Mobile Phones and Scoot September 17, 2006
Posted by Joseph Papaleo in General, SMS, Treasure hunts.comments closed
In Melbourne, Victoria this weekend, Newish Media, in conjunction with the Australian Centre of Moving Images (ACMI) will run a family event called Scoot. The premise is that aliens have come to invade the world and it is up to your group to save the world. Using SMS technology, each group will receive clues and get involved in a treasure hunt style game to solve the clues. When they find answers, objects or the like, they SMS their response in and then receive their next clue.
Everyday, school groups go into Melbourne (and I’m sure every other major city around the world) to participate in some type of school activity. Some of these activities are strictly supervised, while others have students travel from Point A to Point B on their own, using public transport and navigating their way using maps (won’t be long before they use GPS).
Using the Scoot idea, I envisage groups of students using SMS to particpate in a treasure hunt and solve clues on their way to Points B, C, D, etc.. Doing this would enhance the learning for some, keeping them on track and most importantly, ensuring their safety at regular times.
I’d be interested in knowing if anyone has heard of anyone using SMS technolgy in a similar fashion?
