Cell Phone Scavenger Hunts

When I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art a few weeks back one of my colleagues told me her 25 year-old son comes to the Met to play scavenger hunt types of games in the museum. I have heard from other educators who have done this type of activity. They take a group of students to a museum or a zoo and give the students a list of clues. When the students find the object in question they either send a text with the information or send a photo. I imagine this would be a fun way to make sure all your students made their way around a particular museum and took in all the wonderful sights. 

Liz Kolb, on her Cell Phones in Learning Blog, recently mentioned a resource called SCVNGR. This service allows you to participate in or create your own mobile scavenger hunts. This service works with basic text messaging so you do not need a smartphone to use  it. Follow the link to Liz's page for some useful ideas to use scavenger hunts with your students or go to SCVNGR's website to learn more about the service.