SITA 2016 - EWITC Summer Instructional Technology Academy

Are you looking for ways to engage your students? Have you thought about gamifying your learning activities? Attend this session to see how the basic principles of gamification can be used in conjunction with several Google Tools. The example that will be shared is for middle school social studies, but the use of the tools and the strategies could be used in any content area.

Race against the clock to solve puzzles and unlock clues in order to complete your mission. This session will allow you to experience a BreakoutEDU mission, and allow you time to explore and/or create BreakoutEdu sessions that will fit your curriculum or students! You and your team will be locked in a room and be required to leverage teamwork, critical thinking, and creativity to solve a series of mysteries and puzzles in order to escape. 

Collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking are extremely important skills students need in the 21st century world. Given a scenario, players will need to scour the room to find clues, analyze and interpret a variety of information to break into a locked box in a limited amount of time. There might be physical objects in the room, or digital excursions, that players need to find and use to solve riddles or break into locks. After experiencing Breakout EDU, we will discuss how you can use this engagement tool with your students and form it to fit your content area.

What's the big deal with MinecraftEdu? MinecraftEdu gets students interacting in a fun engaging manner working towards a common goal of mining and crafting. It can be played in a survival setting or creative setting. Students that excel at this game often play independently and don't have the opportunities for group interactions. Like other games, team work often leads to increased success. It gives the gaming students a chance to excel and share their information in a fun and interactive manner. Students are asking to present their informational content using MinecraftEdu.

Race against the clock to solve puzzles and unlock clues in order to complete your mission. This session will allow you to experience a BreakoutEDU mission, and allow you time to explore and/or create BreakoutEdu sessions that will fit your curriculum or students!

Session link - https://goo.gl/qeOwdI