[ISLMA-Share] Breakout EDU with research skills?

Wed Sep 27 11:24:28 CDT 2017

This is not from a BreatkoutEDU game, but it may be helpful in creating
questions for one. I created what I call a partners "scavenger hunt" for
our freshmen to demonstrate their skills at using the online catalog, print
sources, and our subscription databases. It's pretty labor-intensive for me
since I created 15 different team hunts so they couldn't just share answers
and the database and online catalog search results change every year. I do
go in and pre-search all of my questions and create new answer keys every
year so I know if they are doing what I need them to do. I've been pleased
with how it has turned out.

I actually use a few key questions from this as one of my assessments and
data for PERA-- for example, can they locate books in the system then limit
to just items in our library, can they place a hold in the online catalog
and access the "my account" page to view and cancel the hold.

Here a few of my questions:

   1.

   What is the general subject that is found in the 200’s of the Dewey
   Decimal System?_______________________________
   2.

   Using Student Resources in Context database, locate a primary source related
   to the Civil War. Provide the following about the source:

Article Title _____________________________________________________________

Source Title ____________________________________________________________

Describe the primary source (letter, diary, speech,
etc.)_________________________

   1.

   Search PrairieCat for a book on Michael Jackson. In your results list
   find a book that PHS does not own and “Request it.” Once you have submitted
   the request, go to “My Account” and print the page that shows your
   “hold” on the book. Turn it in with this sheet. (Once you have printed,
   cancel your hold in My Account.)
   2.

   Is the book with call number 371.7 Col a book in a series? Yes No

If yes, what is the name of the
series?________________________________________

Renee Kozeal
Princeton High School

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We’ve done a few that use library skills to find the answers, but you
> adapt the concept to almost anything.
>
>
>
> For instance:
>
> We had one on the Harlem Renaissance that required students to find a
> particular article in the database to find the year important to the Apollo
> Theater (the clue was something like “Use <Database Name> to find this
> article <name of article>.  What year did they finish construction on the
> Apollo Theater?”
>
> For Julius Caesar, we had a Lost Dog poster that had tear off strips
> featuring a call number, so the kids had to find that book on the shelf to
> find another clue.
>
> For To Kill a Mockingbird, they were eventually directed to a the website
> of the historic courthouse where the answer to the question was in the
> content.
>
> I also, rather evilly, had the quote “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”
> with an MLA citation of an encyclopedia of birds with the page number just
> as a “??”   They had to look up “mockingbird” in the index of that
> particular book to get the page number.   I was impressed they got that one
> without hints J
>
>
>
> I’ve also heard of one that was at ISLMA (I didn’t go to it, but my
> co-director did) maybe?    Called “Who Murdered Dewey?” which featured
> library skills around a murder mystery theme, that was structured
> similarly, but involved more random topics, but the team gathered Clue-like
> conceptions like location, murder weapon, motivation, perpetrator, etc.
>
>
>
> You could have the theme of the Breakout be almost anything, including
> stuff unrelated to curriculum (although it’s fun if it does connect in some
> way and good for your cross standards!) and use research or library skills
> to get to the answer (like using the catalog, finding shelf locations,
> indexes, locating databases, using particular websites).  For instance, a
> Percy Jackson themed game could lead to real Greek myth books in the
> library, an article on dyslexia, an atlas that traces Percy’s locations,
> etc, etc.  The most important thing is to lay the breadcrumbs clearly and
> specifically so that they succeed in the skill.
>
>
>
> *Kathryn Spindler*
>
> Co-Library Media Center Director
>
> Bolingbrook High School
>
>
>
> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Friday, September 22, 2017 1:13 PM
> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] Breakout EDU with research skills?
>
>
>
> Has anyone created a game that specifically uses research skills (not
> content) as the clues/answers? I am trying to wrap my head around creating
> questions that don't involve content!
>
>
>
> TIA!
>
> Christi Shaner
>
> Glenbrook South
>
> cshaner at glenbrook225.org
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christi Shaner
> Head Librarian
> Glenbrook South High School
> Glenview, IL 60026
> 847-486-4565 <(847)%20486-4565>
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*Renee Kozeal*

Library Information Specialist

Director of Dramatic Events

Princeton High School

renee.kozeal at phs-il.org

815/875-3308, ext. 237
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