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National Education Technology Plan
United States Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology's National Education Technology Plan website
Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education pdf
The digital use divide is highlighted on pages 4 - 6.
Section 1 on Learning on pages 7 - 23 and Section 2 on Teaching pages 24 - 38 are being used for this project.
Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education pdf
The digital use divide is highlighted on pages 4 - 6.
Section 1 on Learning on pages 7 - 23 and Section 2 on Teaching pages 24 - 38 are being used for this project.
ESCAPE ROOMS
While Escape Rooms are a popular trend in major cities globally, research on best practices in education and the administration of the game is still emerging. The first documented Escape Room for entertainment took place in Kyoto, Japan in 2007. The Escape Room trend grew in Asia in 201-2013, spread to Europe and has begun to catch on in Australia, Canada and the United States in the last two years. The following is a list of the articles on Escape Rooms in the popular press.
Berenson, T. (2015). The Escape Room—a Rubik's Cube That Locks the Door Behind You. Time, 186(8), 54-55. http://time.com/4004407/escape-rooms-are-video-games-come-to-life/
Essa. (2015, February 18). A history of room escapes - terminology and the different names that a room escape is called.
https://intervirals.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/a-history-of-room-escapes-terminology-and-the-different-names-that-a-room-escape-is-called/
Fuoco, M. A. (2014, December 21). Logic and teamwork the key to escape room, pittsburgh's new mystery adventure. McClatchy - Tribune Business News Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1638830826?accountid=9649
Game on learning about the environment. (2014, Jul 14). The Business Times Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1544756553?accountid=9649
Stone, Z. (2016, July 28). The rise of educational escape room. The Atlantic Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/the-rise-of-educational-escape-rooms/493316/
In Singapore last year, the annual E-Generation Challenge, an environmental outreach initiative for youths to foster eco-consciousness held a Escape Room where participants had to escape an impending climate disaster. “This included logic puzzles, riddles and tasks about deforestation, biodiversity, recycling, pollution and waste.” (Business Times, 2014)
LAES escape room project: A gamer's dream. (2015, Feb 25). University Wire Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1658358640?accountid=9649
California Polytechnic State University
Students in the project based Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies at Cal Poly are developing escape rooms to collaborate with students at Queensland University of Technology in Australia (LAES escape room project, 2015)
Kirk, W. (2014, December 2). Memori: Escape room - interview with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie, Gamecloud Retrieved from http://gamecloud.net.au/features/interviews/memori-escape-room-interview-with-dr-kate-raynes-goldie
Nicholson, S. (2015). Peeking behind the locked door: A survey of escape room facilities. White Paper. Retrieved from http://scottnicholson.com/pubs/erfacwhite.pdf
Sullentrop, C. (2014, June 3). In escape rooms, video games meet real Life. New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/arts/video-games/in-escape-rooms-video-games-meet-real-life.html?_r=0
Museum Escape Rooms
Museum Escape: The Polar Domes - Sedgwick Museum at the University of Cambridge. Find the hidden research of the polar geologist. http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/museum-escape-polar-domes-fully-booked
Memori State Library of Western Australia exploring stories from Western Australia history. http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/whats_on/calendar/community_events/memori_live_action_escape_room
Berenson, T. (2015). The Escape Room—a Rubik's Cube That Locks the Door Behind You. Time, 186(8), 54-55. http://time.com/4004407/escape-rooms-are-video-games-come-to-life/
Essa. (2015, February 18). A history of room escapes - terminology and the different names that a room escape is called.
https://intervirals.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/a-history-of-room-escapes-terminology-and-the-different-names-that-a-room-escape-is-called/
Fuoco, M. A. (2014, December 21). Logic and teamwork the key to escape room, pittsburgh's new mystery adventure. McClatchy - Tribune Business News Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1638830826?accountid=9649
Game on learning about the environment. (2014, Jul 14). The Business Times Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1544756553?accountid=9649
Stone, Z. (2016, July 28). The rise of educational escape room. The Atlantic Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/the-rise-of-educational-escape-rooms/493316/
In Singapore last year, the annual E-Generation Challenge, an environmental outreach initiative for youths to foster eco-consciousness held a Escape Room where participants had to escape an impending climate disaster. “This included logic puzzles, riddles and tasks about deforestation, biodiversity, recycling, pollution and waste.” (Business Times, 2014)
LAES escape room project: A gamer's dream. (2015, Feb 25). University Wire Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1658358640?accountid=9649
California Polytechnic State University
Students in the project based Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies at Cal Poly are developing escape rooms to collaborate with students at Queensland University of Technology in Australia (LAES escape room project, 2015)
Kirk, W. (2014, December 2). Memori: Escape room - interview with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie, Gamecloud Retrieved from http://gamecloud.net.au/features/interviews/memori-escape-room-interview-with-dr-kate-raynes-goldie
Nicholson, S. (2015). Peeking behind the locked door: A survey of escape room facilities. White Paper. Retrieved from http://scottnicholson.com/pubs/erfacwhite.pdf
Sullentrop, C. (2014, June 3). In escape rooms, video games meet real Life. New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/arts/video-games/in-escape-rooms-video-games-meet-real-life.html?_r=0
Museum Escape Rooms
Museum Escape: The Polar Domes - Sedgwick Museum at the University of Cambridge. Find the hidden research of the polar geologist. http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/museum-escape-polar-domes-fully-booked
Memori State Library of Western Australia exploring stories from Western Australia history. http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/whats_on/calendar/community_events/memori_live_action_escape_room