Web-based Resources for English Language Teaching & Learning
ICE BREAKERS
Leslie Opp-Beckman, University of Oregon
Email: leslieob@uoregon.edu
Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites
The following web sites contain ideas for ice breakers and community building. Your task is to:
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1) ESL Cafés Idea Cookbook, Ice Breakers http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Ice:Breakers Notes: |
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2) Games and Activities for the ESL Classroom, Internet TESL Journal http://iteslj.org/c/games.html Notes: |
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3) Icebreaker Games http://www.christysclipart.com/ice_breakers.html Notes: |
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4) Icebreakers and Getting-to-Know-You games, from Girl Scouts |
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5) Icebreakers, from Tailor Made Mysteries http://www.tailormademysteries.com/tmm/partytips/icebreakers.htm Notes: |
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6) Icebreaking Games http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6690/icebreak.htm Notes: |
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7) Meeting Wizard http://www.meetingwizard.org/meetings/icebreakers.cfm Notes: |
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8) Open Concept http://www.openconcept.ca/index.php/Facilitation/30 Notes: |
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9) Tell Me More, Chapter 1, Teachers Notes http://iteslj.org/t/tmm/01t.htm Notes: |
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10) University of Hawaii, Break the Ice http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/breakice.htm Notes: |
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11) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Student Organization Advising and Resources http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOAR/Lead/Icebreak.html Notes: |
Directories
Optional: these are additional directory-style resources with lists of other web sites you can visit and evaluate in the future.
Group Skills, from Carter McNamara
http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/grp_skll.htm
NW Lincs Teachers Toolbox
http://www.nwlincs.org/NWLINCSWEB/teachtool.htm
Look under the category "Fun Stuff."
Teacher Talk Forum, Lesson Plans
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/ttforum/lesson.html
Look under the category "Icebreakers."