Comments on: Geocaching Class – Geocaching.com’s Lost & Found Video

By: Jackieosullivan

Jackieosullivan — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:48:00 +0000

I had a bunch of 14-15 year old Girl Guides attending an event recently as part of their Baden Powell Challenge. We spent the day geocaching in the city where we live. these girls later described this activity as ICT meets PE and feel they should be offered it as an option at school as “it is so much better than orienteering!”

By: Shogarth Hogarth91

Shogarth Hogarth91 — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:01:00 +0000

My teacher loves geocaching he told us about it and now I loved it!! Its so much fun!

By: Sklauderback

Sklauderback — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:50:00 +0000

What type of GPS do you have for your students?

By: MalachiWalker

MalachiWalker — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:26:00 +0000

Very cool. I am going to try to begin a club in the spring for our students, grade 6. Thanks for the video blog.

By: HobbitTaz

HobbitTaz — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:13:00 +0000

Love the fact the techer is using geocaching / gpsrs in thier lessons. Its a great way to get the kids actively learning. However I have to agee with an earlier post – I was really taken aback by the fact that you choose to place the cache on those electrical panels – That lends to tell the kids that it is ok to play around and on those type of areas. Even more so I’m surprised that you used it in the video knowing that you apparently had 3 or 4 other hides for that same project.

Again I love the teaching method, just might keep safety and Good Geocaching ideas in mind as you set up the lesson.

By: Fpenington

Fpenington — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:28:00 +0000

I too was surprised that safety was not considered when placing a Geocache on an electrical box especially with what appeared to be a magnet.

By: Esnyder

Esnyder — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:58:00 +0000

I liked how you used geocaching “in the classroom”. I am planning to present the idea of geocaching as a hoby and a teaching tool to our school’s administration. I am hoping to get an approval to have a geocaching inservice day for teachers. Many teachers do not know what geocaching is or how they can use it to enhance learning. We do have one teacher at my school who only uses it with a select number of students. Most teachers seem to think geocaching would only work at the elementary or middle school level. I am trying compile a list of ways that it can be used at the secondary level.

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By: Joeleen

Joeleen — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:11:46 +0000

McHenry Teacher – We are looking forward to starting up a Geocache club this year in our middle school. What a great way to make learning fun!

By: TKO1235

TKO1235 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:08:27 +0000

Nic e, creative idea. Also, having worked in video and film production, I don't believe the transformer was humming audibly to the girls. I believe it was just interferring with the video camera frequency.