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Breakouts done in the SHS Library
What is breakoutedu?
Q - What is breakoutedu?
A - It's an escape room for education! Learn more about the kit and digital games in the slideshow below.
Articles
Breakoutedu: Helping Students Breakout of their Comfort Zones
Susan Detwiler, Trudi Jacobson, and Kelsey O’Brien write: “If you’d walked by Susan Detwiler’s Writing and Critical Inquiry classrooms at the University at Albany on September 7, you would have seen something rather unusual: two teams of students huddled around tables, preoccupied with locked boxes and an assortment of other materials. The students were working with BreakoutEDU, an immersive games platform that builds on the growing popularity of escape rooms.”...
College and Research Libraries News 79, no. 2 (Feb.): 62–66
Explore Like a Pirate: Gamification in the Classroom
Are you ready to transform your classroom into an experiential work that flourishes on collaboration and creativity? Then set sail with classroom game designer and educator Michael Matera as he reveals the possibilities and power of game-based learning. In Explore Like a PIRATE, Matera serves as your experienced guide to help you apply the most motivational techniques of gameplay to your classroom using strategies that work with and enhance (rather than replace) your current curriculum. Part one debunks common myths and fears about gamification and explains why and how game-based learning effectively engages students in any subject or grade level. Part two focuses on how you can empower students to take control of their learning. You'll also learn all about the different kinds of players in your classroom - and how to inspire them to set and achieve big goals. Part three is an all-in-one treasure chest, tool box, and field guide. Packed with ideas and examples that can be applied or adapted to any classroom - from badges and points, to mini-games and yearlong adventures - this is a resource you'll return to again and again.
Call Number: PRO 371.3ISBN: 9780986155505
Escape Rooms and Other Immersive Experiences in the Library
"In over a decade of designing programs, nothing I've ever worked on inspired more delight and surprise than our immersive programs," says librarian Nicole Scherer. Escape Rooms worldwide have quadrupled in the past three years, and libraries are getting in the act. Scavenger hunts have been a library orientation staple, puzzles, clues, and team competitions add to the fun. When it comes to STEM or curriculum support, what better way to learn chemistry than the immersive play of a wizardry potion class. Author Ellyssa Kroski, an escape room enthusiast and potions class graduate, will show you a full range of options with how-to guidance, on such topics as: Hosting a pre-designed game from leading educational supplier, BreakoutEDU.com Start-to-finish, replicable model Kroski developed for her library--Search for Alexander Hamilton and the Missing Librarian.How to design your own escape room from scratchDescriptive listing of 16 library projects with audience demographics, run-time, required staff, and budgetResources for making crossword, soduku, or jigsaw puzzles.Escape room board games or a digital breakout with Google toolsPop-up escape rooms to take on the road for outreach.Bring LARP to your library, live-action role-playing, the most popular immersive experiencehow to create an escape room flow-chart for planningDesigning a kid-friendly escape room.Vendor listings of the all the supplies you'll need. Planning template for an escape room project.
Call Number: PRO 025.5 KROISBN: 9780838917671
