Digital Escape Room: ASCD+ISTE’s Transformational Learning Principles Edition
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Virtual
Session description
Outline
(5 minutes) Introductions (opportunity to meet ISTE Community Leaders from across the globe and hear about how we collaborated to make this experience for others)
(5 minutes) Why accessible digital escape rooms and a focus on ASCD+ISTE’s Transformational Learning Principles
(5 minutes) Instructions and tips for navigating a digital escape room
(30 minutes) Play the Digital Escape Room: ASCD+ISTE Transformational Learning Principles Edition in teams —>Device-based activity; peer to peer interaction; game
(10 minutes) Debrief and reflections about how to integrate the ASCD+ISTE Transformational Principles, UDL principles, accessibility considerations, and the mechanics of Digital Escape Rooms back at your school / district → Peer to peer interaction
(5 minutes) Wrap up: Information about how to access all the resources needed to implement this digital escape room (and three others!) in your own context (how to create your own digital escape room, etc.)
Supporting research
ASCD+ISTE Transformational Learning Principles: https://iste.ascd.org/hubfs/TLP.pdf
Research on escape rooms in education - design + power of communication, collaboration, and teamwork: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1747938X20300531
Dive into UDL: 2nd Edition by Luis Perez and Kendra Grant: https://my.iste.org/s/store?_ga=2.112541447.2034149879.1664138508-750866617.1657495190#/store/browse/detail/a1w1U000004yxCnQAI
CAST: https://www.cast.org/
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Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
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ISTE Standards:
Collaborator
- Dedicate planning time to collaborate with colleagues to create authentic learning experiences that leverage technology.
- Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
- Apply evidence-based instructional design principles to create innovative and equitable digital learning environments that support learning.