Building Community and Belonging by Faculty Center

2025-12-28 16:16:55 UTC

2026-01-04 15:42:06 UTC

My 'Week 1 Introductions + Common Ground Mapping' idea

2026-01-05 02:49:58 UTC

About Me in Variables: Python Intro Activity

2026-01-05 15:07:08 UTC

Asking students to participate in an initial optional discussion thread (audio/visual)

❖ Where are you from?

❖ What would you like to get out of your time here at Columbus State University?

❖ What’s the best piece of advice you have ever been given?

❖ If you could eliminate one thing from your daily routine, what would it be and why?

In what ways can you connect to others during this course? Respond to at least one of your classmates.

2026-01-08 18:23:47 UTC

Values-based icebreaker (Pizza versus hamburgers), 1. Survey, 2. Categorize into groups and allow the student the opportunity to build their arguments for their reasoning. 3. Combine the two groups so the could debate the topic.

2026-01-09 16:11:50 UTC

Adjusting where and how students are able to engage with assigned readings so that they can better benefit from peer responses

2026-01-10 00:33:45 UTC

Padlet weekly discussion where they post a win and a wonder

2026-01-26 15:47:53 UTC

I'd love to try the "corners" activity where students move about the classroom based on prompts such as favorite ice cream, can you whistle?, major of study, and other simple ideas. I think this would give students a good visual of their class and they would realize that they are all more bound that they may have originally thought.

2026-01-27 00:34:33 UTC

Ice Breaker

2026-01-27 19:46:58 UTC

Create a debate over the long term costs of AI to the US. Clearly AI will displace large numbers of knowledge and service workers. Currently, no plans are in place for this large scale unemployment. The question is about the ethics of proceeding with the development of a technology that will create so much disruption to our society.

2026-01-30 22:30:38 UTC

Ice-Breaker