Thing 46:  Breakout Edu is totally awesome! I have participated in two different sessions as a learner and facilitated three games with various groups of students.  What's best about it in my opinion, are the inherent 21st-century skills: collaboration, communication, creativity and creation. Throughout the problem-solving process, learners apply these skills and are required persevere as they experience "trial and error" toward a solution.  Additionally, teachers can meld content into the puzzles, using a theme or central concept as the framework for each clue.  For example, as a participant, I experienced a Breakout centered on the evolution of communication over time.  All the puzzles incorporated a type of communication - Morse Code, hieroglyphics and knotted ropes, to name a few.  Children and adults alike can learn team building and collaboration all while stretching their minds!

Check out Breakout Edu for all the necessary tools - presentation materials, tutorials, timers, and more.

I love how the videos below capture the excitement that students experience with Breakout Edu!

Geometry
Caught in the Code

Oh - and my greatest success so far, was rolling out to a group of teachers, who decided to buy multiple kits for the school!