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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.

-Albert Einstein

Imagination encircles the world!”

Knowledge is limited.

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Welcome toDestination

ImagiNation®

Welcome toDestination

ImagiNation®

What is Destination ImagiNation?

What is Destination ImagiNation?

• DI is a fun and engaging program that teaches students three essential skills: Creativity, Teamwork, and Problem Solving.

• DI is a non-profit organization driven by more than 30,000 volunteers and 100,000 students every year!

• DI is available across the US and in more than 30 countries.

• DI is a fun and engaging program that teaches students three essential skills: Creativity, Teamwork, and Problem Solving.

• DI is a non-profit organization driven by more than 30,000 volunteers and 100,000 students every year!

• DI is available across the US and in more than 30 countries.


What DI BelievesWhat DI Believes

• Young people can access their creativity and confidence through discovery and hands-on experience.

• By participating in teams, students can gain experience in successful teamwork strategies.

• In performing competitive Challenges, students can build lifelong problem solving skills.

• Young people can access their creativity and confidence through discovery and hands-on experience.

• By participating in teams, students can gain experience in successful teamwork strategies.

• In performing competitive Challenges, students can build lifelong problem solving skills.


Why DI?Why DI?

Students who solve DI Challenges will:• Improve creative and critical thinking skills.• Discover and develop leadership qualities.• Build life-long friendships.• Discover that learning can be fun.

Students who solve DI Challenges will:• Improve creative and critical thinking skills.• Discover and develop leadership qualities.• Build life-long friendships.• Discover that learning can be fun.


OutlineOutline• The Basics

• The DI Program• Participation• Competition

• The Specifics• The DI Program• This Year’s Team Challenges

• The Basics• The DI Program• Participation• Competition

• The Specifics• The DI Program• This Year’s Team Challenges


The BasicsThe Basics

The DI ProgramParticipationCompetition

The DI ProgramParticipationCompetition


The DI ProgramThe DI Program

• Kindergarteners to university-level students can participate.

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

• A Destination ImagiNation Challenge is a hands-on activity that invites student teams to engage their creativity and work together to solve a unique problem.

• Challenges take place over specific lengths of time and cover specific areas of focus.

• Kindergarteners to university-level students can participate.

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

• A Destination ImagiNation Challenge is a hands-on activity that invites student teams to engage their creativity and work together to solve a unique problem.

• Challenges take place over specific lengths of time and cover specific areas of focus.



• ).• There are three basic process components.

• Understanding the Challenge• Generating Ideas• Preparing for Action

• ).• There are three basic process components.

• Understanding the Challenge• Generating Ideas• Preparing for Action


ParticipationParticipation

• There are 5 age levels in DI:• Rising Stars! (ages 4 to 7, non-competitive)• Elementary (3rd to 5th grade)• Middle (6th to 8th grade)• Secondary (9th to 12th grade)• University and DI eXtreme (university-level)

• There are 5 age levels in DI:• Rising Stars! (ages 4 to 7, non-competitive)• Elementary (3rd to 5th grade)• Middle (6th to 8th grade)• Secondary (9th to 12th grade)• University and DI eXtreme (university-level)


Creative Problem SolvingCreative Problem Solving

What Does Creative Problem Solving (CPS)

Really Mean?Creative problem solving (CPS) involves

combining brainstorming, creative thinking, critical thinking,

and implementation of the ideas generated.

What Does Creative Problem Solving (CPS)

Really Mean?Creative problem solving (CPS) involves

combining brainstorming, creative thinking, critical thinking,

and implementation of the ideas generated.

APOLLO XIII AND CPSAPOLLO XIII AND CPS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_13_Original_Crew.jpg

APOLLO XIII and D.I. APOLLO XIII and D.I. Apollo 13 astronauts are alive because of

creative problem solving. At onepoint, they needed a round filter to fit in the slot for a square one. The engineers on earth had to creatively solve the challenge using only the items that the astronauts had available to them. This

was truly the case of CPS saving lives!

Apollo 13 astronauts are alive because of creative problem solving. At onepoint, they needed a round filter to fit in the slot for a square one. The engineers on earth had to creatively solve the challenge using only the items that the astronauts had available to them. This

was truly the case of CPS saving lives!

