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The following was originally published November 10, 2012 at http://tcoffey.edublogs.org/2012/11/10/4th-grade-jamestown-geocaching/ A few weeks ago, a teacher came to me wanting to do a J amestown Geocaching Activity with her students. I had been doing a lot of work on iPads, and had enjoyed some of the quick, [|1 minutes video podcasts by History is Fun.org]. I decided to incorporate both the iPads and Geocaching into one acti vity. Here’s the activity I created: 1. Download Podcasts videos to at least 6 iPod Touches/iPads from iTunes. You can fin d them here: [|Historyisfun.org Podcasts]. You’ll need the following videos: 2. Hide 6 Caches with the following labels on each cache: [|Jamestown Cache Labels]. Mark the locations of the caches with the GPS Units. 3. Students were broken up into groups, and given a clipboard, a [|Jamestown Geocaching Answer Sheet], [|an Order Strip for 6 Caches], and an iPad with the videos (but iPod Touch would work too), a pencil, and a GPS Unit. 4. Students worked in groups to find and answer the questions using the videos. I suggest the following jobs for members the group: 5. When students were finished, they used [|the app, Scan,] and the following [|Jamestown Geocaching QR Codes] to check their work. A traditional [|Answer Key] is located here if you do not have time for this part of the activity. Students re-watch the videos for the questions they’ve missed. So far I’ve had two classes complete this activity, and they loved it! I liked using the iPads because they were big enough for the entire group to see. I found it really important to discuss reading the questions BEFORE watching the videos…and practicing with the Slavery video was very helpful.
 * The Voyage
 * John Smith
 * Powhatan/Pocahontas
 * Hardships
 * Representative Government
 * Women
 * Slavery (I used this one as a practice example)
 * Navigator (Works GPS Unit)
 * Scribe (Writes the group’s answer)
 * Governor (Keeps folks on track, carries the number strips, reads the cache questions)
 * Historian (Carries the iPad/iPod Touch and plays the appropriate video)
 * Scout (Double checks to make sure the group is at the right cache number, Re-hides the Cache in the exact location, )
 * Judge (Checks the group’s answers with the QR Codes)

Image: Kolk, Melinda. compassrose.jpg. 1-Apr. Pics4Learning. 9 Nov 2012 

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 * Anderson || August ||
 * Bowman || July ||
 * Schlosser || November ||
 * Cobb ||  ||
 * Foster ||  ||
 * Furrow ||  ||
 * Marks ||  ||
 * Stuckey ||  ||
 * Urgo ||  ||
 * Weston || May ||
 * Williams ||  ||

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