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Fall 1999

Country Capitals is back for the fourth year. Many of us enjoyed this game last and hope to see you all of you back again this year. This year's game is moderated by Carol Shields of the United States

Announcing: 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 for 3 weeks during the game, one set of 3 clues from each participating site will be posted on one e-mail 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 27 to November 8. Total time involved will be 6 weeks with results being posted the 7th week.

Class time 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 class time 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.

REGISTRATION
All sites wishing to participate must register with Carol Shields at hagler@usit.net The registration information is at the bottom of this message. 1200 GMT time Friday, September 24th is the deadline for sites wishing to register.

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Monday, September 27 through October 1-

Teams should send a letter introducing themselves and telling a bit about the area they come from to the KIDPROJ board kidproj@listserv.nodak.edu . -------------

October 2 A list of all participating sites and e-mail addresses will be posted to the KIDPROJ board as one message. Keep this list to have the e-mail addresses of where to send your yes/no questions asked of each site.

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October 1 - October 8

During this time, all participating sites will choose their country capital and create 9 interesting clues. All 9 clues and the capital chosen must be sent to hagler@usit.net by no later than 1200 GMT Friday, October 8th or they are disqualified. (However, clues and answers can be sent earlier in the week if desired.) ------------

Weeks beginning on Mondays of October 11th, 18th, and 25th-

Each Monday, 1 set of 3 clues from each playing site will be sent to participants and posted at http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/capitals99

During each of these weeks, sites may ask ONE yes/no question regarding their capital. 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.

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Week beginning November 1
On Monday of this week, a list of all playing sites (with no e-mail addresses) will be sent out by the organizer. Teams should copy this message 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 to hagler@usit.net later than 1200 GMT Friday, November 5th.
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Week beginning Monday, November 8th- 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 e-mail this information directly to Carol Shields hagler@usit.net 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):
E-mail 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: Carol Shields
Montgomery County Schools
Montgomery County Virginia
hagler@usit.net

REGISTRATION FORM

Please use this handy web form or e-mail this information directly to Carol Shields hagler@usit.net 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):
E-mail address to be used for the game: (PLEASE type slowly and double check to avoid future problems)

Your registration will receive a confirmation!

| Register |

Project Moderator:
Carol Shields
email address: hagler@usit.net

Information Contact: Patti Weeg, Title 1 Computer Teacher, Delmar El. School, Delmar, Maryland, USA. Homepage: http://www.globalclassroom.org

KIDPROJ WWW Contact: Diane Smith, Internet Facilitator, Kent Learning Center, Seattle, WA, USA, Homepage: http://www.halcyon.com/maywood

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