Mapping, Googling, Skyping, critical thinking, geography,
searching and questioning all add up to a fun and successful MysterySkype. This week two of my classes had
the opportunity to participate in a Mystery Skype with a school in Duncan,OK. A Mystery Skype is a yes or no
questioning game that two schools play to try to guess each other’s locations. Students had to work together as a team to
ask questions about the other schools location and then use maps, atlases and
Google, along with their reasoning skills to come up with the location of the
other school. My students really enjoyed
the interaction and the challenge. Even
though Oklahoma is not that far from us it was still really enjoyable to
interact with students from another school. Thanks to Mrs. Davies 8th grade computer class for the Skype call and for playing along with us!
Mystery Skype on PhotoPeach
