Digital Escape Games TCEA 2024

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Creating Escape Games with Genially

Warm - up

Creating escape games with Genially

Warm up Instructions:Scan the QR code to access some example Digital Escape Games

10:00

Yankee Spy (Civil War)

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

Pop culture questions

https://bit.ly/TEEgameEX

Warm- Up Activity

Presenter Information

Contact Information

Dan larson

Belinda Howell

Belinda taught at the secondary level (mostly 8th grade US History) before becoming a Digital Learning Specialist. She specializes in boosting engagement, gamification, and one-to-one classroom management

Dan taught at the elementary level for over 15 years before becoming a Digital Learning Specialist. He specializes in blended learning stations, digital learning, video editing, and data collection and analysis.

Creating Escape Games with Genially

Agenda

Creating Escape Games with Genially

Demonstration

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Experience an escape game used for a 7th Grade Social Studies class

Genially Overview

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Discuss Genially and the benefits of creating escape games in the classroom

Learn how to use Genially

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Creating an account, finding and editing templates, and publishing created games

Genially

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Demonstration

Let's start with an example of an Escape Game

7th grade social studies

Escape Game Example

Let's start with an example for 7th Grade Social Studies over the Civil War: (7.5A, 7.5B, and 7.5C) Yankee Spy, an escape game on the Civil War. Infilitrate the Confederacy!

Yankee Spy

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Genially Overview

What is Genially?

Genially

Creating Escape Games with Genially

Genially is an online tool for creating interactive and animated content, including escape games.

It provides a variety of complete templates that just need the questions and answers.

Very easy to mix multiple templates and customize your escape game!

What is Genially?

Genially

Creating Escape Games with Genially

User-friendly

Tons of resources

Easy to customize

Great for all levels of expertise

Process Overview

How to create an escape game with Genially

Find Template

Customize

Publish!

Log in and find a pre-made escape game that you want to use in class

Add the questions and answers, as well as make any additional edits you want

Publish the game and then share the link with students to play

Creating an escape game- overview

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Benefits for students and teachers

How does this tool benefit students and teachers?

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Academic Benefits

Engagement

Social skills

Gamification elements increase motivation and engagement.

Escape games promotes team work and collaboration skills.

Rigor

Improved learning

Escape games can provide a rigorous challenge that students will want to beat

Gamified learning increases student subject mastery

show mastery

Critical thinking

Students can show their mastery by creating their own escape game

Escape games promotes critical thinking and problem solving.

Increase student engagement

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benefits for teachers

Genially Escape Games

Traditional Digital Escape Games

Traditional digital escape games require more time to create

Easier and quicker to create escape games with Genially

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Genially is very user friendly, which makes it easy to train teachers how to use it. Pre-created templates allow teachers of all skill levels to create engaging escape games Easy to test and share with students Genially is regularly adding new templates, interactive elements, and resources

Creating traditional escape games requires more training and/or familiarity with tools such as Google Websites, Forms, Slides, etc. It also can take multiple hours or even days to plan and create a traditional escape game.

Teachers can save time with genially

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How can it be used?

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Student Led Project

Choice Board Activity

Small Group Intervention

Review Activity

Lesson for new material

Students are introduced to new material in the game

Small groups, stations, intervention time

Escape games could be an option on a choice board

Students can show mastery of material by creating their own game

Students review material previously taught

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Customizing it further

Want to customize your Escape Game even more?

• You can mix multiple templates together
• Easy to copy and paste images as well as Bitmojis

• Canva has an amazing AI tool that will use its extensive image library to create custom images. Give detailed prompts and it will give you a set of options.

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Works great with autocrat

Do you want confirmation that a student completed the Escape Game? Do you want the student to receive an email and/or certificate about completing the Escape Game? You can embed a Google Form that utilizes AutoCrat to send confirmation an email to you and the student. Customize the template to look however you like.

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live Demo

Let's explore Genially!

If you would like to follow along, go to https://genial.ly/ and create a new account.

Additional Resources

Youtube Walkthroughs

Part 2: Shows more intermediate techniques

Part 1: Shows how to create escape games (basic)

Video and text walkthroughs

Dan Larson

DJLarson@aldineisd.org

Dan Larson is a Digital Learning Specialist for Aldine ISD with over 21 years of experience in education. He started his career as a classroom teacher, then moved to a technology instructor role. He also created an after-school club for students who wanted to learn more about technology and take it to the next level. In his current role, Dan assists with launching blended learning in the classroom for campuses in Aldine ISD. He is also a trainer, coach, and teacher specializing in integrating technology into the classroom and into the hands of all students. Dan is a frequent presenter at technology conferences throughout Texas. He is passionate about helping students and educators learn and use technology to enhance learning. Dan is also the founder of Technically Educating Educators, a company that provides professional development and consulting services to help educators integrate technology into their classrooms.

• Masters Degree in Education Leadership
• Elementary School Teacher in Spring ISD
• Teacher of the Year 2020
• Digital Learning Coach in Spring ISD
• Digital Learning Specialist in Aldine ISD
• Founder of TechEdEdu