Classroom Twitter / Scavenger Hunt (20/2)

WARNING:  Students have had a tough time signing up for a Twitter Account on the School District Internet.  If you cannot sign up today, you must sign up for an account over the weekend and follow @MrScribner by Monday, February 3rd, 2012.  This will count as a quiz grade for the 3rd Marking Period.  We will be using Twitter in future classes.  This Twitter account should only be used for class.  Your Gmail and Twitter accounts for Crossroads should be considered your Personal/Professional accounts and you should use them for schoolwork only.  Any items posted to these will be reviewed and inspected and should meet or exceed School District of Philadelphia Computer and Internet Use Guidelines at all times.

Today we will be creating Twitter Accounts and going on a Scavenger Hunt.  Please go to www.Twitter.com and create an account with your Gmail Email account.  Sign In and add @MrScribner to your following list.  As you add me, I will add you.....Then The Fun Begins!

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SCAVENGER HUNT

Copy the following questions into an email and add the answer and the weblink you found it at:

1. Find information about a new Baskin Robbins Ice Cream flavor.

2. Where can you find information on how people without computers can access “Welcome to the White House”?

3. What are the Italian and Chinese names for Mickey Mouse?

4. Who won the 2002 White House News Photographers’ Association photographer of the year award?

5. What college did WNBA player Diana Vines attend?

6. Find a site with the daily feature ”On this Day in TV History.”

7. When was Pluto the dog first seen and in what movie?

8. Find a band with “guava” in its name.

9. What player appears first on the College Football Hall of Fame New Members site?

10. Where is the Red Feather Lodge located?

11. In season 3 of “The X-Files,” what was the name of episode 3X12, which aired January 5, 1996?

12. How many Beanie Babies are there?

13. Which college team holds the 1997 USILA Club championship?

14. Where is Camp Lachenwaldlocated?

15. What happened to Bill Cosby on November 11th 2004?