As an avid watcher of the Amazing Race, I have been wanting to do something like this for a long time. The idea, however, seemed too "big" for my classes. After reading "Teach Like a Pirate" this weekend, I felt inspired to try a couple of things that I have thought might be too "big" or "creative" for me. As Burgess states, NO ONE is born "creative". Creativity takes hard work and reflective thinking: two of my favorite things.
The Process:
1: I split my class into four teams with four different routes throughout our school.
2: I picked 7 locations in our school that students could find. (la biblioteca, el gimnasio, la cafeteria, la sala de banda, la oficina, el laboratorio de computadoras and la clase de Rad)
3: Using their vocabulary words I wrote out little tasks for them to perform at each location. I.e. "Saca una foto de algo misterioso" o "Saquen una foto de Uds. haciendo ejercicio"
4: I got online and searched for a QR Code Generator. A quick Google search and I came across this one. http://www.qrstuff.com/. I opted to use "Plain text" as my data type and for each location I typed in my task and their NEXT location. For example, at the library, it would say "Saquen una foto de algo misterioso. Luego, vayan a la oficina."
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5: The night before the activity, I asked the class to split into groups and to have one person in each group download a QR Code reader.
6: At the beginning of the class period I gave each group a QR code like the one above that said "Saquen un "Selfie" de tu grupo y luego vayan a..." Once they scanned it in, they were off!!!!
***TIP*** Print the QR Codes in four different colors (one for each group). Because the routes are different you don't want them scanning the wrong one and ending up going in circles
NOW, I know some of you are thinking..."Is that it?" The answer is no. There was MUCH more.
When the kids got back to the classroom they had to narrate their route to the class showing them their photos and sharing their "battle" stories. They were told to give their reactions and to use transitions. This is a group that doesn't really like to present. TODAY, they were excited and told me that they would be willing to present again if there was another one. That is of course, if I think "bigger" next time. Ha! So much for it being "too much".
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