So+What's+Next?

Let's Race Around The World!

After reading the Teacher-Read_Me, make some decisions about the way you want to "run" the game and the resulting student project.


 * 1) Determine the level of flexibility you want to offer to your students (see later question, “Can I modify the content?
 * 2) Determine how many regions you are going to explore (usually based on the number of weeks you have to devote to the project). Example: If you have 18 weeks, you give one week to research, the next to turning in the project; therefore, you can travel to 9 regions. Of course, that’s probably pushing it because you lose the first and last week of the semester/year to administrative procedures, so that means you could reasonably do 8 regions.
 * 3) From the website, download all the “forms” the students need for the project and make copies.
 * 4) Go to the online storyboard and decide on Due Dates, Research Dates, and Travelogue Return Dates.
 * 5) Fill out the Important Dates sheet.
 * 6) IMMEDIATELY schedule the research dates in a lab at school—do not trust that the lab will be available on those dates, even though those dates may seem quite far out!
 * 7) Do any modifications to the Student FAQ sheet reflecting your personal modifications (this is the one you will be using to explain the project to your students).
 * 8) Make one copy of the following (as a packet) for each student:Choose a day to “introduce” the project, using the “Introduction to RATW” PowerPoint (online in the teacher resources link) and the FAQs (online in the student resources link). Plan to spend the ENTIRE class period to explain, answer questions, show examples, etc. This is time WELL SPENT, so don’t scrimp. The students need a clear understanding of expectations, content, logistics, etc., so take the time to do it well. REMEMBER: on the day you introduce the project, you will need your computer and a display device (LCD, TV, etc.) so that you can show the “Introduction to RATW” PowerPoint, the truncated student project example, and the website for RATW (so students understand how to access ALL papers online as you will not be providing any more hard copies).
 * Student FAQs
 * Important Dates
 * Writing ideas
 * Grading Criteria
 * Cost of Travel
 * Citing sites
 * Blank world map
 * The Trip Planner
 * Master Travelogue
 * 1) Consider making the poster/banner as described above and hang it in your hallway