Are you looking for a fun, new way to engage your students? Enter GooseChase! This free app is available for a variety of devices, and it has an easy-to-navigate website for the teacher/administrator who is running the game. First, you'll need to go to the website and sign up: http://www.goosechase.com. Then you'll want to start a new game. Name the game and give it a description. My GooseChase scavenger hunt was for library re-orientation... the kids knew where MOST of the books were, but due to recent reorganization, some of the collection had moved to a different location! Here's what my game looks like: Next, you'll need to make "missions". Each mission is an activity for the kids to complete - and the possibilities are endless! Math teachers could have the kids snap a picture of a problem, science teachers could have the kids snap a picture of a model they created, ELA teachers vocabulary words... I had my students take "Shelfies" (a selfie with a book!) all around the library. Here's a sample: Students were encouraged to explore the library as they searched for books and re-familiarized themselves with the location of the materials. The last step is to set the game time - I made mine a full week window of time that the game is open! Now, what about the kids? They will need to download and install the GooseChase app on their devices... It's free! We have a BYOD initiative going on, so phones and tablets were plentiful. They will need to register with a username, password, and email address. I had my students use their information provided by our district. They then search for the game name. If you added a password, it will ask them for that, too. Then the hilarity ensues... check out some of my students' posts! Even the surliest 8th grade boys (who are much too cool for everything) wanted to participate. It was loads of fun, and what a great way to tour the library!
As a teacher, you are able to see all of the pictures that they upload. I could definitely see it being used for assessment. Considerations:
Comment below - how could you use GooseChase in your class room?
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About the AuthorHi! Welcome to my blog! My name is Christine Hurley. This is my 17th year of teaching - I've taught Kindergarten, 4th grade, elementary media, and now I am in my 6th year of teaching middle school media! Archives
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