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Welcome to

Creativity has the power to change the world.

Becoming a team is a life-changing experience.

Our world’s future depends on extraordinary problem solvers.


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.

Our Impact-125,000 participants annually

-Colorado is 3rd largest with 800 teams- 8 regions- www.extremecreativity.org

-38,000 volunteers


The DI ProgramTeams showcase their Challenge solutions in Tournaments:

• Teams first attend Regional Tournaments

– Boulder Regional Tournament is Saturday, March 15, at Monarch High

– Thank you for registering!

• Teams can advance to Affiliate (State) Tournaments

– First & second place per Challenge, per level

– CO State DI Tournament is April 12,

at CU Denver

• Top teams advance from Affiliate Tournaments to the DI Global Finals at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville


Destination ImagiNation®

• Central Challenge– 60%

• Instant Challenge– 25%

• Team Choice Elements– 15%

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Instant Challenge Success- Practice, Practice, Practice

- And practice some more

- Allowed to teach everything (even the solution)

- Coach on all aspects of challenge

- Challenges available online

- Door Prize – IC bucket!

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Interference

• Safety is NEVER interference

• Teaching skills the students ask to be taught is not interference

• Using Instant Challenge to teach building and performance skills is not interference

• Making sure the students understand the challenge is not interference

• No person (teacher, parent, friend, sales assistant) other than the team members may touch the materials used in the actual performance. That IS interference!

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Interference

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SkillsChallenge and Rules

SOLUTIONThe Team OWNS the top


Working with Parents

• Provide a copy of Parent’s Guide from www.idodi.org website

• Ensure parents understand interference

• Their most important job is ensuring that their team member comes to meetings

• Divide costs of materials

• Share responsibility for snacks, food, and transportation

• At tournament, create a list of appraised elements, so they can follow what their kids do

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A Word about Volunteers•First preference: Each team would provide one parent to be trained as an Appraiser.

– Appraiser Training: Saturday, February 1, at Grandview High or February 22 at Alameda High

– Parent works another tournament in March

•Second preference: Parent volunteer would be trained as an

Appraiser and work at the Boulder tournament.– Will try to accommodate the schedule

•Third preference: The parent volunteer would help with the Boulder tournament

– 2- or 3-hour shift by helping with registration, sign-in, etc.


The DI Program

This Year’s Team Challenges


Challenge Breakout for 2014


•Challenge A -Technical: Dave Hogsett, [email protected]

•Challenge B - Scientific: Cate Stanek, [email protected]

•Challenge C - Fine Arts: Paul Chinowsky, [email protected]

•Challenge D - Improv: Megan Morgenthaler, [email protected]

•Challenge E - Structural: Nora Johnson, [email protected]

•Service Learning/projectOutreach: Paul Chinowsky, [email protected]

•Rising Stars: Meredith Sherock, [email protected]

Boulder Regional Challenge Masters (RCMs)


Tournament T-shirts- $10 each- Front: “DI-fining Creativity,” Back: list of schools- Look for order form email soon!


Boulder Tournament Housekeeping

- Thank you for registering on Google!

- Pick up team manager bar/pin

- T-shirt order form due 2/20/14

- Appraiser training 2/1/14 or 2/22/14

- Tournament schedule posted no late than 3/5/14

- Meet your RCM

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