The document discusses the integration of digital tools, specifically geocaching, into history education to promote active learning and creativity through outdoor activities. It outlines various cache types and technical aspects for implementing geocaching as a teaching method while facilitating cross-curricular learning in history and geography. Additionally, it suggests creating custom puzzles related to historical films or local landmarks to engage students in interactive learning.

1. Find the Lost History: Learning With Digital Tools
Civil Society, digital storytelling & 20th Century
Jewish History in Ukraine. Lviv, April 3-5, 2018
Daniel Bernsen
Twitter: @eisenmed
Blog: geschichtsunterricht.wordpress.com
© Virtual Shtetl

2. Geocaching for history learning
 Discovering local/regional history
 Promoting active learning & creativity
 Working in groups
 Leaving the classroom for an outdoor activity
 Learning how to use digital tools & methodological skills:
researching, writing, publishing
 Facilitating cross-curricular teaching & learning:
history & geography (GPS, maps etc.) at the same time

3. Examples: geocaching & history

4. Examples: geocaching & history
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3N9A3_citadel

5. Examples: geocaching & history
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3N9A3_citadel

6. Examples: geocaching & history
https://www.opencaching.de/viewcache.php?cacheid=165288
YouTube Channel: FlippedHistory

7. Geocache types
 For history learning most important are 3 types:
 Traditional cache
 a hidden box at given coordinates
 Mystery / puzzle cache
 discover information or solve a puzzle to find the cache
 Multi-Cache
 multiple discoveries of one or more intermediate points
containing the coordinates for the next stage

8. Practical aspects
What‘s your aim using Geocaching: Starting a new topic?
Motivating students? Acquiring skills? Creating a new
learning product? Or other?
Is there already a cache on this topic in your school town?
Are there topic-related places in your region? Is there enough
information available (online or in a library)?
What kind of cache do you want to use (tradi, mystery, multi)?
What size (micro, small, regular?) And why?
And (maybe) most importantly: Who do you expect to search
the cache (your students? Other students? General public?)

9. Technical aspects
 Get the geo data for your cache:
 → very easy: Google Earth (app or web browser)
 Welche Geräte werden genutzt?
 Choose your devices (smartphones or GPS devices)
 Respect the general geocaching guidelines
 https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines
 Publishing the cache or not publishing? (If you decide to
publish the cache, who takes care of it on the long run?)

10. Alternatives
 event-cache  photo-rallye  digital maps
 paper puzzle
tour
 google street
view
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Hji
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11. Puzzle categories
For example:
 Multiple choice
 Open questions (without possible answers)
 Math problems
 Find the place
 Using codes
 Word puzzles (e.g. crosswords)

12. Multiple choice example

13. Open questions example

14. Math problems example

15. Find the place example

16. Using codes example

17. Creating puzzles: now it‘s up to you
Group 1:
Choose one of the
trans.history films
and create puzzles for
students about it:
http://trans-history.org/films/
Group 3:
Search for photos of the
center of old Lviv & create a
Puzzle photo-rallye:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/
https://www.flickr.com/commons
Group 2:
Choose a town you know,
use Google Maps or Street View
and create puzzle about the
history of the place.