Well, it's that time! As we approach our final class this week, it's officially time to write my final blog post for this awesome class. While I learned so much over the past four months in our weekly Zoom classes, I have also really enjoyed having the opportunity to do some learning of my own - in the form of our Major Project. At the beginning of the semester, we were given a few choices for the route we wanted to take with our projects, and while initially I wasn't sure what I wanted to do specifically for the project, I did know that I wanted to complete something that would be useful to me as an educator. After some reflection, I ultimately decided on further exploring Breakout EDU's, specifically, learning how to create my own games that would highlight Ribble's Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship. In addition to using Ribble's work, I also wanted to align my breakout games with the PAA Digital Citizenship Online Course that is offered by my division. While this technically is an online course, I thought it would be beneficial to add a blended component through the addition of summative breakout games that could be utilized in a physical classroom setting. So...Where did I start? While I was certainly excited to begin creating my very own breakout game, I knew I had to do some research first. As a result, the first phase of this project was strictly research and I spent hours learning more about:
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