Throwback Thursday with BreakoutEDU

With the holiday season fast approaching, starting with Halloween at the end of the month, I thought it would be a good time to remind everyone about BreakoutEDU. 

According to Jen's original post, BreakoutEDU is a great tool that:

• Gets students out of their seats
• Has them motivated & engaged with the content
• Promotes collaboration
• Allows the teacher to become a facilitator instead of a lecturer
• Values the learning process as much as the learning objective

Check out her original post here. Since last year, the BreakoutEDU site has received a makeover to make it even more user friendly!

BreakoutEDU is a tool that can be used across content areas and grade levels and the team at BreakoutEDU is always creating new games (with a few new ones for Halloween released recently!). Most of the buildings have at least one Breakout Box, and if not, let a tech coach know and we can find you one to borrow.

In addition to the physical Breakout games, there are also now a ton of Digital Breakout games available. These games do not require a physical box and locks, and the game is played on devices (whatever you have available) instead. The Digital Breakouts are great because they require virtually no prep work and are just as engaging and challenging as the physical Breakouts. You can easily search the site for physical, digital, and hybrid options.

There are lots of free physical and digital Breakouts available, but there is also an option to purchase platform access for even more resources. I created a DonorsChoose.org project for a new Breakout box and Platform access and recently received these resources! With the platform access you can:

• Create classes and have your students design their own Breakout EDU digital games! This is perfect for a new assignment option. As their teacher, you’ll be able to review their games and make them available for their peers to play in the classroom game library.
• Access collections of subject-aligned digital games. New games are being added to the platform each week.
• Access the Breakout EDU game library of more than 750 games.
• Create your own custom Breakout EDU digital games for an engaging classroom activity.

If you need help getting started, let us know! Additionally, if you think you'd like to write a project for a Breakout box and/or platform access, Angie or I can help with that too!