Friday, February 8, 2008

Tip of the Day

The most common question I get asked is "what are some of the tips and tricks to winning the IC3 World Cup?" Fortunately the competition is fairly straightforward so it's not too difficult to figure out how to maximize your team point earnings.

However, I will say that based on my past experience one common strategy with the winning teams of the past has been maximizing quantity of team members.

The rules state that there is no limit to the number of people that you can have on your team as long as all the activities happen at the same center. Thus, it's a fair assumption that if you have 1000 people on your team, you will probably perform better than the team with just 10 members.

One team that competed in the competition a couple years back took this strategy to heart and started recruiting parents and other teachers in addition to their students to participate as a part of their team. Needless to say, they did win that year.

So keep that in mind as you think about your winning strategy.

Best of luck to you!

Sunny

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hello Everyone,

As the coach of the fourth place team in the very first IC3 cup I can attest that this contest is an incredible motivator for students. I sure will be rooting for any entries from Canada - Good luck to everyone!