I played my Wild Card today!

I was trying to find a more engaging way for students to start learning the different sections of the library, so I came up with the scavenger hunt activity that you see in the pictures above. It was a great success with my first group of third graders. But what really made it awesome is what happened in the next class.

The day the next class of third graders was coming to the library to do this activity, I was going to be out of the building at a meeting. I wasn't sure who my substitute was going to be and whether or not he/she would feel comfortable with the technology. 

So, I asked my 5th-grade digital leaders to step in and help and boy did they ever! The day before I was going to be gone, I brought them into the library and showed them the activity. We talked about some potential troubleshooting they might have to do based on how the other class did. 

In a word, they were fabulous! (I wish I would have asked someone to take pictures.) Talk about an authentic experience for them. They told me later that it was so fun to be helping younger students. They reported that a few tech problems came up, but they were able to troubleshoot effectively ... and "Can we do it again soon?" Stay tuned!