Destination Imagination Parent Informational MeetingSeptember 20, 2016

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.

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? • 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.

Step I:Find a Team Manager

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 ManagerStep 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 ManagerStep II:Form a TeamStep 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 ManagerStep II:Form a TeamStep III:Select a Central ChallengeStep 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 ManagerStep II:Form a TeamStep III:Select a Central ChallengeStep VI:Begin Working on Challenge Solution and Practicing Instant ChallengeStep VI:The Tournaments

• Destination Imagination has three levels of tournaments.

– Regional TournamentMarch 4, 2016

– Affiliate TournamentApril 7 – 9 , 2016

– Global Finals TournamentMay 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

Thank You For Coming!