APOLLO 13: A SUCCESSFUL FAILUREHouston we have a problem!

Tomando como ejemplo el Apollo XIII en donde los ingenieros a bordo de la nave

tuvieron que crear un filtro Redondo que pudiera insertarse en una ranura

cuadrada utilizando material que tenían a la mano. Este es un caso de CPS Creative

Problem Solving.Resolución de

Problemas en Forma Creativa uno de los elementos fundamentales en DESTINTION

IMAGINATION

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Apollo_13_Original_Crew.jpg

ParticipationParticipation

• Teams start deciding to register to national tournament. .

• Teams receive DI’s Program Materials,• Teams choose a Team Challenge and work for 8

to 12 weeks.Teams practice Instant Challenges through for

several weeks .

• Teams start deciding to register to national tournament. .

• Teams receive DI’s Program Materials,• Teams choose a Team Challenge and work for 8

to 12 weeks.Teams practice Instant Challenges through for

several weeks .


INSTANT CHALLENGESINSTANT CHALLENGES

CompetitionCompetition

• At Tournaments, teams present their solutions to Appraisers for score.

• They also compete in Instant Challenges. Instant Challenges are:• Short, time-driven impromptu challenges.• Confidential until the day of the Tournament.• Performance-Based, Task-Based, or a combination of the

two.

• At Tournaments, teams present their solutions to Appraisers for score.

• They also compete in Instant Challenges. Instant Challenges are:• Short, time-driven impromptu challenges.• Confidential until the day of the Tournament.• Performance-Based, Task-Based, or a combination of the

two.


INSTANT CHALLENGESINSTANT CHALLENGES

CompetitionCompetition

• Unless they are competing in “Do or DI,” teams must also complete two Side Trips. Side Trips are:• Team-determined, scored elements of the Team Challenge.• Opportunities to showcase and receive points for team effort or skills not

already assessed in the Team Challenge.

• For example, if a team has made elaborate costumes for a Performance, but costumes are not a scored element of the Challenge, the team can ask that their costumes be scored as one of their Side Trips.

• Unless they are competing in “Do or DI,” teams must also complete two Side Trips. Side Trips are:• Team-determined, scored elements of the Team Challenge.• Opportunities to showcase and receive points for team effort or skills not

already assessed in the Team Challenge.

• For example, if a team has made elaborate costumes for a Performance, but costumes are not a scored element of the Challenge, the team can ask that their costumes be scored as one of their Side Trips.


SIDE TRIPSSIDE TRIPS

SPECIAL TALENTS LIKE DANCING,SINGING ETC.

SPECIAL TALENTS LIKE DANCING,SINGING ETC.

The SpecificsThe Specifics

The DI ProgramThis Year’s Team

Challenges

The DI ProgramThis Year’s Team

Challenges



• Challenges employ Experiential Education, which helps children access their creativity, learn how to work as a team, and gain experience in solving problems.

• An emotional connection to the subject matter promotes student learning.

• In DI:• Students have FUN!• Students gain lifelong critical and creative thinking skills.• Students learn to work together to achieve goals.

• Challenges employ Experiential Education, which helps children access their creativity, learn how to work as a team, and gain experience in solving problems.

• An emotional connection to the subject matter promotes student learning.

• In DI:• Students have FUN!• Students gain lifelong critical and creative thinking skills.• Students learn to work together to achieve goals.


The DI Program SeasonThe DI Program SeasonWeek 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Stage 1

2-4 WeeksBuilding your

Team/Understanding the Challenge

Stage 2

2-4 WeeksGenerating and

Incubating Ideas/ Research/Inquiry

Stage 3

2-4 WeeksFocusing/

Preparing for Action/Putting It All

Together

Stage 4

2-4 WeeksReady, Set, GO!

Preparing for your

Tournament

Stage 5

PartyTime!


2009-2010 Team Challenges2009-2010 Team Challenges

• Team Challenges take teams weeks or months to solve.

• In Destination ImagiNation, the Team Challenges are new and different every year, and they are developed by volunteers.

