From diflnews at floridadi.org Wed Nov 8 18:22:58 2017 From: diflnews at floridadi.org (Florida DI News) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 13:22:58 -0500 Subject: [DIFLnews] Florida Destination Imagination November Newsletter Message-ID: NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER Greetings! We hope that your teams are having fun with our Destination Imagination experience. If you haven't started yet, there is still time. To find out how to start your team, go to www.floridadi.org and click on GETTING STARTED. You can also find information about our new team discount on our site. Online Team Manager Training Available We have lots of online training options for you. Destination Imagination has announced a new online learning system. As a Team Manager who has claimed your Team Numbers, you should have received an invitation to register for the training system. Please let us know if you have not received this invitation. Topics include: Getting Started as a Team Manager * The importance of training (especially local training) * An overview of Roadmap * An introduction to Interference Rules of the Road * Team formation and competition levels * Challenge components * Instant Challenge Tournament Procedures * Expense Reports * Conduct and concerns at tournaments * Safety rules The Roles of a Team Manager webinar * A webinar that explores the different responsibilities of a team manager o Creativity Stimulator o Educator o Challenge Expert o Interference Deflector o Chief Safety Officer o Facilitator Maze Craze Tournament Procedures Video Drop Zone Tournament Procedures Video Other topics will be added moving forward. Our California Affiliate of Destination Imagination also has posted several wonderful online videos of their team manager training session. These are great refresher courses, or excellent for new team managers. You can find the videos here. We would like your feedback on these videos, so please drop us a note at difl.info at yahoo;.com after you watch. Looking for other helpful information? Are you looking for more help to be a successful team manager? If so, check out Destination Imagination's blog post. The blog is full of helpful tips on how to be the ultimate facilitator for your team. The blog can be found here. Another resource is our Florida DI facebook page www.facebook.com/floridadi We repost Destination Imagination blogs that we find especially helpful as well as other interesting and creative posts. Please do send us photos of your team in action. We are happy to include them on our facebook page. Appraiser Training Appraisers will be invited to join the new Destination Imagination online training system in December. The details of the Appraiser LMS sign-on procedure are being developed and will be announced in November. Team Managers who are also Appraisers will not be permitted to take the online training and will need to attend a local training as the system does not allow Team Managers to view Appraiser training. Challenge Selection Remember that you must select your challenge separately this year. If you have not already done so, you should select one soon to give your team enough time to create your solution. For help with the process there are directions here on DestinationImagination.org. Under the FAQ page you'll see "Getting Started" and a series of questions. Click to expand "I just purchased a team number. How do I view and select a challenge?" and the one-sheet will be hyperlinked as "step-by-step guide" in the answer. Don't Forget Instant Challenge! Instant Challenge counts for 25% of your Team's total score at Tournament. Teams should practice IC at every meeting! The Roadmap that came with your Program Materials is full of great Instant Challenges. You will also find a set of Practice Instant Challenges in the DI Resource Area. Remember that Instant Challenges are designed to be done with common materials. If you don't happen to have a material mentioned, you can substitute. It can change the challenge and take your team in a new and interesting direction. If you prefer to have a kit, Georgia Destination Imagination has put together kits that include all of the materials need for all of the Instant Challenges posed in the 2017-2018 RoadMap. These kits are available for sale in their GA DI Store (click here). They will mail the kit to your school or home. General Instant Challenge Kits are also available at Nasco, which is a global education supply company. 5 different general kits are available. If you choose to order from them, make sure you ask about the 5% donation that would come back to Florida DI. Nasco: https://www.enasco.com/q?question=instant+challenge &x=0&y=0 International Experience You are invited to participate in the Poland Destination Imagination Tournament March 11-13. More information as well as registration information is available on our website www.floridadi.org .. Try DI Events If you know of any groups that might be interested in Destination Imagination, please let us know. We are happy to bring some Instant Challenges and spread the word about our educational experience. We will be participating in the Orange County Public School STEM expo next spring, and would be happy to present at your STEM fair or project night. Erica Bowler Affiliate Director Florida Destination Imagination www.floridadi.org DIFL.info at yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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