What is a Mystery Skype?
Mystery Skype is a 45-60 minute critical thinking challenge that your class takes part in while Skyping with another class somewhere else in the world. Your students' goal is to guess the other school's location (country, state, city, school name) before they guess yours. We do this by asking yes and no questions.
Here is a more thorough explanation of Mystery Skype from Skype in the Classroom:https://education.skype.com/mysteryskype/how-it-worksset
As part of my Level III field experience I set up a Mystery Skype with a class from Alberta, Canada. It was an awesome experience for my class, the other class, and for myself. It was great to see the students totally engaged in the activity and I could see their minds running as they tried to figure out the answers to the questions they tried to figure out the other classroom's location. Here are some photos of the experience.
DSU STEAM Camp:
During the summer of 2017 I presented a workshop on Mystery Skype to local teachers during Dakota State's Annual STEAM Camp for educators. It was a fun experience and exciting to see our local teachers learning new ways to connect with their students and students around the globe.
Mystery Skype is a 45-60 minute critical thinking challenge that your class takes part in while Skyping with another class somewhere else in the world. Your students' goal is to guess the other school's location (country, state, city, school name) before they guess yours. We do this by asking yes and no questions.
Here is a more thorough explanation of Mystery Skype from Skype in the Classroom:https://education.skype.com/mysteryskype/how-it-worksset
As part of my Level III field experience I set up a Mystery Skype with a class from Alberta, Canada. It was an awesome experience for my class, the other class, and for myself. It was great to see the students totally engaged in the activity and I could see their minds running as they tried to figure out the answers to the questions they tried to figure out the other classroom's location. Here are some photos of the experience.
DSU STEAM Camp:
During the summer of 2017 I presented a workshop on Mystery Skype to local teachers during Dakota State's Annual STEAM Camp for educators. It was a fun experience and exciting to see our local teachers learning new ways to connect with their students and students around the globe.