After the game we came together and debriefed the game. The other team worked together with some struggles and broke out at 37 minutes.
The team succeeded and broke out at 33 minutes. Some of the students on this team rallied their forces & amazing things happened. Kids were quitting, saying it was too hard, or squabbling with each other. One of my teams was dysfunctional for the first 15 minutes. I have two kits so I split my class in half and ran two teams at the same time. We played our first game last week - The Swamp. What I didn’t really recognize, was the valuable team building and social skills that would also occur from doing Breakout EDU. When I heard about the concept, I was very excited about it because I thought it would be engaging and content rich.
Educators have designed all different sorts of breakout games targeting different academic areas to be used. Students typically have 45 minutes for the breakout. In the context of the classroom, the students are breaking out a box by solving clues to unlock their box. Last week I finally got to try out Breakout EDU and as my title states, “I’m in LOVE!” and so is my class! We’ve played two games and they are begging for more! I’d like to introduce you to this marvel of a classroom game that can be used from 1st grade - adult learners (maybe even kindergarten)! The gist of this game is based on the concept of “Escape Rooms” where the participants have to solve clues to “break” out of the room.
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