imagination® Challenge, the Team solution is where Team Managers and parents cannot go. • The SOLUTION is where the team members synthesize the SKILLS and INFRASTRUCTURE levels into something totally their own. • The solution draws on the lower levels, but produces something unique to the team; a way of putting the pieces together that is unexpected and chases the word SOLUTION from the basic skills to the top point of the pyramid.

As a Team Manager or parent, you are only interfering if you are in the RED TEAM’S SOLUTION INFRASTRUCTURE SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Interference and Parents Early in the meeting year, hopefully before the team has chosen the Challenge they want to apply the CPS process to, have a meeting with all team parents and present the Interference Pyramid to them During that meeting, provide the parents with a copy of the Declaration of Independence the team will have to sign as part of their Tournament paperwork Point out to the parents that if they provide ideas to the team which they eventually decide to use, in part or in total, they place the team in a situation in which they either lie and state they had no help from non-team members, or they take a deduction for the outside help they received. Appraisers are trained to spot and deduct for interference from Team Managers and parents in order to provide a level playing field for all teams

Instant Challenge Creative Problem Solving Against The Clock

Goals • Locate helpful information about Instant Challenge in the Rules of the Road and Roadmap • Become aware of the types of Instant Challenges • Learn techniques and process tools for team practice of Instant Challenges • Identify the roles of the different members of the Instant Challenge Appraisal Team

Goals continued • Understand the general logistical flow at a Tournament Instant Challenge Site • Provide a representation of the two types of Instant Challenges Performance based and Task based Instant Challenge solutions • Provide the experience of solving an Instant Challenge • Create Instant Challenges from the Morphological Matrix • Allow you a chance to participate in an Instant Challenge today

Instant Challenge (IC) Facts • ICs are usually three to ten minutes long • Teams will not know the IC until it is presented to them on tournament day • Teams may not talk about their IC, except privately among themselves until May 31, 2018 • IC scoring criteria may include but are not limited to: Development of skit Use of materials Teamwork Character development Creativity of solution Effectiveness of solution

Instant Challenge (IC) If a Team Manager manages two or more teams in the same Team Challenge and the same Level, the Team Manager cannot go into the Instant Challenge room at the tournament. At the discretion of the Tournament Director, the Team Manager may be allowed in the Instant Challenge room for his or her last scheduled team’s Instant Challenge. If a team member is on two or more teams, the Tournament Director must be notified so that the Instant Challenge presented for those Challenges at the tournament will be different. The team or Team Manager may not bring any devices, including but not limited to cameras, cell phones, i. Pads or tablets, computers or timing devices, and wrist watches into the Instant Challenge room. The team can

What is Instant Challenge? • A Challenge each team receives at the Tournament that has to be instantly solved • A chance for a team to show off its creative problem solving ability in a short, unrehearsed Presentation to the Instant Challenge Appraisers • At Tournament: – – – Teams report to a separate competition area Only team, one Team Manager and Appraisers in room At time of IC, team will receive two copies of Challenge Same IC for all teams in the same Central Challenge and Level The IC will be read to the team and they can follow along • All Tournament Instant Challenge information must be kept secret until after Global Finals by team members, team managers and appraisers

Why Are Instant Challenges Done? • They are a great way to learn and practice problem solving tools for use in the Central Challenge • Team members may use these techniques to help solve “challenges” in their daily lives • Team members may use these techniques to help solve “challenges” as adults • They help instil confidence in the younger persons

Types of Instant Challenges • Performance based • Task based • Combination

Basics of Instant Challenges • There are two ways to commit Interference in IC room – If a team knows the Challenge before their actual competition – If someone helps the team in the IC room during competition • A Team Manager can have a lot of fun working with team and training them in IC techniques • All Problem Solving Tools can be taught to the team through ICs • Teaching Problem Solving tools in IC is analogous to teaching sewing skills for Central Challenge • Make sure you have the team practice all three types of ICs

Performance based IC • Focus is on the team working together to create and present a theatrically-oriented solution • The team is evaluated on the creativity of their solution, presentation and/or use of materials along with teamwork • Types of Performance based ICs – – Without Props With Props Team created Props Imaginary Props

Performance based IC Tips • • • Speak loudly and clearly Listen to instructions carefully Know where the points are in the Challenge Listen to team mates when doing Improv Don’t make unnecessarily long speeches Practice giving everyone a part Practice talking yourself out of jam Practice saving a team mate who cannot think of line Practice using exaggerated movements / expressions Make up your own Improv games

Task based IC • The focus is on the team working together to move, build, change or protect materials they are given in order to complete a task • The team is evaluated on how well the team works together to – design the solution – present the effectiveness of solution – develop the creativity of their final project • The team members may or may not be allowed to talk during the execution of the Challenge