• Team Challenges have specific focuses.

• Team Challenges take teams weeks or months to solve.

• In Destination ImagiNation, the Team Challenges are new and different every year, and they are developed by volunteers.

• Team Challenges have specific focuses.


Challenges 2009-2010Challenges 2009-2010

projectOUTREACH® “Band Together!”

projectOUTREACH® “Band Together!”

Service Learning, Research, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Youth Empowerment, Teamwork, Marketing, Communication, Project Management

In the Project portion of the Challenge, your team will:• Identify community needs and use creative problem solving tools to

select at least one need.• Design and implement a team Project in your community that

creatively uses music to address the need(s) you selected.

In the Tournament portion of the Challenge, your team will:• Compile an Album to document the Project.• Create and perform an entertaining Presentation that informs the

audience about your Project.• Include a Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience in your Presentation.• Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.

Service Learning, Research, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Youth Empowerment, Teamwork, Marketing, Communication, Project Management

In the Project portion of the Challenge, your team will:• Identify community needs and use creative problem solving tools to

select at least one need.• Design and implement a team Project in your community that

creatively uses music to address the need(s) you selected.

In the Tournament portion of the Challenge, your team will:• Compile an Album to document the Project.• Create and perform an entertaining Presentation that informs the

audience about your Project.• Include a Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience in your Presentation.• Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.


Technical: “DIrect DIposit”Technical: “DIrect DIposit”Engineering, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Innovation and Design Process, Technical Design and Construction, Experimentation, Mathematics, Communication,

Theater Arts, Teamwork

Your team will:•Present a team-created story about making a decision.•Design and build a piece of equipment that delivers supply Objects to Targets.•Consider risk versus reward to increase your Object score through strategic delivery to job site Targets.

Engineering, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Innovation and Design Process, Technical Design and Construction, Experimentation, Mathematics, Communication,

Theater Arts, Teamwork

Your team will:•Present a team-created story about making a decision.•Design and build a piece of equipment that delivers supply Objects to Targets.•Consider risk versus reward to increase your Object score through strategic delivery to job site Targets.


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Scientific: “DI-Bot”Scientific: “DI-Bot”Structural Engineering, Robotic Technology, Research, Technical Design and

Construction, Science, Theater Arts, Teamwork

Your team will:•Learn about Robotic Technology and the changes it creates. •Create an original Story which envisions and shows how at least one character’s life may be changed by Robotic Technology. •Design, create, and integrate a device called DI-BOT, which completes a motion or task, into the Story. •Create a method to change at least one prop or set piece, or part(s) of the prop or set piece, into DI-BOT, or a part of DI-BOT.•Create a scene change that enhances the Presentation by providing an effective transitional link from one scene to another.

Structural Engineering, Robotic Technology, Research, Technical Design and Construction, Science, Theater Arts, Teamwork

Your team will:•Learn about Robotic Technology and the changes it creates. •Create an original Story which envisions and shows how at least one character’s life may be changed by Robotic Technology. •Design, create, and integrate a device called DI-BOT, which completes a motion or task, into the Story. •Create a method to change at least one prop or set piece, or part(s) of the prop or set piece, into DI-BOT, or a part of DI-BOT.•Create a scene change that enhances the Presentation by providing an effective transitional link from one scene to another.


Fine Arts: “You’re Gonna Flip”Fine Arts: “You’re Gonna Flip”Teamwork, Storytelling, Puppet Design, Construction Design, Puppetry,

Theater Arts, Visual Arts

Your team will:•Present an Original Story dramatizing how a Character experiences a Flip, or a change of point of view, about someone or something.•Design, construct, and feature at least one Puppet as a character in the Story.•Create a piece of Live Visual Art that is to be completely produced during the Presentation.•Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.

Teamwork, Storytelling, Puppet Design, Construction Design, Puppetry, Theater Arts, Visual Arts

Your team will:•Present an Original Story dramatizing how a Character experiences a Flip, or a change of point of view, about someone or something.•Design, construct, and feature at least one Puppet as a character in the Story.•Create a piece of Live Visual Art that is to be completely produced during the Presentation.•Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.


