Mrs. Kirby and the HCA 5th grade classes recently completed a 19th century activity (letterboxing) with a 21st century twist. To prepare for this activity, Mrs. Kirby created a website for the Learning Commons. The students came to class the first day and practiced using an iPad compass app to follow a set of directions Mrs. Kirby had prepared. The next day, they hid their group's "treasure" (a stamp and a booklet) somewhere on the property. Using the iPad compass, they created their own set of directions to find their treasure, typed those directions up on the Pages app on the iPad, and emailed that document to Mrs. Kirby who posted those directions on her website. The next day, the students opened the website and followed the directions posted there to find the other "treasures" of the class, exchanging stamps on their booklets. High school students from HCA West came over to help as coaches for his activity.
This is a great example of your teachers effectively integrating technology into their curriculum. All of the elements of a technology-enhanced 21st century education were evident in this activity - creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. The whole project is summarized in the brief video below:
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