Escape The Echoes is a one-hour educational escape game that helps students develop media literacy skills through an engaging, team-based gaming experience.
The game requires teams to navigate through a series of digital media puzzles and activities that involve the utilization of one or more media literacy skills. Specifically, the game focuses on the formation of media filter bubbles and their impact on human behavior and society.
The game is designed to be played in an in-person, virtual, or hybrid setting at schools or other educational institutions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Critically analyze media to determine the credibility of the media sources and trustworthiness of the content
- Describe a media filter bubble and its effect on people and society
- Develop strategies to identify and counteract the effects of filter bubbles
- Metacognitively evaluate their own media literacy skills
FEATURES/REQUIREMENTS
- Group of students (minimum 8, no maximum)
- Internet access for students
- One-hour duration
AVAILABLE TO PLAY FOR FREE!
If you are an educator and would like to use Escape The Echoes in your classroom, library, or other learning space, we are able to provide you access to the game without any fees in return for your agreeing to provide feedback on the game. This feedback includes post-game feedback from you along with feedback from your students in the form of an anonymous survey.
If you are interested in using Escape The Echoes, please click the Request Game button below.