I’ve been running a bunch of MysteryQuest USA sessions in the last couple weeks, and more coming. Here are a few snippets from what’s been happening so far. Intros After the introductions in the session today, the first class was unmuted for a bit before they started their presentation. I heard a student ask, “Are [...]
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If you aren’t subscribed to the comments on my blog, then you should check out the MysteryQuest USA pictures posted online by Pine River Elementary. They give a great flavor of what the research portion is like in the classroom. I especially like the picture of this strategy of having a wall or whiteboard or [...]
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First session of MysteryQuest USA today! We had a lot of posters in the presentations today, so I thought I’d share some of what worked and what we worked on improving even during the conference! A couple of the classes were holding posters. As you can see, once they held it still, it came through [...]
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Today I am running the last MysteryQuest World for this school year. We’re focusing on Europe and have 3 classes from TX, one from OH and one from MI. After a rough start with technical difficulties for three of the schools, we got right into the presentations. Several of the schools were participating for their [...]
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I’ve been flat on my back sick all week, but on Tuesday we had a small miracle. I had a MysteryQuest Western Hemisphere session scheduled with 5 classes, and I was too sick to crawl out of bed, let alone facilitate. All weekend prior, I had wracked my brain trying to think of what to [...]
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Have you ever noticed how videoconferencing expands your thinking? How you learn new things every day, even if you’re just hooking up classes to the next place and making sure the connection works? This week I realized even this even more. I noticed how VCing makes you more aware of how other people define things [...]
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Registration for MysteryQuest USA is open now. I’m still adding dates, and probably won’t advertise to the listservs until that is done. But past participants are registering already and I thought you, my blog readers, might have interested classes as well. Sign up soon!
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This week I’ve been facilitating three Point-to-Point MysteryQuests for Reed Middle School in Bridgman, MI. They connected to MO, NJ, and CA. It’s our first time running MysteryQuests in just an hour with just one other school. The time frame better fits the traditional middle school schedule and makes it easier for the teachers to [...]
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Running another MysteryQuest Western Hemisphere today. One of my favorite formats for presentations is news shows. You can see some examples in the MysteryQuest video. Today’s most entertaining presentation was from O.W. Best Middle School in Dearborn, MI. They had a news show with all kinds of interesting facts and lines while giving their clues. [...]
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First MysteryQuest World Geography of the year today. (I still have openings in the March sessions!) MysteryQuest sessions are really fun to do because the students are so engaged and earnest about their work and learning. My favorite presentation today came from Bell Academy, NY, one of Andrea Israeli’s schools. The students had woven their [...]
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