Types of Task Based ICs • To Build: possibly hold weight, build out, build as high as possible • To Move: moving something from points A to B • To Protect: protecting something from outside forces • To Change: changing something into something else, using given materials • To Communicate: sending, receiving, and understanding messages

Task based IC Tips • • • Listen to instructions carefully Know where the points are in the Challenge Understand all the possible uses for materials Work through “alternative uses” Break into sub groups if necessary Divide and Conquer • Practice giving everyone a part

Instant Challenge Check List Read: Read, read, the Challenge carefully Determine: What needs to be accomplished? Discuss: What is team really supposed to be doing? Time Management: Teams should allocate time to planning, constructing, preparing, practicing Teamwork: How can team work together to produce best results PS Tools: Generating and Focusing tools Presentation Tools: Character portrayal, Story line… Materials: Use materials provided in unique ways

Now It’s Your Chance • We have materials ready for an IC team of 7 members to complete a Task-based IC • We have materials ready for another IC team of 7 members to complete a Performance-based IC • When you are not participating on a team, your job is to evaluate the team members’ performance • Quickly form together into two IC teams if you would like to participate in the IC experience • Now, let’s gather around the IC area and listen for the IC to be presented as it will be during a sanctioned tournament

Creating Your Own Performance based IC • Create your own practice Performance based ICs… – without props, – with props, – team created props (e. g. , paper, scissors, markers), imaginary props • Use Morphological Matrix for scenario generation

Creating Your Own Task based IC • Create your own practice Task based ICs by combining and recombining items and tasks • Try to include: – Items that will hold weight, or have strength, or provide length to go across distances (e. g. , straws, pencils, cardboard tubes, etc. ) – Items that will connect one item to another (e. g. , labels, paperclips…) – Items that will hold and/or control items (e. g. , paper cups…)

Morphological Matrix A B C D E Materials Make a … That will Place Situation 1 Shoe Box Toy Move Western Town Lost in a library 2 Newspaper Vehicle Make a job easier Mars Overslept 3 Envelope Wagon Appeal to a teenager Underground Waiting for a bus 4 Pasta Doll Make people laugh Up a tree Baking a cake 1. Choose a random 5 digit number with no digit larger than 3 2. Example: 21321 Read your created IC as follows: Using a newspaper, make a toy that appeals to a teenager who is lost in a Martian library Hint: use rows from 1 to 9 and 3, 4, or five columns for more or less options

Assessment • How does Instant Challenge reflect the Educational Goals of the program? • How do team members engage in process while practicing Instant Challenges? • What are the benefits of Instant Challenge?

Important DI Regional Information • Each team is required to provide at least one trained volunteer to act as an Appraiser/Tournament Official. • Make sure that person is available to be trained on the Appraiser training date and from at least one hour prior to their first team to one hour beyond their last team on tournament day. • Make sure that person knows that s/he may not watch his/her child perform at the tournament. • Before your Regional deadline for registering your team for the Regional tournament, make sure you have acquired at least one required, Appraiser or Tournament Official. • Appraisers and Officials will be placed in a venue that is a different Challenge from the one in which his/her child or relative will perform.

Important Ohio DI Dates • Saturday, September 23, 2017 Governing Board Meeting from 9: 30 to 3: 00 p. m. at Delaware First Presbyterian Church, 73 W Winter St, Delaware, OH 43015 • Saturday, October 21, 2017 Governing Board meeting from 9: 30 to noon at Delaware First Presbyterian Church, 73 W Winter St, Delaware, OH 43015 • • Saturday, January 13, 2018 9: 30 to noon Governing Board meeting with ACMs – noon to 1: 00 p. m. Working lunch for Affiliate Challenge Masters and all Regional Challenge Masters – 1: 00 to 4: 00 p. m. train all Regional Challenge Masters from noon to 4: 00 p. m. at Mount Vernon High School Friday, March 23, 2018 4 to 9 p. m. Set up for Affiliate Tournament at Mount Vernon High School and Middle School complex for all competition venues. • – 6 to 7 p. m. Governing Board and Tournament Officials meeting in the Middle School Library. All venues will be locked during this meeting and teams may not be in the buildings. – 7: 15 to 8: 00 p. m. Teams will be able to preview sites and traffic flow patterns Saturday, March 24, 2018 Affiliate Tournament at Mount Vernon High School and Middle School complex. Specific competition venues will be determined sometime after March 1, 2018. • Saturday, April 14, 2018 Governing Board Meeting from 9: 30 to 3: 00 p. m. at Delaware First Presbyterian Church, 73 W Winter St, Delaware, OH 43015

Questions or For More Information • What questions do you still have about the Destination Imagination Program? • For more information about DI, check these out: – DI International www. idodi. org – Ohio DI General Information http: //www. ohdi. org – Ohio Region Specific http: //www. ohdi. org & choose Region from the drop down on left – Your Building or District coordinator – Your Regional Director

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