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DIscussions - Volume 2, Number 3 (10/14/2008)

Welcome to Montana Destination ImagiNation

DIscussions newsletter is intended to be a quick guide to the DI program and to help Team Managers as their team works toward DI competition.  If your school is considering the program for the first time, you can pick up the prior issues at www.mt-di.org to find out how to get started.  It's not too late!

Who Owns the Challenge?

DIscussions - Volume 2, Number 2 (09/30/2008)

Recruiting Teams

In our last newsletter we discussed ideas for determining interest in the Destination ImagiNation program within your school's student body.  The next step in the process is to recruit teams.  Recruiting teams first involves bringing interested students and parents together to get information on the full program and the time commitment.

Perhaps the easiest way to do this is to host a Destination ImagiNation information night.  This is intended to be a fun and informational  meeting for both students and parents.  Make sure that all of the students who indicated an interest in the program and their parents are invited.  If your school is new to the DI program, invite your regional director or an experienced Team Manager to come and explain the program.  It is important at this meeting to let your interested students and their parents know the following:

DIscussions - Volume 2, Number 1 (09/15/2008)

Welcome

to the 2008-2009 Montana Destination ImagiNation program year!
Destination ImagiNation (DI) is the educational program that teaches students tools to put their classroom education to work immediately. DI is open to students from kindergarten to 12th grade and beyond.

Students learn both leadership and teamwork skills.
DI teams meet throughout the year to learn the skills to creatively solve fun challenges.  As the students learn to work to together, the level of challenge increases and the team selects a Team Challenge to solve for competition.  Once the team has selected their Team Challenge, they must take charge of the solution.  Team Managers, teachers and community members may share their knowledge and skills but the team decides how instruction will be included in their solution, if at all. All Team Challenge solution ideas, materials, construction and presentation are owned and operated by the team members. 

DIscussions - Volume 1, Number 3 (01/12/2008)

Welcome:

This is the third issue of DIscussions, the Montana Destination ImagiNation Newsletter. If you missed the first issue you can find it on the Newsletters pages on Montana's web site.

Make sure your team and appraiser are registered for this year's tournaments.

DIscussions - Volume 1, Number 2 (12/01/2007)

Welcome:

This is the second issue of DIscussions, the Montana Destination ImagiNation Newsletter. If you missed the first issue you can find it at DIscussion Volume 1 Number 1

If you are a new Team Manager we want to know the questions that you and your teams need answered right away. If you are a seasoned Team Manager, please share some of your successes so we can include them in this newsletter. Send your ideas to montanacq@mt-di.org

DIscussions - Volume 1, Number 1 (11/17/2007)

Welcome

Welcome to the 2008 Montana Destination ImagiNation program! This is the first of a series of newsletters that you will receive to help you effectively plan and run your team meetings. Whether you are a seasoned Team Manager or you are brand new to the program, the newsletter will contain the information you need to guide your team to a rewarding DI experience.

Each newsletter will have information on fees, deadlines, tournament dates, special events and contact information so you can have questions answered quickly when you need it most. We will also give you team building tips, creative problem solving tools, and Instant Challenges as well as quick reviews of important rules.