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RESPONSES
TO GAME
Hunt for Country Capitals
Game
Summary of game:
Each site chooses a current country capital anywhere in the world and
develops 9 clues about that capital. ALL clues AND the capital chosen are sent
to the organizer of the game. Each Monday of the following 3 weeks, one set of 3
clues from each participating site will be posted on one email message to the
KIDPROJ board. During each week clues are posted, each participating site may
ask ONE yes/no question of each site playing the game. After the 3 weeks of
clues, participating sites will have one week to try and guess the country
capital each site has chosen. Only ONE guess is allowed. The week after the
guesses are sent in, a tally is posted of all participating sites and a winner
declared.
Skills used and benefits:
The primary objective for participants would be to use the game to teach
students to use the WWW as a reference in conjunction with other reference
materials. Basically, the game is a "how to find and access"
information. Deductive and inductive reasoning skills must also be used in
figuring out where to look for information based on clues given by other sites.
An increased interest in and knowledge of geography and history is a secondary
benefit of playing the game.
Timeline:
The project/game will run from September 23rd to October 28th. Total time
involved will be 6 weeks with results being posted the 7th week.
Classtime involved:
How many classes you involve, age of students, number of available online
computers, other reference materials available, and how much class time you wish
to devote to "research skills" will determine how much classtime you
will use to play the game. This game is ideal for a 7 week "exploratory"
type class in computers or telecommunications but can be played by a single
class with only one computer capable of going online.
Week beginning Monday, September 23rd Week 1
- All sites wishing to participate must register with Canyon Middle School.
Email your registration to sjburtch@tower.nersc.gov The registration
information is at the bottom of this message. 1200 GMT time Saturday of week 1
(Sept.28th) is the deadline for sites wishing to register.
Week beginnning Monday, September 30th Week 2
- Monday, a list of all participating sites and email addresses will be
posted to the KIDPROJ board as one message. Keep this list to have the email
addresses of where to send your yes/no questions asked of each site. Also
during this week, all participating sites will choose their country capital and
create 9 interesting clues. All 9 clues and the capital chosen must be sent to
sjburtch@tower.nersc.gov by no later than 1200 GMT Saturday of this week or
they are disqualified. (However, clues and answer can be sent earlier in the
week if desired)
Weeks beginning on Mondays of October 7th, 14th, and 21st Weeks 3,4,&
5
- Each Monday, 1 set of 3 clues from each playing site will be posted to the
KIDPROJ board as one transmission. During each of these weeks, sites may ask ONE
yes/no question of each playing site regarding their captial. These questions
are to be sent DIRECTLY TO THE SITE and NOT to the organizer. During these 3
weeks, students research clues trying to develop yes/no questions that will lead
them to the answer of each capital chosen by other sites playing the game. ONE
yes/no question may be asked of each site until 1200 GMT time Saturday of each
week clues come out. (A total of 3 yes/no questions will/can be asked of each
site but only one a week). Yes/no questions that arrive after 1200 GMT time
Saturday of each week do not have to be answered. So don't wait until the last
minute to send out your questions! Sites MUST respond to each yes/no question
asked of them during this time for EVERYONE to fully benefit from playing the
game. Hitting the reply key and a simple "yes or no" is all that is
required when receiving a question from another site.
Week beginning October 28th Week 6
- On Monday of this week, a list of all playing sites (with no email
addresses) will be sent out by the organizer. Hit the reply key and enter ONE
guess next to each site for the identity of the capital you think they have
chosen. DO NOT SEND INDIVIDUAL GUESSES! All your guesses should be submitted
on this list and returned to sjburtch@tower.nersc.gov no later than 1200 GMT
Saturday of this week. Guesses not on the list or sent later than 1200 GMT
Saturday, (Sept.2) will not be counted.
Week beginning Monday, November 4th Week 7
- The game is officially over and result tallies for each site will be posted
to the KIDPROJ board along with the identity of the capital chosen by each site.
REGISTRATION FORM
Please email this information
directly to Joyce Burtch <sjburtch@tower.nersc.gov> and NOT to any of
the KIDLINK mailing lists.
Site/School Name:
Address:
Phone:
Contact Person:
(name of person who will be in charge of
moderating the game for students):
Email address to be used for the
game:
(PLEASE type slowly and double check to
avoid future problems)
Your registration will
receive a confirmation!
Project Moderator:
Joyce Burtch, Telecommunications teacher
KIDLINK Annual Celebration Coordinator
Rotary Contact Manager for KIDLINK
email address:
sjburtch@tower.nersc.gov
Canyon Middle School
19600 Cull Canyon Road
Castro
Valley, CA 94552
Information Contact: Patti
Weeg, Title 1 Computer Teacher, Delmar El. School, Delmar, Maryland, USA.
Home Page: http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg
KIDPROJ WWW Contact: Grant
Dougall, Educational Consultant: Technologies, Saskatoon Board of Education,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA. Web Site: http://198.169.140.21/
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Created September 12, 1996
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