Digital Scavenger Hunt

A few weeks ago we were told that we were going to go on a digital scavenger hunt with our group members. I was a little nervous about this at first because I did not know if we would have enough time in class to find all the items we needed as well as re-size all of our images. I had some trouble resizing images the week before when we had to make our web collections, so I was a bit skeptical. The scavenger hunt turned out to be a very fun activity and when it came time to re-size the pictures, I had some great group members who helped me figure out the right size.

I think that everything went very smoothly during this project and I would recommend doing it in a classroom setting for children. The only drawback to the project, if working with young children, is that you will have to have an adult with them to help them take pictures as well as walk around with them. Also, if you are wanting the children to put the pictures in a presentation they will need someone to help them re-size their pictures and place them in a PowerPoint. From this experience, I learned how to re-size images using many different tools, not just Photo Shop. There are many different websites, like Picnik that will allow you to crop the pictures and make them the exact way you need them to be. I do not think that I would do anything different next time I have to do a project like this. Everything went very smoothly and I think we had a lot of fun completing the project. Digital scavenger hunts can be used in many different ways in the classroom including: documentation of a field trip, to reinforce what is being taught in the classroom, and they allow the children to work in groups and learn how to work with one another.