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Day 1: Explore a Breakout Box
Day 1: Explore a Breakout Box
- The Adirondacks: A Digital Breakout Box https://sites.google.com/psbma.org/adirondacksdigitalbreakout/home
- Explore for 30 minutes in class
- Quick Brainstorm:
- What did you notice, enjoy, and find challenging?
- What are the parts of a Digital Breakout Box?
- What Theme might you choose to develop your own Breakout Box on?
Day 2: Explore Another Breakout Box
Day 2: Explore Another Breakout Box
- Weird Wide World of Animals https://sites.google.com/psbma.org/weird-wide-world-of-animals-di/home
- Explore for 30 minutes in class
- Theme - Choose a topic that your whole team is interested in and excited about as your theme.
- Group Norms
- Remember all the work your class has done to develop leadership, decision-making, trust-building, communication, and conflict-management skills in your morning meetings.
- The goal is to come to a consensus - not for one student to win but for all to take ownership of and be excited about the chosen theme.
- Actively listen (make eye contact, avoid interruption and repeat important points…)
- Build on what others have contributed when responding.
- Disagree constructively in a way that helps everyone feel valued.
- Discuss: What strategies have you learned to collaboratively make a decision that works for each member of the group?
- Choosing a Theme
- Think: Take some time to think about some to brainstorm ideas that you would be excited to explore further. Write your three best ideas down with some details about why they would make a great theme to explore further.
- Pair: Get back together with your group of three to share your ideas.
- Share: One person shares one idea and then go on to the next continuing until all ideas are shared. Listen for ideas that you would be excited to work with. Together, come to consensus about what your theme will be.
- Develop and Write your theme as an Essential Question?
- Add your Essential Question to your Digital Breakout Box. Learn how to Create a new site and add and format text on a Google Site.
Day 3: Explore the Sections of a Digital Breakout Box and Get A Clue!
Day 3: Explore the Sections of a Digital Breakout Box and Get A Clue!
- Quickly (10 minutes) Revisit: The Adirondacks: A Digital Breakout Box https://sites.google.com/psbma.org/adirondacksdigitalbreakout/home As you are Breaking Out, explore the key features of a digital breakout box.
- Use the Digital Breakout Box Format doc to take special note of the:
- the Theme of the breakout box.
- Why was the theme chosen?
- How does it show up throughout the Breakout Box?
- the Essential Question
- How does the Essential Question provide a challenge for you?
- How does it focus your thinking throughout the breakout box?
- the Hook
- How does the hook get you excited to dig in further?
- How does the hook provide further information to introduce what you will be learning about?
- the Clues
- How do the images get you excited to dive into your work to solve the clue?
- How do the sub-questions focus your learning?
- How does the background information help you learn more about the clue?
- How does the the puzzle or game provide a challenge and reveal important information?
- the locks
- How do you know when you get the wrong answer to the clue?
- How do you know when you get the right answer to the clue?
- How do you submit your answers once all the clues are solved and the answers are put into the locks?
- the Explore Further section
- How do the links provide an opportunity to learn further about your topic?
- Sketchnote - Form groups of three. Ask each group to sketchnote one of the sections of the breakout box (theme, background information and resources, 5 clues, locks…)
- B. Clues: Important information is hidden in games, puzzles, secret messages....
- What Form Can a Clue Come In?
- Show few examples of clues (each teacher creates on clue to show)
- Quickly Explore other types of clues at our Clues Page.
- Each Teacher share some interesting types of clues (writing, puzzles, games....)
Day 4: Explore, Develop, and Add Clues
Day 4: Explore, Develop, and Add Clues
- Develop your Clues for your Digital Breakout Box
- Each team member choose one to explore further in more depth to learn how to create.
- Create a clue around your theme
- Choose an image or video to get others excited to dive into your work to solve the clue.
- Develop a sub-question to focus thinking.
- Provide background information to help your audience learn more about the clue.
- Give a clue (writing, puzzle or game) to challenge and reveal important information. Make sure you save the writing, puzzle or game.
- Add your clues to your Digital Breakout Box. Learn how to add and format text, add images, create a link, and embed files
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