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There are many ways this technology can be integrated into the various curriculum areas.  Here are a few.  I welcome more ideas!

Traditional geocache
Treasure Hunt – Each container gives the next set of coordinates to find.  The treasure can be a creative writing prompt.
Hide and Seek – one class/group hides a set of math problems.  The other group/class find them and answers the problems.
Logic Challenge – children have to find coordinates in order.  Each find gives them a clue to a logic problem they have to solve.
Mystery Person – similar to the logic challenge but with clues to the identity of a famous historical figure.
GeoTrooper – Each container has a puzzle piece that when all found and put together create a geographical location the class has been studying such as a region of the US
Figurative Find - The children have the task of finding one example of the various types of figurative languages.  Each type of figurative language is in a container at a different location.  The examples are on strips of paper.  The children collect one strip from each container.
Amazing GPS hunt - take off from the Amazing Race.  Children have to find details about the type of habitat/biome they are studying.  Each group has cards of a different color.  Each container has a card for every group.  When the child finds the coordinates they have to do a physical fitness challenge in order to get the card in that container.  This is done on the group’s honor. It is just a fun way to incorporate fitness into the activity.  When they have all the details the kids take the information inside and create a powerpoint about their habitat/biome.

For details on how to set up your own hunt you can check out this fantastic website.  http://www.alicechristie.org/geocaching/steps.html

This is one worth bookmarking!

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• Arcade Game Generator!
• Flashcard Generator [new]
• Countdown Timer
• Random Name Picker
• Dustbin Game
• Post It
• Diamond 9
• Fishbone (Ishikawa)
• Venn Diagram [updated]
• Animated Book [new]
• Timeline
• Lights Out
• Target
• Hamburger
• Living Graph
• Learning Cycle
• Jigsaw Diagram
• Priority Chart
• Source Analyser

http://classtools.net/

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http://www.dipity.com/

http://www.timetoast.com/

http://mnemograph.com/

http://lifesnapz.com/

http://classtools.net/ Many other tools as well

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/ Many other tools available

In our district every classroom teacher also has Kidspiration that would work well for timelines.

A glog is a poster.  There are many bubbles and stickers as well as backgrounds to help your students create their page.  The process of uploading pictures is easy if that is an option you want your students to do.  I created a sample with the topic biomes.  Topics this would work for include:

Book Reports
Rules Poster
Animal Poster
Arctic Animal Poster
Nervous System
Biomes
Indian Tribes
Ancient Civilizations
Geographical Locations such as regions of US

Here is a link to directions on how to use glogster.  Teachers can create an educational account and request logins for up to 100 students without the need for email addresses.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfrt3c2h_18f2qn3mdt

Image Source: http://www.glogster.com/
created by Laura Sadler

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http://www.skyways.org/KSL/Ref/misc/web/kansasday.html

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Download this Word document to find some great resources on MLK.

Martin Luther King Junior

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