Scavenger Hunt!

"Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting memowies"

The summer is starting, the world is in chaos as end of year exams are happening and summer planning begins, and everyone is just generally tired. It's time to take a break and do a scavenger hunt!

Normally these are done in person and everyone runs around acting crazy, but that leaves out people who have unfair hurdles they must deal with. It's also difficult to do when everyone is scattered across the globe. Given the marvels of this age, it's only fair to utilize the technological tools we have to play.

Here starts the hunt! How did you fair?

Get academic: Share a recently published academic article or journal in your subject area that you would like to read and why.

• I would like to read the article Outdoor Science Lessons Foster Environmental Stewardship to see if there is anything I can use here in Morocco. There is not very much nature out here and with this city's primary employer being an industrial company that frequently makes the beaches toxic, it would be nice to instill the idea of environmental stewardship amongst the youth.

Develop professionally: Share an upcoming conference or academic event that you would like to participate in and why.

• I will be attending the international TESOL2023 in Portland, OR, next year. Now that I know about the PLNs and Interest Sections there, the conference is much more useful and interesting.

Build life skills: Host a scavenger hunt activity for your students on life skills or social-emotional learning and take a picture of items collected by students.

I want to be like teacher Latifa. She helps people

Teacher director waits for us at taxis

I visit my family on Eid. It's the only time I see my cousins.

I feel close to my Muslim brothers and sisters during Ramadan

I want playing football like Rinaldo

Create awareness: Implement an activity with students to overcome any one stereotype towards culture, ethnicity, gender, or learning differences.

• We had a media analysis discussion in Clinical 4 where we discussed how physical attributes are viewed differently in different cultures. We also discussed how the super hero Ms. Marvel is viewed by different segments within the same country.

Create a memory: Take a picture with your cohort with any educational prop.

Scavenger hunt photo with cohort

Find common ground: Show pictures of a hobby or interest that you share with a teacher colleague at your school. (e.g. pictures of you and your colleague trekking)

Directors working on education initiatives

Get social: Add a post on the Twitter hashtag #tncohort or on the Facebook Cohorts community page with one important thing you learned during your clinical practice.

Share an achievement: Share the biggest learning challenge you faced in the program and how you overcame the challenge.

• The biggest learning challenge I faced in the program was finding time to read all the resources. I managed this by using the collections feature in Microsoft Edge browser on all my devices. This allowed me to add the links for all the material, easily delete them when finished, and everything stayed synced so I could read at the desk on the computer or waiting in line on the phone.

Get personal: Share one professional ethic that you always live by.

• The ideals of Compassion, Community, and Integrity are what guide me. They are so important that I made these the guiding philosophy of my school, all decisions must meet at least one of these ideals even when it hurts in the moment.

Get finished: Complete your e-Portfolio