Team Building At Its Best
Donna Dagley of Coldwell Banker United, REALTORS® wanted a fun team-building experience for her 60+ staff and agents. “An escape room came to mind. I had never done one, but some friends and my son highly recommended it. I googled…and was thrilled to find Escape Again Rooms right here in Sugar Land!” To play the […]
Using an Escape Game to Experience the Value of Partner Work
One of my students said that I was like a therapist because I was helping her express her frustration with group work. She bore many deep scars from projects that required her to spend more time trying to engage her teammates in the assignment rather than doing their part to complete the assignment. I get […]
Gather Your Team. Feel The Rush. Will You Get Out?
The clock is ticking. Almost an hour ago you and your team walked into a room and, using your power of observation and puzzle-solving skills, are close to getting out. The question is: Will you solve the last puzzle before the clock hits zero? An escape room is a real-life team-based adventure game! Escape Again […]
So What’s An Escape Room?
An escape room is a team-oriented game where players are locked in a themed room and have to solve a series of puzzles–including math, logic, word, and number puzzles–to escape within an hour. After gaining popularity in Asia, Western Europe, and the West Coast, escape rooms are popping up across the country. We caught up […]
Escaping from Education SILO’s
Escaping From Education SILO’s Education tradition states that “schools shall organize teachers by content areas, restricting conversations with other educational professional. These SILO’s (a Separate Independent Learning Organization) will remain autonomous and ignore the instructional practices and pedagogy of other content areas.” There are many Googleable articles and blogs and tweets and Facebook posts about […]
