Looking at the RPC and other research tools, I think they can't do anything but help students to get more organized and make a better end product. I would say for myself, teaching research is very difficult. Maybe it's because of my age, but when I'm looking for an answer to something, I want it now! Not only that, but I am a huge procrastinator when it comes to projects. I feel that whatever I can do to prevent my students from falling into the same procrastination pitfall is great (and they're still young enough to not get stuck in a bad habit like that.)
At this point, I'm not planning to use the RPC in class as I don't really have any big projects on the horizon. However I do plan to use it when assigning larger projects in the spring to help students get a better idea of what to do.
It's easy in my classes to have our own sort of RPC as students don't have homework (Alt. School philosophy) so it's not depended on the student to do all the planning. But I guess for my planning purposes, it would be a good thing!
How to stay sane? Having more than 24 hours in a day! Seriously, more time to do things would be ideal. It's hard to squeeze all planning and worktime into a short time during the day. I do a considerable amount of work outside of school (as does everyone else) and I still use every bit of prep time for coming up with what's new and fun.
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