Mystery Skyping

Mystery Skype is an awesome way to teach kids about geography. Students Skype with a classroom that they do not know the location of and ask yes or no questions to try and figure out what state or country a school is located in. Through this program we were able to identify mountain ranges, time zones, major rivers to win our very first round with a school in Texas! Thanks to our district's tech integrationist for documenting the experience in this Tweet.

So happy to see some of my elementary students involved in a #mysteryskype this morning! @teachpoint0 #wssuteach pic.twitter.com/7gKOrqVOR9

— Brucie Donahue (@bruciedonahue) November 16, 2016

We are keeping track of our progress using this map she provided along with some supplemental tools you see beside it. To get started visit the Microsoft Mystery Skype site. It's easy to set up and the students had a great time connecting with other students via video.