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Tell students ahead of time what info to give in their video - name, school, why this CTE class, 3 things you love, etc. - & give them a few minutes to plan. Then have them go to your prepared grid, create, & submit their videos. Example grid:

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Flipgrid is where social and emotional learning happens! The leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families.

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This is better in motion - move to different sides of the room - but this option works well if moving isn't a choice

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Create a board that fits your students. Have them find people who fit items from the board. Suggested rules: get everyone before repeating people; they write their name AND you write their name in the box (name learning benefit).

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Low tech - give list of items they must find and photograph. Ex. someone with their art; the person with the biggest feet; someone who loves brussel sprouts; someone doing the splits.
High tech - try this website (and app) for photo/video scavenger hunt fun.

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Log In to Organizer Account | GooseChase

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Log in to your GooseChase organizer account and access the Game Manager.

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A Huge List of Group Connection Activity Ideas

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A Huge List of Group Connection Activity Ideas

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Easily adaptable for CTE groups

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30 Icebreaker Activities for High School and Middle School Students

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30 icebreaker activities for high school and middle school students that will help teenagers get to know each other and promote learning.

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Pass around a bowl of candy (colorful- m&ms, skittles- or different types) & tell students take "take some but don't eat it yet." For each piece of candy they took, they have to tell a fact about themselves. The color or type of candy tells the category of fact (eg red=childhood, blue=friends, green=future goals, etc)

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Pows & Wows / Roses & Thorns / Highs & Lows (your choice)

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Pows & Wows / Roses & Thorns / Highs & Lows (your choice)

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Have everyone (or # people a day to get through the class in a week) share 1 awesome thing and 1 lame thing from their day/week/year/life.

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Descriptions of some solid basic activities & a few topic Ideas

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Icebreakers that Rock | Cult of Pedagogy

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Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don’t really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.

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Working with a group of new people and need some conversation starters? Break the ice and get to know people better by selecting several of these get-to-know-you questions.

26. Have you ever had a nickname? What is it? 49. What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
27. Do you like or dislike surprises? Why or why not?
28. In the evening, would you rather play a game, visit a relative, watch a movie, or read?
29. Would you rather vacation in Hawaii or Alaska, and why?
30. Would you rather win the lottery or work at the perfect job? And why?
31. Who would you want to be stranded with on a deserted island?
32. If money was no object, what would you do all day?
33. If you could go back in time, what year would you travel to?
34. How would your friends describe you?
35. What are your hobbies?
36. What is the best gift you have been given?
37. What is the worst gift you have received?
38. Aside from necessities, what one thing could you not go a day without?
39. List two pet peeves.
40. Where do you see yourself in five years?
41. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
42. If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?
43. What would you do if you won the lottery?
44. What form of public transportation do you prefer? (air, boat, train, bus, car, etc.)
45. What's your favorite zoo animal?
46. If you could go back in time to change one thing, what would it be?
47. If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?
48. How many pillows do you sleep with?
50. What's the tallest building you've been to the top in?

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51. Would you rather trade intelligence for looks or looks for intelligence?
52. How often do you buy clothes?
53. Have you ever had a secret admirer?
54. What's your favorite holiday?
55. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
56. What was the last thing you recorded on TV?
57. What was the last book you read?
58. What's your favorite type of foreign food?
59. Are you a clean or messy person?
60. Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life?
61. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
62. What kitchen appliance do you use every day?
63. What's your favorite fast food chain?
64. What's your favorite family recipe?
65. Do you love or hate rollercoasters?
66. What's your favorite family tradition?
67. What is your favorite childhood memory?
68. What's your favorite movie?
69. How old were you when you learned Santa wasn't real? How did you find out?
70. Is your glass half full or half empty?
71. What's the craziest thing you've done in the name of love?
72. What three items would you take with you on a deserted island?
73. What was your favorite subject in school?
74. What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten?
75. Do you collect anything?
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76. Is there anything you wished would come back into fashion?
77. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
78. Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest?
79. Have you ever had a surprise party? (that was an actual surprise)
80. Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?
81. What do you do to keep fit?
82. Does your family have a "motto" - spoken or unspoken?
83. If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce?
84. Who was your favorite teacher in school and why?
85. What three things do you think of the most each day?
86. If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
87. What song would you say best sums you up?
88. What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee?
89. Who was your first crush?

90. What's the most interesting thing you can see out of your office or kitchen window?
91. On a scale of 1-10 how funny would you say you are?
92. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
93. What was your first job?
94. If you could join any past or current music group which would you want to join?
95. How many languages do you speak?
96. What is your favorite family holiday tradition?
97. Who is the most intelligent person you know?
98. If you had to describe yourself as an animal, which one would it be?
99. What is one thing you will never do again?
100. Who knows you the best?

If you really want to get to know someone, questions (not all at once, of course!) are like keys that can open many doors. Get to know someone better today!

Janis Meredith writes Jbmthinks, a blog on sports parenting and youth sports. After being a coach's wife for 29 years and a sports parent for 21, she sees issues from both sides of the bench.

Additional Get to Know You Questions:

50 Get to Know You Games and Icebreakers

50 Funny Get to Know You Questions

Get to Know You Questions for Small Groups

75 Get to Know You Questions for Clubs and Groups

40 Get to Know You Questions for Company Meetings

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Get to know your group better with these fun getting to know you questions!

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Use a ball with topics on it (Webb has some) or a beach ball. Toss it from person to person. When someone catches it, they have to answer the question their right thumb lands on. If using a beach ball, assign a question or topic to each color (ex. pink-saying something about your family; blue-say something about your hobbies; white-say something about food; etc.)

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Give a category and students have to group based on common answers:
- eye color
- hobbies
- favorite season
- preferred type of hunting or fishing
- favorite show/video game/streaming platform
- month of birthday (big class) or birthday season (small class)
- sports you play or love

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Give prompts for students to line up in a certain order (alphabetical by first name, amount of chores they have to do at home, favorite colors rainbow order, skill level in your field, etc).

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Students get into groups of 3-4. Give them a category (food, hobbies, animals, family, etc) They must find something they all have in common.

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Give a pair (ex. cats or dogs, chevy or ford, pancakes or eggs, build or create, physical or mental, etc.) or a would. Tell students the location to go for each choice. Students choose, move, then discuss with their new group why they chose that one. Note: the same thing could work with more choices - just set more locations (eg corners)

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Can do outdoors for safety

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Take an outdoor walk. Have students walk next to one person. Give them a topic (ex. foods you hate).  Walk & talk. After a few minutes, tell kids to switch partners & give them a new topic. Walk & talk. Repeat.  Note: you can also do this standing in concentric circles, facing each other, and have one circle rotate to switch pairs.

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Internet tool - ask questions, students put answers in device & they are displayed to the group (anonymously)

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Interact with your audience using real-time voting. No installations or downloads required - and it's free!

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Basic Get-to-Know-You Questions & Activities

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Basic Get-to-Know-You Questions & Activities