8th international Trans.History seminar on “Civil Society, Social Media and Jewish History in Ukraine in the 20th Century” will take place in Lviv from April 3 – 5, 2018

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.