I’ve also learned that I have a hard time watching my students fail…but playing these games over the past two weeks has shown me the importance of this as well. Breakout EDU is an amazing way to give them practice with these skills. These are skills that I’ve noticed MANY of my students are lacking…and it’s something that we have to help them develop. This is an AMAZING social experiment to watch (but it’s SO HARD not to help them - or want to beat your head into the wall when they pass over an important clue)! The class that broke in communicated effectively, worked together, and demonstrated a great deal of persistence. Of the fourteen 6th grade classes that played last week, only one was able to break into the box. The teachers broke into the box with almost 20 minutes to spare!Įven though my 8th graders didn’t have time to finish, they had a BLAST trying to break into the box! I tested it out with my teachers and with a group of 8th graders who hang out in the library at lunch. I planned to do this game with my 6th grade ELA classes, who were working on a unit about the gold rush. Within a few days, I had acquired my box and become obsessed with locks.īeing the crazy person that I am, I couldn’t just use an already developed game…I had to create my own. I couldn’t wait the 3-4 weeks that it was going to take if I ordered a box through Breakout, so thankfully they have an open source kit and I have a handyman husband. Immediately upon playing my first game, I knew this was something I HAD to do with my students. I am absolutely, positively obsessed with Breakout EDU!Īlthough I’d heard about this and briefly looked into Breakout EDU a few months ago, a fire was lit within me when I played at the MiniLACUE conference a few weeks ago.
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