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Week One Results are in and we are moving on to the Elite Eight! Here are the results: There were some blowouts and some very close contests. I'm excited to share these results with the students and eager to see who moves on to the final four!
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Character + Setting + Plot. Three pieces all stories need. Also, three pieces that must be included in all digital Breakout EDU games. Crafting a brief but articulate storyline to accompany a digital Breakout EDU game may not sound too difficult, but the 4th graders I’m working with have some different variables in play… First, they are creating games in collaborative groups, some as large as five students. Each student is responsible for creating their own lock based on their “expert reports” which is a ELA+writing instructional unit. Here are the big ideas or themes that each group is working under… This has been a unique variable to navigate as students are engaged in both a collaborative and independent manner. Although each group has an overall theme or idea, they are each responsible for their own lock creation. Further, they have to collaborate as a group to create a storyline for each game. So, the “science” group with Ms. Bulan has three topics: water, DNA and the heart. Brainstorming possible story ideas to include all three topics, including a character, setting, and plot has proven to be a different type of challenge! Students are leaning into this element of our game design unit with some even sharing the observation that the story may present itself during the course of creating the individual locks. To help foster active and meaningful conversation around the idea in weaving a story throughout the game, we spent a good amount of time on the following reflection questions:
As we discussed and explored these questions both as a whole group and in our game-creation groups, students worked on the brainstorm sheet for this course. It helped students realize that the stories they need to create do not need to be excessive in length, but clear and concise. Almost as “attention grabbers” in a original piece of fiction. Students also came to the realization that some clues may also need to extend the storyline a bit to set-up their individual puzzle. Next week will see students dive into the lock of their choosing as they spend more time learning about the lock and finalizing their own idea for a puzzle. 2019MBM PB from Scott Jones on Vimeo.
Sounds awesome right?
How can you participate, support and encourage your students to participate? We've made it super easy peasy. Here is the playlist of the books being read aloud. Feel free to share some or all of them with your students. (Kids WILL have time to explore these during their library time in the RC Too). Then, each week we'll vote on a google form. Just like the basketball tournament, we'll emerge with one victor!
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