- Classes our Tech Team has observed has noticed that every student is actively working on solving the clues for the game.
- A student who generally has a love for chatting, wiggling, and sometimes disruption was working collaboratively with table mates and was completely engaged. At one point I heard him say how frustrated he was with solving the problem, but really wanted to solve it. He never game up!
- In observing an elementary class, the teacher mentioned how she was a bit worried about how a special education student would do with the activity, but was she was so excited to see him actively participating and communicating with his table and class to work towards the goal of unlocking the box.
- In watching teachers participate in a game as part of professional development, it was interesting to see their determination, frustration, and strong desire to complete the task. When a group finished the game, one teacher commented how she wanted to play another one right away.
- This is the first time in quite a while that I have had many teachers request professional development on the same topic. There is a strong desire from teachers to learn about this model and how they can use it with their students. I love this because it seemed to develop from just sharing on Facebook and Twitter about it and the teachers ran with it!
- Students LOVE it! As educators, we are like, "YES! Something that captures their attention for the full class period!", but it is really so much more than that. Students are talking about it when they walk out of the classroom. They are going to their other classes and talking about it, sharing what they did with other teachers, and overall, being EXCITED about what they did.
- Critical thinking, problem solving, communicating, collaborating and other skills that students need but are hard to "teach" are built into the game model and it is next to impossible to be successful without using those skills.
- Students remember the content they explored and discovered in different ways than they would with traditional teaching methods. Not that traditional is wrong, but this model provides a way to reach students with different learning styles.