http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6463503.html
This is a summary of what is contained in it:
- Don't these sound appealing to kids in a classroom?
- Searching for buried treasure
- Deciphering a map
- Encountering mysterious clues along the way
- Armed with GPS tracking devices
- Getting your hands dirty
Now this could make for a high-impact lesson according to the article. The authors believe few learning tools could be more appealing to kids.
What Middle School student would not be exited at the thought of going on a treasure hunt. Scavenger Hunts are going more High tech with GPS. It allows the players to search for clues or items in the hunt.
ReplyDeleteThey are learning how to use the devices to accomplish a task. I can remember teaching boy scouts many years ago how to use a compass.
The thrill is still there which makes learning exciting.
This definitely sounds cool, especially for classes such as history or science. For younger kids, tools such as this could be useful with math using real life problems to solve word problems instead of the boring stories in the usual workbook. I wish I had tools like this when I was in middle and high school.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine how excited, involved, and engaged students can get with an activity like this. Learning becomes fun and authentic. The only issue is how to design good learning activities with it.
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