Central Challenge
Solving the Central Challenge
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Goals
• Understand components of Team Challenge
– Central Challenge
– Side Trips
• Locate helpful information in Rules of the Road
• Recognize Elements of the Team Challenge
• To Reinforce DITM philosophy of Awarding Points
and the Level Playing Field
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Goals cont’d
• Understand roles of different members of
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Appraisal Team
Understand general flow at the TC site
Understand how scoring is performed
Provide a video representation of a Tournament
Team Challenge Presentation Site
Provide the experience of solving a Team
Challenge on a minimal scale
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Methods
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Presentation
Discussion
Video/DVD
Activities
Modified role playing
Debrief
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Rules of the Road
• IMPORTANT for team members and Team
Managers to read and understand Rules
of the Road
• Team CANNOT solve the Team Challenge
without the Rules of the Road and
Clarifications
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Clarifications
• Team Clarification
– Used by teams that need a rule clarification
for their unique solution
– Is shared only with the team asking the
question
– Limit of 10 questions
• Published Clarification
– Published on the Destination Imagination, Inc
website
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The following response is for the clarification requested for: viDIo
Adventure by John Doe ([email protected]).
Mark has described himself or herself as: Team Manager
This team is from: Four Seasons
This is the response to clarification #731
Summary of the question was:
-------------------------------------------------------------------Must the Seeker cross only common bounds
-------------------------------------------------------------------The clarification request was:
-------------------------------------------------------------------When the Seeker is ready to enter a particular Level, must it exit the
Portal cirectly into that Level through the common boundary between the
portal and that level, or may it exit the portal in any direction and
then move in any direction to get to the target level?
Thank you!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------The official DestiNation Imagination response to this clarification:
-------------------------------------------------------------------Hi! We hope your team is having fun with the Challenge!
As your team can see from the Challenge, there are really no
restrictions on where the Seeker can travel. While the 9 ft x 9 ft
Game Zone, Portal, Game Levels, and other dividing lines are taped on
the floor, this does not restrict the Seeker movement, AS LONG AS the
Seeker is not moving to reattempt a failed Game Level after it has
moved on to another Game Level. It is important for your team to read
and make sure the Seeker is operated to follow the requirements written
in A.5.f of the Challenge.
Have fun and Adventure onward!
Chuck Wood and Mary Jane Campbell
International Challenge Masters
Elements of a Team Challenge
• Challenge: Title
– Focus:
• The Destination:
Where This Challenge Will
Take You!
– Points of Interest
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A. Itinerary: The Central Challenge
B. Side Trips
C. Presentation Site
D. Reward Points
E. Important DIrections for Team
Managers
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Solving
the
Central
Challenge
Solving the Central Challenge
• What does the Challenge say you must do?
• What facts does the team know about the
Challenge
• What else do they need to know? Or find out
about?
• Review the Facts: State the Challenge
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Solving the Central Challenge…
• How else can you say it? Consider all
possibilities
• THIS is what the team decided their
Challenge really is
• Look for ideas that might solve the
Challenge (Generating)
• Which 2 or 3 ideas might be really good?
(Focusing)
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Solving the Central Challenge…
• Test some of the solutions
• Include team’s special qualities
• Fine tuning
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Tips for the Team Manager
• READ, READ, READ the Central
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Challenge and Rules of the Road
Use the CPS Process
Know the rules of Interference
Know what is needed on various forms
Practice Improvisation with the team
Practice IC starting with very 1st meeting
Use resources available from DI, Inc.
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Questions for the TM
• Is there sufficient time for team member
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interaction?
Are conditions optimal for CPS to take
place?
Where can I go for help?
Is each team member participating as an
equal
Is the atmosphere positive (no put-downs)?
Are team members taking initiative?
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Strategies a TM might use
• How could they restate
the Challenge?
• Could they focus on
one part if the whole
idea is too big
• When the team is
stuck – have them try
something
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• If solution is arrived
at too easily or too
early.. Ask, “What
else might we do?”
“How could you be
more creative?”
• Use CPS tools
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• Keep team
focused on
producing a
creative solution
• Maintain the true
spirit and intent
of DI
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apPRAISEr
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Qualities of a Great Appraiser
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Enjoys kids and young people
Has a good sense of humor
Is fair
TM
Understands the DI program
Understands the Team Challenge
Appreciates creativity in all forms
Can work on a team
Is punctual and honors commitment
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The Level Playing Field
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Who’s Who at the Presentation Site
• Challenge Master
• Head Appraiser
• Appraisers – Prep Area Appraiser, Central
Challenge/Side Trip Appraiser, Improv
StuDIo Appraiser, Structure Check-In
• Other Support Officials – Number
Cruncher, Doorkeepers, Announcer,
Timekeeper
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Sample Site Procedures for
Team Challenges
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Prep Area, paperwork
Launch Area
Improv Element
Presentation
Appraiser interviews
Receiving Raw Scores
Team Challenge Raw Scores
• How do Appraisers evaluate a team’s
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solution
How are scores compiled
Difference between Raw Scores and
“scaled” scores
Difference between objective and
subjective scores
What scores can be appealed?
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Receiving Scores
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Team/School
Total
OthDed
Central
Side Instant
Rw Cen RwSide RwInst
359.20
0.00
216.92
143.89
75.00
48.67
67.28
60.33
2T Wisconsin School
N8287, WI
355.71
0.00
218.67
145.05
58.23
37.79
78.81
70.67
2T Beartooth Intermediate
Fort Worth, TX
355.53
0.00
190.81
126.57
64.72 100.00
42.00
89.67
3
354.70
0.00
217.19
144.07
74.69
48.47
62.82
56.33
4T Zeeland School
Zeeland, Michigan
352.98
0.00
218.46
144.91
57.20
37.12
77.32
69.33
4T Perk School
Cross Plains, WI
352.64
0.00
225.00 55.15
72.49
65.00
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ABC Elementary
Lubbock, Texas
New York School
Manhattan, Montana
149.25
35.79
Appraising
Subjective Scoring
Activity
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Assessment
Write down 1 to 3 things you want to take
back from each topic
• Rules of the Road
• Solving the Central Challenge
• Who’s who at the Presentation Site
• Sample Site Procedures
• Team Challenge Raw Scores
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Thank you for coming
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