Texas History Mystery: Day 3
May 7, 2008
We are continuing our Texas History Mystery sessions. Feed back from teachers has been positive and the presentations have showcased creativity by our teachers and students.
Here are some good examples of sharing clues that I saw today.
1. This class embedded their clues in a skit about a family going on a vacation to the “mystery location”. After each portion of the skit, they zoomed in on a visual clue to restate the clue for our other classes.
2. This class used magnets and poster board to share their clues. This is a great tip to keep the clue stationary so that it will transmit well through the system.
3. The class had a nice, solid-colored backdrop for the students to stand in front of. I also liked that they indicated what historical figure was speaking. Sometimes audio is a bit tricky in videoconferencing and this is a good way to assist with communicating during our Texas History Mystery sessions.
Be sure to check out Joan Roehre’s blog for tips from Wisconsin History Mystery. Those tips apply to our Texas History Mystery, too!
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You’ve capture some really important tips!! Keeping the visual still is so critical! You don’t realize it until a kid is wiggling the poster around and the camera never focuses for the other side, and then they walk away and you still didn’t get it written down!
I love the skit / visual clue combination too. Skits are way more fun to watch & listen to, but harder to get the clues written down. With the visuals, you can have the best of both worlds!