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Q7 Basics: Digital Breakout

1. Basics

Play the video to learn how to do a Digital Breakout

Direct link (3:36 min.)

The Digital Breakout Activity

Read through all of the information on this page before you go to the Digital Breakout Room.

Goal: To become familiar with a digital breakout, to reinforce some concepts in Q1-6, and ESCAPE from Tech Basics.

Step 1. This is a web-based, game-like activity in which you use clues to unlock a series of puzzles or activities to solve a challenge (or to escape a digital room).

Step 2. It helps if you can work with other classmates (conference, or chat) as you work to locate and solve the clues and puzzles.

Step 3. You will use what you have learned in Basics to solve puzzles and unlock the clues to break out of it.

Use this link to enter the Escape From Tech Basics Breakout Challenge.

Image of Breakout Head from Webpage. The image is a direct link to the webpage.

Please tell us what you think of this Breakout Activity so we can better meet your needs. Teachers and Students, please use this link for a short survey about this breakout.

Special Note: There is no completion page for this Quest. You still have a slide to complete in the Student Digital Portfolio to document your Breakout success. 

Once I have completed the Basics Breakout: Check off this Quest on the 21T4S roadmap if it is used in class.

I am ready to go onto Quest 8.

1. Basics

1.Q8 Introduction 

1.Q7 Student Checklist


1.Q7 Teacher Guide

MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

1. Empowered Learner
d. Students understand fundamental concepts of how technology works, demonstrate the ability to choose and use current technologies effectively, and are adept at thoughtfully exploring emerging technologies.

2. Digital Citizen 
a. Students manage their digital identity and understand the lasting impact of their online behaviors on themselves and others and make safe, legal and ethical decisions in the digital world.
b. Students demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to responsibly contribute to their communities.
c. Students safeguard their well-being by being intentional about what they do online and how much time they spend online.


21T4S Video

21T4S Resources

Video from Outside Sources

A Digital Breakout may also be called a Digital Escape Room.

This is a web-based, game-like activity where students use clues to unlock a series of puzzles or activities to solve a challenge (or to escape a digital room).

Students frequently collaborate (conference, or chat) to locate and solve clues.

For additional help to solve a breakout, view this short video (3:36 min).