Digital Breakouts are a technology tool that are used to engage their students in learning. The students have a series of problems to solve involving patterns, number locks, and many different locks. The students have to have to exact answer in order to unlock the next question or clue. Within digital breakouts can be things like QR Codes, Google Forms, Canva, Animoto videos, and any other type of technology tools. All these tools can be used for the problems in the digital breakout and be used as clues. All of these tools are very interactive that gets all of the students engaged and working together to solve all the problems. All these things are helpful interactive and engaging tools that give students the best opportunities to learn.
Digital Breakouts fit into the third domain of the Danielson Framework for Teaching. This technology tool fits into this domain because it engages students in learning a great deal. The students get the opportunity to work together and use their problem solving skills to finish the breakout. This technology tool also fits in to the third domain of the Framework because it uses different questioning techniques. Each technology tool in the digital breakout give the students different forms of questions and assessments. These technology tools allow the students to interact with the material hands on. For a teacher, digital breakouts are valuable tools. The teacher can communicate to their students the information that they think is most important in the digital breakout. This ensures that in that through the digital breakout, if the students are able to complete the breakout that they have an understanding of the material that is being taught. This is why this technology tool fits into the third domain of the Danielson Framework for Teaching.
To incorporate this tool into a classroom would to use is as a sort of review for the class. Through the breakout, the teachers can see if the class understands the material that is being taught. If the students are unable to complete the breakout, then the teacher can see what things that need to be gone over again. Breakouts are also a good way for the students to use teamwork. A teacher can help set the environment in the classroom with this. Showing students how important it is to work together and listen to each others ideas will help students realize how important it is for students to respect each other. I think that I would use this technology tool into my classroom. This would be a great way to get my students involved in the classroom. My students will be involved with the material that I am teaching, and it is a fun activity to do. This is a great tool to get my students involved, and I look forward to hopefully using this tool in my classroom one day.
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