Sep 20, 2016 - Opens: October 3, 2016. Closes: October 10, 2016. ⢠Information Required at Registration: ⢠TM Full N
Destination Imagination Parent Informational Meeting September 20, 2016
What is Destination Imagination? Destination Imagination (DI) is an educational activity in which student teams solve openended challenges and present their solutions at tournaments.
Who Can Participate? The Destination Imagination (DI) program is available for ANY kindergarten through 12th grade student attending a Fort Bend ISD School. Teams of up to seven students may be formed as long as they have a Team Manager—an adult age 18 or older looking for an amazing personal and professional experience. Teams compete only against their peers in any one of five levels.
Levels of Participation: •Rising Stars! ®: Kindergarten through 2nd grade • Elementary Level: 3rd-5th grade (No student born before June 15, 2005) • Middle Level: 6th-8th Grade (No student born before June 15, 2002) • Secondary Level: 9th-12th Grade (No student born before June 15, 1998)
How Do I Begin? Step I: Find a Team Manager
• Every Destination Imagination team needs to have a Team Manager. • Team Managers serve as a coordinator and mentor for two to four months as teams develops a unique solution to one of the open-ended Challenges. Observe as teams reach past their limits and experience the creative process. They also handle the logistics of the team such as schedule and paperwork.
Team Manager Support Meetings: •Fort Bend ISD provides ongoing support for all team managers – You are not ALONE in this process. • Team Manager meetings are held with topics relevant to where your teams should be in the process. •Dates of Team Manager Meetings: •October 22nd : New TM Training 9 – 12 (FBISD Annex) •November 8th : 6:30 – 8:00 (BMS Library) •February 9th : 6:30 – 8:00 (BMS Library)
Kathryn Garza 2016-2017 DI Team Manager Trainer 6th Grade GT ELA at Baines Middle School Parent of a Gifted Child 31 year Veteran Teacher 7 Years of Experience with DI as a Parent and Team Manager • Has State and Globals DI Experience • • • • •
How Do I Begin?
Step I: Find a Team Manager Step II: Form a Team
• Recruit 4 – 7 Fort Bend ISD Students to be on the Team. • Fort Bend ISD requires a minimum of 4 students to be on a Destination Imagination Team. • Students can attend different FBISD Schools. • Online Registration will posted on FBISD GT Web Page. Opens: October 3, 2016 Closes: October 10, 2016 • Information Required at Registration: • TM Full Name and Information • Challenge Level • TM Full Name, Grade, and Birthdate
How Do I Begin?
Step I:
Find a Team Manager Step II: Form a Team Step III: Select a Central Challenge
• Destination Imagination develops 7 unique Central Challenges for teams to solve. • Teams will review each of the challenges and select the Central Challenge that they would like to develop a solution for. • Teams typically spend 2 to 4 months developing and practicing their Central Challenge solutions.
Let’s Review the Central Challenges:
The Challenges: Points of Interest Use simple machines to create and build a new invention.
The Challenges: Points of Interest Design and build a stage on which the acts will take place and that will move a team member from one location to another.
The Challenges: Points of Interest Research and apply methods from cryptography and steganography to reveal secret messages.
The Challenges: Points of Interest Develop a strategy for placing structures to support as much weight as possible
The Challenges: Points of Interest Present a story about how the disappearance of a color changes the world.
The Challenges: Points of Interest Create three improvisational skits from the same story prompt. Each skit must be in a different performance genre.
The Challenges: Points of Interest Identify, design, plan and carry out a project that addresses a real community need. Create a live fable that integrates information about the project.
The Challenges: IC requires teams to engage in quick, creative and critical thinking. ICs are performance-based, task-based, or a combination of the two. Teams have to produce a solution in a period of just five to eight minutes.
How Do I Begin?
Step I: Find a Team Manager Step II: Form a Team Step III: Select a Central Challenge Step VI: Begin Working on Challenge Solution and Practicing Instant Challenge
• After your team selects a Central Challenge THEY will begin to develop their solutions. • Teams will also begin working on their instant challenge skills during this time.
How Do I Begin? Step I: Find a Team Manager Step II: Form a Team Step III: Select a Central Challenge Step VI: Begin Working on Challenge Solution and Practicing Instant Challenge Step VI: The Tournaments
• Destination Imagination has three levels of tournaments. – Regional Tournament March 4, 2016
– Affiliate Tournament April 7 – 9 , 2016
– Global Finals Tournament May 24 – 28, 2016
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Destination Imagination Inc. – www.DestinationImagination.org
Texas Destination Imagination – www.TexasDI.org Gulf Coast Destination Imagination – www.gulfcoastdi.com Fort Bend ISD Destination Imagination – www.fortbendisd.com -> Department and Services -> Gifted and Talented -> Enrichment Opportunities -> Destination Imagination
