2012 Training Options
All training options mentioned below are free of charge. Training sessions scheduled at SPSU include breaks and lunch. Registration directions are below.
For Teachers:
Future City Teacher Overview
Saturday, October 1, 2011, 9 am – 3 pm on the SPSU campus in the Center for Teaching Excellence
The overview is designed for teachers new to Future City. Cindy Sabula, a former Teacher Sponsor for Future City provides basic information about the competition and each of the competition components and rubrics (Virtual City Design, Research Essay and City Narrative, Scale Model and Presentation). Cindy discusses organization options for Future city, provides tips for success and answers your questions about the Teacher Sponsor role.
For Students:
Plan and Deliver the Presentation
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 9 am – 3 pm on the SPSU campus at the Center for Teaching Excellence
This 6-hour workshop for students places students in teams to plan and deliver a presentation. The presentations will be video-taped and critiqued and the team will have an opportunity to make improvements and deliver their improved presentation.
Research and Write the Essay
Saturday September 24, 2011, 9 am – 3 pm on the SPSU campus at the Center for Teaching Excellence
This 6-hour workshop for students follows a process of design, research, write and edit to teach students the basic skills they will need to write a research essay and develop the City Narrative.
Plan and Build the Model
Saturday October 8, 2011, 9:30 am -1:30 pm on the SPSU campus in the Architecture Building
This 4-hour workshop will introduce students to basic modeling making skills such as measuring, scaling, and constructing basic proportional models from found materials. This will serve as an introduction to the relative sizes of humans and the environments which they inhabit, so that in January their competition models will more realistically and believably depict the relationships of humans and built space.
Please note that each of the four workshops described above will be offered at SPSU one time as noted. The workshops will be taped and available to view in segments online approximately 2 weeks after the initial workshop offering.
To register for one of the Workshops described above, please complete and return this Workshop Registration Form via email attachment or fax to
Dawn Ramsey
Georgia Future City Regional Coordinator
Director, Faculty Growth and Development
Southern Polytechnic State Univ.
1100 South Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060
dramsey@spsu.edu
Cell: (770) 713-7337
Office: (678) 915-4287
Fax : (678) 915-3991
The form will need to be returned at least 72 hours prior to the workshop. Registrations are accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis and spaces are limited. You may share this form and the descriptions with your students so they can register on their own.
SimCity 4 Tutorial Series
A series of videos designed to help you through the process of designing and creating your city for the Future City Competition. The entire series is broken up in to 12 videos.
An e-mail will be sent to your Teacher with the Links and Descripitons for SimCity 4 Tutorial Videos.
If you need a DVD for SimCity 4 Tutorial Videos, Please contact
Dawn Ramsey
Georgia Future City Regional Coordinator
Director, Faculty Growth and Development
Southern Polytechnic State Univ.
1100 South Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060
dramsey@spsu.edu
Cell: (770) 713-7337
Office: (678) 915-4287
Fax : (678) 915-3991
For Mentors:
Bentley Mentor Center for Excellence
Bentley Systems, a major sponsor of Future City announced on 8/17/11 that their pilot project started in Texas in 2011 and designed to provide mentor support for Future City will go national this fall. The Bentley Mentor Center for Excellence, found at www.Bentley.com/be-mentors , includes
To join this innovative support system for mentors go to www.Bentley.com/be-mentors . All Future City mentors and teacher sponsors are encouraged to participate.
The Georgia Region is encouraging Youth Organizations to register as a Future City site. Any organized Youth Organization (i.e. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, YMCAs, churches, etc.) can register as a Future City organization. These sites can then sponsor one or more Future City teams. The student members must be 6 th , 7 th or 8 th grade students and a staff member or volunteer from the organization can serve as the Teacher Sponsor. Through this effort we hope to make Future City accessible to even more middle school students. Contact Dawn Ramsey with questions.