Global Connections: GeoGame Project

One of great resource to link kids around the world is http://www.globalschoolnet.org/. It is pretty much a go-to website for various programs, collaborations, and projects. After look at the website, I found a program that I really like called GeoGame. The Global SchoolNet Foundation has supported GeoGame since 1991. This project was developed by Tom Clauset of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Since I am from NC and plan on teaching in NC, I got really excited to see that someone from NC developed this project! The project was even in the May 1990 issue of the Computing Teacher Magazine, it can be seen at http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/teach/articles/keys.2.success.html. GeoGame's purpose is for primarly middle to upper elementary students to learn geography terms, learn how to read and interpret maps, and increase the awareness of geographical and cultural diversity.

Here is the summary of the project from http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/project/gg/description.cfm

Summary:

1. "You must register to play a game or submit a clue to be included in a future game. This is only required once. "
2. "If you want to include your own commmunity in one of our games, you must have your students research information about your community, such as latitude, longitude, typical weather, land formations, time zone, population, points of interest, and for whom/what famous, and then enter that information on our GeoGame Questionnaire. "
3. "When we receive your questionnaire containing the clues about your community, we check and archive your responses. When we have enough entries to make a balanced game, we format them all into a new puzzle to be solved. We maintain these new games for approximately one year. "
4. "To play a GeoGame, you and your students can select one or more of the current games. Then your students, with help from maps, atlases, and other reference materials, match the description of each location in the game with the name of the corresponding city. After the students have decided the answers to the game, you enter your answers into the form at the top of the game page. If all of your answers are correct a certificate will be presented to print out and post on your bulletin board. "