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Physical Education Teacher in Nottingham, UK/ MSc Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Final Year Student Researching Technologies in PE

Friday 25 March 2011

'Geocaching at Djanogly Competition' Week 1 (Term 4):

Yesterday was the first day of the 'Geocaching at Djanogly Competition' and the weather was perfect. The teams remained the same from the 'Djanogly Rat Race - Nottingham to Paris'.
To recap the team names are;
- Lanasujoja
- Barbie Girls
- Spongebob Circle Pants :)
- Six Lions

Each team had at least one smartphone (e.g. Iphone/ Blackberry/ HTC etc) and had a active Twitter account to access the links to the Geocaches. They either had to follow MrPKeirnan_PKK or the Hashtag #PKKGEO to see the tweets on their phones.

On Day 1 we decided to only have 3 Geocaches available to the groups and they were represented by 3 balls. See below;


The teams were given a brown envelope with 3 items inside and all were marked with either a 1, 2 or 3 (Corresponding to which Geocache they are going to). See below the items that were used;


For example, if Lanasujoja were heading to Geocache 1 they must collect the treasure that is there and leave the item number 1 for the next group that find it. It is then repeated at Geocache number 2 and 3.

So the competition began and all teams started at the entrance to the Forest Recreation Ground that is adjacent to Djanogly City Academy. When the first tweet was sent the group that powered out in front was Lanasujoja and to my surprise had caught me up at the Geocache point. From there i had to lose the group as they could have just followed me to the next point. Here is a photo hint;


The rest of the groups got off to a steady start and advanced from Geocache 1 to 2, here is the GPS  point for Geocache 2;

With Lanasujoja way out in front of the other groups I tweeted a GPS position near the park on the Forest and left for another position at the top of the forest near the cemetary. I later tweeted that it was a hoax and there was no Geocache there. Lanasujoja then decided to retreat back to the starting position, which was when i tweeted the final Geocache 3. Here is a photo hint;


The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and we had a few technical hiccups (Pupils unable to see the GPS position on the map and then i posted a photo for them to see where i was). Well done girls for carrying on despite the problems and next week we will have more Geocaches for you to find (with a twist).

The scores have counted and they can be accessed via google docs, here;
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkmDQB07QMSadEhtOVlNUmE1T0JldU8wWWJEM2hBX1E&hl=en&authkey=CLTb-Y8F

Well done and we will be looking forward to next weeks lesson!!

Mr P Keirnan
Physical Education

Tuesday 22 March 2011

Term 4: Geocaching Competition Week 1

Welcome back to Term 4!!

On Thursday will be our first geocaching competition at Djanogly. Before we are ready to start the competition we must have the following for each group;
- A active Twitter account available to use within the lesson (As this will allow you to see the tweets of the geocaches)

Example below of a tweet:


- Data allowance on your Blackberry/ Iphone/ HTC (This will allow you to access the link from the tweet, which will reveal the location of the geocaches)
Example of a location on a google map:


If any of these are a problem please comment and let me know. Alternate arrangements can then be made to accommodate this.

Rules of the competition will follow tonmorrow!!

Bring on Thursday!!

Mr P Keirnan
Physical Education

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Same or New Teams?? You decide..........

For the 'Geocaching at Djanogly Competition', shall we keep the same teams or create new ones.......you decide by voting below;




Remember to vote and have your views counted.

The chart below will keep you informed of the votes in real time...


Have a good day!

Mr P Keirnan
Physical Education

Whats Happening Next Term??

The question everyone is asking is 'What is happening next term?' the answer to that question is below;

Geocaching:



You may ask what is Geocaching? Watch the video abaove courtesy of geocaching.com and it answers all your questions.

How will we do it?
What we will do is create Djanogly's own Geocaching team competition for your group and utilise the smartphones within the group e.g. Iphone/ Blackberry/ HTC etc.

More details will follow later this week about the competition.

Have a good week and will look forward to the final boxing session of the term on Thursday!!

Mr P Keirnan
Physical Education