GAETI Day 3

First thing this morning it was a race against time, like a Survivor episode, as we raced across campus to find the next coordinates for our geocache activity. This was FUN! I enjoyed reading the clues and finding out about the history of MSU. I could do this, not with GPS, but with clues in spanish using prepositions and/or places in the school. It would be more interactive with the GPS devices, but I don't think that is in the budget. Nick Timmerman was very intersting in talking about Native American Civil Rights. This led to stereotypes and what is depicted in movies, cartoons, and most commonly, Disney films that I have shown my children. I will go back at some point and clear up those misconceptions so they will be more informed than some of their peers. In this age of "political correctness" who knows what could change? We went on Google Earth and plotted coordinates of various places; I can give clues to important chapter info and have them find the places using the coordinates given. A virtual scavenger hunt! This can be done at the beginning of the year to introduce the students to places the spanish language is spoken and as a project where they research a country and tell the type of government, languages and religions, etc. but also list ssome places they would like to visit and why. They could also plot the coordinates and we could show this to the class using the projector. These are easy yet fun activities to get the students involved and drawn into the subject matter. Finally, (music playing in the background) I have seen the light...this is the creativity I need.