Escaping From a Traditional Learning Approach By Mrs. Allison DeFrancesco Castro ‘02 Assistant Head of School
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f you were told that you would be trapped in a room with thirteen of your colleagues or classmates and have one hour to solve puzzles and escape as a team, what would be your first move? This is the challenge I presented to a group of students and faculty and staff this past school year, and they were some of the most memorable, fun, and engaging learning opportunities. Escape rooms, also known as break-out rooms, have become a common
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interactive experience that audiences enjoy with a group of friends or even complete strangers. In an escape room, the group begins in an enclosed space, usually in an office building, warehouse, bus, or classroom. Participants are prohibited access to their phones and they are usually given a maximum time limit to escape. The group must communicate and work together to solve riddles, find secret messages, keys, or codes to unlock elements in the room. In recent
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