"Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party."
~Jimmy Buffett
I truly believe students would be able to enjoy and retain more information when the task is presented in a scavenger type activity. I would expect to use a portion of our class time during a discussion on forces for students to work on a digital scavenger hunt. Students could search for items for examples of balanced and unbalanced forces, negative velocity, changing velocity, friction and find three people demonstrating acceleration.
One thing that we did learn during our class session is that if students are using phones for their camera there can be issues with downloading the pictures. If the room is located in a poor service area the students may have to leave the room to find a better signal. Once we were able to download our images the process was less painless. I do think students would be more motivated in a classroom setting that used digital scavenger hunts to advance their understanding of content material. We just need to be ready to handle any technical issues that may arise. As we learned even the best devices can have technical problems from time to time.
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