Comments on: We Had Too Much Time On Our Hands

By: I want to be a culture hacker « Quantum Progress

I want to be a culture hacker « Quantum Progress — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:38:09 +0000

[…] been wanting to do all along, I just didn’t know what to call it. Like when I first saw Dan’s SLVSCAV culture hack, where he created a scavenger hunt to teach students the things–you’re awesome, your school […]

By: Ms. Tenacity

Ms. Tenacity — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:18:07 +0000

This is amazing! As I was reading this post I thought there was no way that you would not reach your goal of student participation. It sounds like so much fun. Was it disappointing to you that the turn out was not what you thought it would be? Will you be doing this again, and will there be a prize the next time?

By: lardbucket - blog – announcing scavhunt

lardbucket - blog – announcing scavhunt — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:49:03 +0000

[…] the end of Dan Meyer’s SLV SCAV, it’s been in the back of my mind to get the source code available to more people, and there […]

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:53:41 +0000

Hey Doug, to your questions: no, yes, and see the heading “Obvious Blunders.”

By: Doug S.

Doug S. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:00:50 +0000

@dougsnyder

Dan –

Love the Scavenger Hunt idea! Did you do anything to tie this to the math curriculum for your students? And any plans to try this again? If so, what would you do the same or differently?

Thank!
Doug

By: Thing 7b: Google Reader | TKC!

Thing 7b: Google Reader | TKC! — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:50:05 +0000

[…] I was amazed by the challenges that Dr. Dan gave to his students in the post We had too much time on our hands. These were probably exciting for the kids to try.Â Especially the ones where they had to find out […]

By: Cliff

Cliff — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:55:35 +0000

This is great. It blows the one I did out of the water. But the good news is you inspired me to finally put my ideas down for others to see. So I started a blog, wrote a post and put my Pirate Math Adventure (a bulletin board driven scavenger hunt) out there. I never really had a place to start until I read this post (out of the tons of great ones I have read).

http://foreplusfore.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-first-post.html

The link is towards the end of the post.

By: David H. Wilkins

David H. Wilkins — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:16:48 +0000

Interesting. I know that class loyalty is encouraged in High School (pep rally, dress-up days, etc). I guess the students have a long standing personal investment in their class and want to see it do well. Intermediate groupings wouldn’t have that long standing investment and would need to “gel” around something else.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:17:22 +0000

David: In your opinion, what factor did competition play in the participation in your challenges?

The students I interviewed were motivated by class loyalty. (ie. "I just want the sophomores to win.") Many would share answers for their friends to submit to improve their class standing even at the expense of their own individual standing. Abby suggests we create teams that could serve as an intermediate grouping between "entire class" and "single individual." I think she's right on.

By: David H. Wilkins

David H. Wilkins — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:46:16 +0000

This is GOLD! I know several schools that could benefit from this. I work in private industry and I planned a scavenger hunt in our multi-story building once. Everyone loved it, and still talks about it to this day.

In your opinion, what factor did competition play in the participation in your challenges?

So, you say you only had girls in the top ten?