Angle Scavenger Hunt- Mrs. Bars' Class

Thursday was our first full day using the iPads and we began with an angle scavenger hunt using Google Drive and Skitch. 

Procedural Objectives: 

1. Students will explore Skitch as a tool to find and document angles in their physical environment. 
2. They will use the tools within Skitch to highlight the found angles and label them accordingly. 
3. Students will create "Angle Hunt" folders within their Google Drive accounts and be able to upload their Skitch images into their "Angle Hunt" folders. 
4. Students will use the iPad to create a document within their "Angle Hunt" folder in Google Drive to write a reflection on their experience with Skitch as a tool in Math. 
5. Students will share their entire folders with me.
6. Students will use a protractor to measure their found angles on the screen.

Reflection: 

Overall, this lesson went great! Using Skitch and Google Drive made it so easy to focus on the actual Math curriculum because these apps are so user-friendly and have minimal steps that students need to follow to access the uploading, drawing and image capturing tools. I was so impressed by student's ability to navigate Skitch and independently learn its tools and tricks. When I introduced Skitch to the class I gave them a very basic run-down; only sharing how to use it to take images, use the marker to draw/write over your image, and upload the image to Google Drive. Many of my students figured out how to use the other tools within Skitch as well as manipulate the marker tool for different color and size options. Students also quickly figured out that they needed to coordinate their image uploads in order to not overload the wi-fi. The one piece of this lesson that I would alter for next time is procedure #6. We used physical protractors for this step and I would love to find a way to measure these angles using an app. Many student reflections commented on this step as being a bit tricky.