[ISLMA-Share] breakout EDU lock

Thu May 4 11:52:24 CDT 2017

Generally speaking, most kids enjoy it.  I could see using it to review
material.  For example, on Monday, I am doing a Breakout with our science
teacher that reviews their animal unit.  We wrote this one to go with the
textbook.  Then they will take their unit test on Tuesday.

I have also used it to introduce novels, and I think that could be done
with high school students.

Look at the website, and you will see there are all sorts of games for all
levels.

As far as expense, you can purchase a kit from the website with locks and
reflection cards for $125.  However, I have seen some really neat HS boxes
that were made by the industrial art classes and then the teachers bought
locks from Amazon and local hardware stores.

Kathy Wickline
Unity Junior High Librarian
Tolono, IL
wicklinek at unity.k12.il.us

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On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> How do you use Breakout.edu in the high school?  Do the kids like it?  How
> expensive is it?
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I might be a control freak, but I ask teachers to schedule their
>> breakouts in the library whenever possible.  It will also help them to have
>> a second person to help reset the breakout for the next period.  I have
>> color-coded everything with fingernail polish.  When a breakout is done, I
>> take a sticky note, punch a hole in it, write the current combo on the
>> post-it, and put it around the hasp.  I ask everyone leave the locks
>> open--not locked when they are done.  I set all the locks--I had a teacher
>> helping me who misset a lock and we never figured out what she set it to.
>> It is time consuming, but I haven't got any locks set to mystery codes
>> again.
>>
>>
>> I did have to cut a lock off because a student "reset" it for me.
>>
>> Kathy Wickline
>> Unity Junior High Librarian
>> Tolono, IL
>> wicklinek at unity.k12.il.us
>>
>> Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ujhslibrary
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So what are your procedures for checking out the BreakoutEDU boxes?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just bought 5 boxes for my school. I’m thinking teachers leave the
>>> locks open when teachers finish. Which do you prefer when they return
>>> the boxes: default code or leaving the locks unlocked?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What other procedures do I need to address?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you inventory each part (I’m thinking to barcode each lock) or the
>>> entire box as a kit?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am also planning on replacing the key lock with another key lock that
>>> is the same key for each and every lock. Anyone have key issues with a
>>> solution?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alan, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks
>>> about education."
>>> - Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Lock cutter.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I had to sacrifice one of my directional locks. Painful, but necessary!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Another Breakout EDU hack that has helped me: paint the letter locks
>>> with clear nail polish. Even after just a few uses, the printed letters
>>> were rubbing off our locks.
>>>
>>>
>>> *~Monica Tolva*
>>>
>>> *Library media specialist*
>>>
>>> *Google Educator*
>>>
>>> *Vernon Hills High School*
>>>
>>> *847-932-2039 <847-932-2039>*
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Currently reading *Don't You Cry
>>> <http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1206365&isbn=9780778319054&appid=4>*
>>> by Mary Kubica
>>>
>>> Currently listening to *The School of Essential Ingredients
>>> <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4313522-the-school-of-essential-ingredients?from_search=true>*
>>> by Erica Bauermeister
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a breakout EDU lock that won’t come open and it is attached to my
>>> box. It is the symbol lock. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Tricia Coffman*
>>>
>>> *Limestone Middle School*
>>>
>>> *963 N. 5000 W. Rd. Kankakee, IL 60901*
>>>
>>> *Media Specialist*
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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