May 2, 2018
Spotlight in the Schools
Mrs. Stewart's 3rd graders participated in an Escape Classroom yesterday. Students had 1 hour to solve the problems involving area & perimeter in order to free 'The Champ' from 'The Masked Macho'. Throughout the experience students had challenges to face, such as when The Masked Macho turned the lights out on them and sprayed a fire extinguisher (fog machine), as well as the various tasks which reviewed previous learned material.
Below are some resources if you are interested in creating your own Escape Classroom. The learning experience is full of engagement and your students will love it! The Classrooms you create can be content based, or just focus on group work and perseverance in solving problems with a fun theme such as Music Across the Decades or TV Shows.
*Special thanks to The Masked Macho and The Champ for filming the clips used in this activity.
Check out these sites for ideas. Some are digital breakouts and others have materials included for you to print. Of course, if you would like some help creating one please submit a tech ticket, or email Dr. Drake or Melanie Harwell.
The Literary Maven-blog about how to create a breakout room with great links for creating fake documents like concert tickets, diplomas/Ransom notes, text messages, store receipts, and newspaper articles to be used for clues.
Breakout EDU- there are some free games here...some digital and some user created. You have to sign up for Platform Access, which is free. Content based games are not free though. If you want to buy some kits this is definitely the place to do it. Great games and the kits come with locks and boxes, so you don't have to recreate anything.
Breakout EDU Digital Sandbox-user created digital games. ALL FREE. These are content based and ready to use.
Google Translate for Sheets
Enter a word in one language in a cell, and then use the formula =GoogleTranslate(text, source_language, target_language) in another cell to automagically translate it! You can even drag the fill handle at the bottom of the formula cell down to apply this formula to more than one cell. You will need this list of codes for languages.
CILC #springintolearning
The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration's March 20th #springintolearning event has released the recordings of all the sessions. These recordings will only be available until May 7th, so check them out with your students while you can! Session topics include penguins, sharks, dinosaurs, Pocahontas, Benjamin Franklin, and much more. The complete list of recordings can be accessed here. Enjoy!