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HOW TO GAMIFY YOUR LESSON USING ESCAPE ROOMS ?

Shubhra Arya

srastogi@dallasisd.org

CARLETON SZETO

CSZETO@dallasisd.org

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OBJECTIVE

To be able to make an engaging lesson using Escape Room/Digital Breakout session techniques

SUCCESS CRITERIA

I know how to add sections to Google Form
I know how to add a Response validation
I know how to add links to images
I know I need to organize all the files in one folder
I know how to add a confirmation in Google Form

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WHAT CAN DIGITAL BREAKOUT ROOMS DO FOR YOUR CLASSROOM?

Students

Allow for collaboration
Challenge student thinking
Engage! Engage! Engage!

Teachers

Insight into what students really know
Observing how students problem solve
Allows for reflection for future strategies

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READY ?

Let’s give it a try...

Enter here

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TIME FOR A BRAIN BREAK

“Focus Ball” breathing

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Let’s create one

GOOGLE FORMS

GOOGLE FORMS

CLUES

GOOGLE FOLDER

GOOGLE FOLDER

CLUES

Use Response Validation to create digital locks.

Create questions, prompts, paths that engage and teach/reinforce skills about a topic. Then create clues to help them unlock the digital locks.

You can use a Google folder to combine all the pieces in one place

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Response validation

Creating the Locks

Create a new Google Form
Create your question
Select answers choices as “Short answers”
Click the 3 dots
Choose Response Validation
Choose Type

Number
Text
Length
Regular Expression

Must choose “Required”

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Organisation

HOUSE ALL FILES IN ONE FOLDER

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STEP BY STEP

Open a Google Folder and name it - “Escape the Room Trial lesson”
Add separate Google Slide file for each question/clue.
Create a Google form with sections. Each section houses one question. Do not forget to add the Response validation.
Click +New -> Add new google slide. Name the document. (This is the student slide that you will share)
Click Slide -> Change Background -> Choose Image -> find an image
OPTIONAL - Add other images onto the background image ( Click Insert -> Image-> Search web) ...Remember to choose an image with transparent background.

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STEP BY STEP

6. Insert transparent shapes over things you want to add a link to.

7. Add a link for each question/clue in the google slide.

8. Make sure to add the link of the Google form to collect student responses.

9. When assigning to Google Classroom - remember to change the link to present mode by changing the word ‘edit’ in the link to ‘present’. This helps with the Slide opening straight in presentation mode.

10. Make sure that you choose the option - make a copy for each student in Google Classroom when assigning.