[ISLMA-Share] Breakout EDU locks getting reset - I'm getting disillusioned!

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If you ordered things from Breakout EDU, try contacting them for help getting locks open or replaced. Or search Youtube for tutorials on hacking the locks. I’ve gotten a couple open with those tricks, but I’m not sure I can explain them. I’ve started setting the locks myself even though it costs me time to keep teachers from rushing and setting them incorrectly.

Also, if you haven’t already, try having teachers utilize the lock parking lots. As soon as the lock comes off the box, students must put it on the lock parking lot. I tell them there is added penalty time if it’s not done immediately. The game isn’t over until the last lock is on the parking lot. This keeps students from fidgeting with them and accidentally resetting them after they come off the box during the game.

Lauren Ochs
School Librarian
Mahomet-Seymour High School
302 W. State St.
Mahomet, IL 61853
lochs at ms.k12.il.us<mailto:lochs at ms.k12.il.us>

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OMG..I had the same problem.  I don't know exactly how the students did it either!

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Dear friends,
I am seeking advice (and commiseration?) about how to avoid replacing Breakout EDU box locks that get reset during a lesson. I can't decide if the teachers are not setting the locks correctly, or if students are sabotaging the boxes and resetting the locks themselves.

After a recent class use of our 4 boxes, I have to toss 5 locks!

Are you having the same issues? What are your solutions?
~Monica Tolva
Library media specialist
Google Educator
Vernon Hills High School
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Currently reading Turtles All the Way Down<http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1206365&isbn=9780525555360&appid=4> by John Green (yes, that John Green!)
Currently listening to A House Among the Trees<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32337896-a-house-among-the-trees?ac=1&from_search=true> by Julia Glass

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