Wednesday, January 18, 2023

🪄 💻 A Harry Potter Themed Breakout

After the success with a recent digital breakout from VirtualEscapeRooms.org, it was time to try another one, this time based on the world of Harry Potter!
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Matt Miller from DitchThatTextbook.com has many free digital escape rooms--and tips & planning templates, too!--available on his site, and sometimes he features particular breakouts. This one, along with the Winter Wonderland breakout, were featured in December.

Today students could choose to work individually or in small groups to work thorough the screens from this breakout. Shortly after getting started, though, most kids were talking with one another whether they had formed groups or not!
Breakouts are a great way to encourage collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving, and many times students learn to manage their expectations and work through frustration if their first responses don't allow them to move on or unlock the next page.

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