Improvisational: “Do or DI”Improvisational: “Do or DI”Improvisational Acting, Story Development, Teamwork, Research Skills

At the Tournament, your team will:• Create a five-minute Improvisational Skit about a Threatened

Thing in danger of extinction. This must be done in a seven-minute Preparation Time period at the Tournament.

• Present a Skit using a Stock Character randomly selected from a list of stock characters that the team has previously researched.

• Incorporate props and/or scenery to enhance the Skit.• Integrate a randomly selected Unimpressive Superpower that

is revealed during the Skit.

Improvisational Acting, Story Development, Teamwork, Research Skills

At the Tournament, your team will:• Create a five-minute Improvisational Skit about a Threatened

Thing in danger of extinction. This must be done in a seven-minute Preparation Time period at the Tournament.

• Present a Skit using a Stock Character randomly selected from a list of stock characters that the team has previously researched.

• Incorporate props and/or scenery to enhance the Skit.• Integrate a randomly selected Unimpressive Superpower that

is revealed during the Skit.


Structural: “Breaking DI News”Structural: “Breaking DI News”Structural Engineering, Materials Science, International Relations, Research,

Innovation and Design Process, Mathematics, Theater Arts, Teamwork

Your team will:• Design, build, and test a Structure made only of newsprint and glue.• Reduce the props and scenery used in the Presentation to fit inside a

30in x 24in x 48in (76.20cm x 60.96cm x 121.92cm) container.• Reuse a story about a Newsworthy Event in a nation other than your

own.• Recycle newsprint by using it creatively in a costume or prop.• Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.

Structural Engineering, Materials Science, International Relations, Research, Innovation and Design Process, Mathematics, Theater Arts, Teamwork

Your team will:• Design, build, and test a Structure made only of newsprint and glue.• Reduce the props and scenery used in the Presentation to fit inside a

30in x 24in x 48in (76.20cm x 60.96cm x 121.92cm) container.• Reuse a story about a Newsworthy Event in a nation other than your

own.• Recycle newsprint by using it creatively in a costume or prop.• Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.


Rising Stars!® “Weighty News” Rising Stars!® “Weighty News” Mathematics, Working With Others, Science, Thinking and Reasoning,

Health, Listening and Speaking

What is your Challenge?• News here, news there...news, news

everywhere! A Structure has been discovered. It is made of newspaper and tape. What could it be? Why is it here? What does it look like? How strong is it? How can it be used? So many questions! Maybe if we see a newscast about it, the reporters will have some answers. Let’s watch and see what’s new in the news!

Mathematics, Working With Others, Science, Thinking and Reasoning, Health, Listening and Speaking

What is your Challenge?• News here, news there...news, news

everywhere! A Structure has been discovered. It is made of newspaper and tape. What could it be? Why is it here? What does it look like? How strong is it? How can it be used? So many questions! Maybe if we see a newscast about it, the reporters will have some answers. Let’s watch and see what’s new in the news!


MORE INFORMATIONMORE INFORMATION

National TournamentMarch 13, 2010Global Finals May 2010

National TournamentMarch 13, 2010Global Finals May 2010

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WELCOME to

DESTINATION IMAGINATION

WELCOME to

DESTINATION IMAGINATION

Participantes de Destination Imagination 2007

Participantes de Destination Imagination 2007

El Objetivo de D.I.(D.I. ULTIMATE GOAL)

El Objetivo de D.I.(D.I. ULTIMATE GOAL)

La meta de Destination ImagiNation® es ayudar a los niños a aprender que A través de una combinación decreatividad, trabajo en equipo y

tenacidad, pueden desarrollar por ellos mismos

soluciones creativas para problemas complejos Completamente por

La meta de Destination ImagiNation® es ayudar a los niños a aprender que A través de una combinación decreatividad, trabajo en equipo y

tenacidad, pueden desarrollar por ellos mismos

soluciones creativas para problemas complejos Completamente por

Why we do it

2009-10 Program Season2009-10 Program Season

Welcome toDestination ImagiNation®

Welcome toDestination ImagiNation®


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