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Enliven Your Lesson Plans: Escape Rooms and Web Quests
Curriculum Strategies, Online and Blended Learning | K-12
Teachers are in a constant competition for their students’ attention. As technology continues to touch every part of our lives, students’ ability to remain focused in class seems to be decreasing. However, rather than going to war against things we might consider distractions, educators should instead use these technologies to their advantage to reach 21st-century learners. Escape rooms and WebQuests combine inquiry, story, puzzles, and riddles to get students excited and motivated to learn.
In this course, you will explore how escape rooms and WebQuests can increase active learning and engagement in your classroom. Through active learning, your students will not only gain a deeper understanding of key academic concepts, but also practice critical thinking skills that will help them in later life. You’ll develop well-rounded lesson plans that incorporate escape rooms and WebQuests to reinforce your curriculum standards. In addition, you’ll explore myriad resources and platforms that can help you build active learning experiences in a way that is accessible and meets the needs of all students.
By using the elements of critical thinking and task-oriented challenges, escape rooms and WebQuests can foster the excitement and engagement all teachers want to see from their students.
Connections to Practice
This course provides the following classroom connections:
- Strategies for using active learning to increase engagement and motivation
- Techniques for maximizing both escape rooms and WebQuests for effective objective-based learning
- Models of and step-by-step guides for creating escape rooms and WebQuests
- Templates and resources to use to begin designing customized escape rooms and WebQuest for your learners
Course Objectives
In this course, participants will:
- Appraise the value of active learning to further student learning and achievement in the classroom.
- Outline the parts of a WebQuest and its instructional value for students.
- Critique a variety of resources that correspond to current content and propose changes that would better meet the needs of students.
- Develop practices for success by selecting digital tools and classroom routines.
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