Digital Scavenger Hunt Social Studies

This week we talked about digital scavenger hunts in TPTE 486. My group went out onto UTK's campus and found ten pictures that related with Social Studies. These included a newspaper, map, directions, inanimate object over forty years old, technology invented in last five years, differences and similarities, an event that changed the world, example of political bias, a political symbol, and a calendar showing an important date in history. Even though The University of Tennessee is a large campus so of these items were difficult to find, while others had a few opportunities for examples. I thought this was a neat exercise because a teacher can go out into the world and find examples to use in teaching a subject. With this, students maybe able to better connect the subject matter and what it means by using real world objects. We also talked about the importance of whether or not a photo can be used in the classroom that may be found on the internet. This is due to copyright laws. Last week we watched a video using Disney films about this that really helped me understand what can and cannot be used in order to follow these laws. Picasa Web Album Google Presentation