Creating Digital Escape Rooms
Blending Mystery, Story and Puzzles to Highlight Fundamental Knowledge and Foster Curiosity
presented by Julie L. Stephens de Jonge, PhD, Professor of Spanish at the University of Central Missouri
Live event held: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 2:00 PM MDT
Add surprise, curiosity, and mystery to your courses. This workshop will show you how to use an array of digital tools to create a digital escape room experience. The presenter will offer suggestions for framing the activities, either on a small scale (a single activity) or across an entire course, as well as ways to add visual variety to traditional course activities. Participants will have the opportunity to practice using digital resources and there will be how-to demonstrations of ways to use free tools such as the Google Suite to create an interactive experience that reinforces, presents, or practices course material. Examples will also be provided of additional tools that can be purchased to enhance the experience of “escaping”.
EVENT NOTES
During the event, the audience discussed a number of additional tools and resources. Here’s a handy guide:
Microsoft tools similar to Google tools used to in the presentation
Google Slides: MS Sway
Google Forms: MS Forms
Google sites, could be Bing
Other Tools Mentioned
ThingLink interactive images and videos: https://www.thinglink.com/
Scavenger Hunts: https://www.flippity.net/
Kahoot learning games: https://kahoot.com/
Edpuzzle itnteracive videos: https://edpuzzle.com/
Resource Collections
Beginner resources for designing escape rooms: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h30NB8LqioLVHahyXzlGKndF4pRhwiM9/view
Laura Baecher’s Digital Escape Room resources: https://padlet.com/lbaecher/xzqu4k8s5qgr03ub
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