Digital Get to Know You Activities

                                  

I know we are all thinking about how to get to know our students virtually and help them make connections with one another. I decided to make some digital templates that could be shared with students via Schoology (or whatever your Learning Management Platform is) and used with both Face to Face and Remote instruction. With all of these activities students can complete them, present and share in the classroom or via Zoom whole group or in break out rooms. 

 Here are a few activities I came up with:

Emoji Mingle

This activity allows students to share their favorites with you and their classmates but in a language they love; EMOJIS! 

Click here to grab a copy of the template.

Digital Bingo

This is your typical Find Someone Who activity. I thought it would work well in an Inner Outer Circle 6 ft apart and rotate in the classroom if students all have devices. Virtually you could use in Break Out rooms, switch a couple of times, and then students could all come back and share who they found.

Click here to grab a copy of the template.

2 Truths and a Lie

For this template, I used Meredith Aker's Mystery Reveal for a fun spin to this activity. Students will create their 2 Truths and one Lie. I gave directions on the slide, but you may need to model how to keep the truth and lie answer hidden.

This activity may be best if the student shares their screen and then reveals the answers as others guess, or if you compile all the slides together and then share for the students. You may want to share 2-3 a day as an opener or a closing to your day.

Click here to grab a copy of the template.

Google Forms

I plan on sharing this form with students to fill out individually, to get to know them a little more. They will have the opportunity to share privately any information they want with me as well.

 I'll follow up with a personal letter or video to them to start building a positive relationship.

Would You Rather...???

Who doesn't love Would You Rather??? Mentimeter would be a great resource to poll students and get responses quickly as a group. You could have a couple students share what they picked for each question and why. They also have word clouds, scales, open ended question types. Check it out.

What other ideas do you have for Getting to Know students digitally?

D-Ice Breaker- A Fun Get to Know You Activity

 

I love the play on words with dice and ice breaker! :) On our campus, we will be implementing Stanford Harmony to help with social emotional learning. One thing they suggest is doing a Buddy Up and asking them questions to discuss with their buddy. I took some similar type questions and put them into a QR dice that the students can roll, scan, and answer the question. 

I plan on using this the first week of school for sure as we are getting to know our classmates and build relationships because QR codes and dice make everything more fun!! 

Questions on the cube...

-If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?

-If you were stranded on an island, what three things do you take with you?

-If you could only eat one food for the rest of you life, what would it be?

-If you won a million dollars, what would be the first thing you buy?

-If you could spend the day with a fictional character, who would it be?

-If you found a magic lantern and a genie gave you three wishes, what would you wish for?

Students could even answer the question a second time with another answer if time permits. 

Click the cube to make a copy.

Tip: Print on card stock, it makes putting the dice together a lot easier!

If, you want to change the questions and add your own QR codes you can do that do. Click here for a copy of the dice template. Then go to your favorite QR generator website, type in your question, download QR code, and put into your dice template.

Happy Rolling!