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Teachers utilize GPS units to hone students’ skills

An article recently posted in the Rocky Mount Telegram highlights two teachers using Geocaching as a learning tool;

Seventh grade teachers Anica Weeks and Susan Pridgen both are avid Geocaching players. The high tech treasure hunt – as Pridgen refers to it – uses global positioning systems to find objects hidden by other geocachers. In order to tap into students’ tech-savvy lives, the teachers are putting GPS units in the hands of students to get them out of their seats to search for things they once found in textbooks.

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