Escape Rooms for Learning

Engage Educators in Memorable Professional Learning Experiences

Imagine…

your next conference: a professor searches the 8-foot tall spaceship, looking for first clue in week-long community building game.

your educator orientation: teachers & staff brainstorm wildly creative ideas to unlocking their table’s mystery box.

your webinar: an instructional designer outlines their first escape room for learning…by playing an escape room.

Why Escape Rooms?

Escape rooms designed for learning can help you:

  • host unique experiences and events that set you apart from other education organizations

  • engage participants and build community

  • create a foundation for collaborative work, innovation, and further learning, and

  • teach key ideas and cultivate skills/competencies

…But it takes time and multidisciplinary skills to create a good one. That’s where we come in!

Maddie Shellgren, Ph.D.

Laura Geringer, M.Ed.

Whether you’re looking for a custom done-for-you escape room or want to learn to build your own, we’ve got you covered!

Custom Escape Rooms

From simple learning games to grand-scale immersive experiences, We handle every aspect of your custom escape room – design, storytelling, puzzles, technology integration, and facilitation.

Learn to Build Escape Rooms

Learn to build your own escape rooms through hands-on workshops or side-by-side creation with our team.

Examples

Building Cultural Competence

Three virtual asynchronous escape rooms to help high school language learners explore career options and build cultural competence.

Exploring EdTech

An in-person escape room designed to introduce educators to innovative technologies, help them practice key edtech competencies, and network.

Picture Credit:
Maddie Shellgren / Online Learning Consortium

Setting the Stage for Collaboration

A virtual, synchronous, escape room hosted live at an innovation un-conference.

Facilitating Professional Development

A facilitated, virtual escape room designed to Train the Trainer on how to use escape rooms for professional development

Free Escape Room Strategy Session

Ready to see how an escape room could work for your specific situation? Email Laura Geringer (laura@pumpkinberryconsulting.com) and Maddie Shellgren (mshellgren@gmail.com) to schedule a your Free Escape Room Strategy Session.

More Free Resources

Escape Room Starter-Kit

A creative-commons-licensed resource created in association with the Online Learning Consortium and STARTALK.