This is no ordinary geocaching trading item!

Geocaching for Education! is a Travel Bug Dog Tag Travel Bug, traveling from geocache to geocache on a very specific mission.

Trackable Item If you do not intend to log your visit on the Geocaching.com web site, please DO NOT TAKE THIS ITEM. Its travels and its progress requires you to log that it is being taken from this geocache. You will also need to log when you place it in another geocache. It's easy!

If you are willing to log your part of this Trackable's journey and place it in another geocache as soon as possible (after you log your find), grab it from this geocache.

My Current Goal:

We would like to use this Travel Bug as a means of spreading the word about the possibilities for Geocaching in education!

As a Technology Coach for a Michigan school district, it is my job to expose and educate both students and teachers about the possibilities of technology in education, and GPS technology is something that I am eager to share. Geocaching has great possibilities for lesson in math, science, geography, technology, and so much more.

I will be sharing the progress of this Travel Bug with my school district's students and staff periodically. As such, with this Travel Bug, we ask a huge favor:

When logging this bug, could you please tell us how you think geocaching and/or GPS technology can used in education?

Having writer's block? Here are a few prompts that might help you come up with a response:

What skills are taught by geocaching?
What subject areas (math, science, social studies, etc) could use geocaching, and how?
What have you learned from geocaching?
Can you tell us something neat about where you are from or where your found this trackable?

Thank you so much for your responses!