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Back to School Ice Breakers with Nearpod

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In this lesson, you will learn how to use Google Drawings to create your own all about me poster to introduce yourself to your classmates.

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Hi all, It's Shana from Hello, Teacher Lady here. Today I'm going to share with you one of my favorite back to school activities -- it combines my trusty Google Forms/Sheets with everyone's favorite techie game, Kahoot!

In the past, I've had students fill out short little "inventories" at the beginning of the year -- which have been helpful to a certain extent, but I found that I didn't look at them as closely or as often as I should have. Stacks of paper usually don't survive long with me and ultimately end up tucked away in the filing cabinet of doom.

Since I started drinking the digital Kool-Aid and had been using Google Apps for Education for just about everything else in my classroom, last year I decided to nix the paper and create a Google Form for my students to fill out instead. That was a pretty good idea on its own, but then I had a lightbulb moment: why not turn the obligatory getting-to-know-you form into a class game! And that's where Kahoot! came in.

On the Google Form, I asked students to list three "fun facts" about themselves and made sure to note that some or all of the information collected would be shared with the class. I also mentioned that we will have to guess who's who during a Kahoot! game in a later class period, so I encouraged students to be creative and try to list things that aren't super obvious or that others might not know about them.

The results of the Google Form were then displayed nice and neatly in a Google Sheet, and it was a lot of fun reading through these facts and seeing what each student wanted to share about themselves. It also provided some unexpected insight, as I had one student write that he was a "good liar" who is "very lazy" -- yeah, definitely expect that one; we had an interesting year together. Anyway...

This next part was a little time consuming, but totally worth it. I took the information shared and compiled them into statements about each person (without using their name, of course) in a Kahoot! game for each class period. Sometimes I used all three facts, sometimes I only used one or two; it just depended on the type of information. For my smaller classes, I created extra statements based on some of the unused information, so some students' names appeared more than once.

Below are a few screenshots of statements from one of my classes last year:

In the answer section, I included the correct student's name and then chose three other names at random. I also included a statement for myself and sprinkled my name in some of the choices throughout the game as well. So not only was I getting to know my students, but they were getting to know me too! Pretty sure no one expected to learn that their teacher is a Star Trek nerd who played Rugby for 5 years. :)

Guys... we had SO. MUCH. FUN. playing this game! I can't wait to play it again this year with my new students. It can get a little rambunctious, but again -- so worth it.

For the record, since I'm an ELA teacher, I also gave students a separate reading/writing interest survey, which was crucial in getting to know their interests and habits on a more academic level. However, this year I am going to utilize Google Forms for that as well. I just don't seem to get along with paper, and Google Sheets can be accessed from anywhere!

Tomorrow's post by Lyndsey from Lit with Lyns will go into more detail about using digital student interest surveys, so stay tuned!

Psssst -- there's a giveaway happening on my blog right now. Come on over to check it out. :)

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Back to School Activities: Getting to Know Your Students with Google Forms & Kahoot!

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Hi all, It's Shana from Hello, Teacher Lady here. Today I'm going to share with you one of my favorite back to school activities -- it combines my trusty Google Forms/Sheets with everyone's favorite techie game, Kahoot!

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Take the Internet Pop Quiz
(Teacher Edition)

Bring the fun and laughter of Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show into your classroom AND your professional development! In this post, I will show you how to use Jimmy's Internet Pop Quiz as a model for a "Get to Know You," game with a Googley twist!

One person that always makes me laugh is Jimmy Fallon. He has revolutionized late night television. One of my favorite parts of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon are the games that he plays with his guests. They are often times very child-like games (minus the drinking games). These are games that a lot of times are twists on old favorites, funny ways to use apps and technology, or completely outside the box games that make me go, "How did they think of that!" Nevertheless, I laugh. I laugh hard. Sometimes I learn a little bit about Jimmy and his guests. But what I love most about some of these games is that they can easily be transferred to the classroom and used to engage students with meaningful content.

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The Internet Pop Quiz

Jimmy uses The Internet Pop Quiz as a way to get to know his guests. It's usually something recorded behind the scenes and not on stage. This game is a fun way to break the ice and get to know your students. This is a game probably best for the secondary classroom and adults, although I'm sure it could be adapted for the younger grades as well. I use this game in workshops and add my special spin on things. Instead of just recording a video, I have teachers answer their pop quiz questions on Google Slides. The slides can then be shared with the group and, of course, they learn some new Google Slides skills along the way.

Below is an example of The Internet Pop Quiz with Joe Manganiello:

The Internet Pop Quiz (Teacher Edition)

I kept some of the questions from Jimmy's various versions, but I also put a little teacher twist on a few. I think you will see how easy you can adapt these for your classrooms.
Here are my Internet Pop Quiz questions:

What's the last thing you ordered online?

What's your record for the most episodes of a TV show watched in one sitting?

What's your most-used app?

What's your most-used app in the classroom?

What's your phone wallpaper?

Who's the last person you texted?

What's the weirdest tweet in your Twitter feed right now?

What's the best selfie or pet pic you've taken recently?

Who's your fave person to follow on Twitter or Instagram right now?

What would you want to experience in virtual reality?

Who is the most unexpected or surprising celebrity that you follow?

Camera roll roulette! Rules: open your camera roll, scroll for 3 seconds, then tap on a photo to show your partner.

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Take the Internet Pop Quiz (and Share!)

As a fun little bonus, I'd love to get to know the Shake Up Learning readers a little bit better. Take the quiz using my Google Slides template, (on mobile? make a copy instead) and feel free to have fun with it and spice it up-Shake Things Up!!

STEP 1: Take the Quiz using the Google Slides template

STEP 2: Share in the Shake Up Learning Facebook group or on social media using the #SUL hashtag! (Don't forget to make your slides public or anyone with the link!)

STEP 3: Read and respond to your colleagues, and connect with new people.

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My Answers to The Internet Pop Quiz!

Get to know me a little bit as well! My Answers to The Internet Pop Quiz are embedded blow. You can also leave me a comment in Google Slides if you want.

More Ideas from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

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Teach Like the Tonight Show: Internet Pop Quiz (Teacher Edition)

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Bring the fun and laughter of Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show into your classroom AND your professional development! In this post, I will show you how to use Jimmy's Internet Pop Quiz as a model for a "Get to Know You," game with a Googley twist!