http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/video/index.html
Questions:
What made this lesson more interesting?
What was the purpose of the lesson?
What did the class learn from him?
How did he use body language to teach his lesson?
How do you communicate with body language?
Showing posts with label Team Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Team Work. Show all posts
April 18, 2013
February 4, 2013
Pep Talk- Video
This is a cute video with some excellent "feel good" messages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o&safe=active
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o&safe=active
December 10, 2012
Pair Interview
Group Size: any size
Time Line: 20 minutes time will depend on the number of interview questions you decide to use
Equipment Needed: Overhead with team formation directions
Space Required: classroom
Activity Description:
Members get into groups of two and interview one another. Possible questions to use:
1. Who do you think is the most important person who has lived in the past 100 years?
2. What is the best movie you have seen recently?
3. What is the title of the last book you have read?
4. If you could be any animal other than human, what would you be?
5. If you could travel to any place in the world, where would you go?
6. What is your favorite sport?
7. One adjective to describe me is...
8. The emotion I find most difficult to control is...
Suggested Reflection Questions
Content (cognitive learning)
• What did you discover about your classmate?
• Why is it difficult to answer some of the questions?
Social Skills (social learning)
• Which social skills did you, as a pair, use to make this activity successful?
• Why is attentive listening important during this activity?
Personal learning
• How did you feel about being interviewed?
• What did you learn about yourself from this activity?
• What unique qualities are you proud of as a result of this activity?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
Time Line: 20 minutes time will depend on the number of interview questions you decide to use
Equipment Needed: Overhead with team formation directions
Space Required: classroom
Activity Description:
Members get into groups of two and interview one another. Possible questions to use:
1. Who do you think is the most important person who has lived in the past 100 years?
2. What is the best movie you have seen recently?
3. What is the title of the last book you have read?
4. If you could be any animal other than human, what would you be?
5. If you could travel to any place in the world, where would you go?
6. What is your favorite sport?
7. One adjective to describe me is...
8. The emotion I find most difficult to control is...
Suggested Reflection Questions
Content (cognitive learning)
• What did you discover about your classmate?
• Why is it difficult to answer some of the questions?
Social Skills (social learning)
• Which social skills did you, as a pair, use to make this activity successful?
• Why is attentive listening important during this activity?
Personal learning
• How did you feel about being interviewed?
• What did you learn about yourself from this activity?
• What unique qualities are you proud of as a result of this activity?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
Journey Through School
Group Size: any size
Time Line: 30 minutes
Equipment Needed: Large Paper (A4, A3), markers,
Space Required: classroom open area or students at desks
Activity Description
1. Assemble teams of 4.
2. Give each student a piece of paper and crayons or markers and have him or her draw a visual illustration of "my schooling to now," a road that has twists and turns, hills and valleys. Include "road signs:' "place names," and labels of events, people, places and things.
3. Invite each student to share his or her "Journey Through School" with his or her teammates,
4. Ask the students to give respectful and active listening to each speaker. Encourage teammates to ask questions after each presentation to draw out more details, and express their mutual feelings or concerns.
Suggested Reflection Questions
Content (cognitive learning)
• Why is it important to be able to draw a "Life Map?"
• How were the maps in your team the same?
Social skills (social learning)
• How could you tell that your team members were being good listeners when others shared their "Life Maps?"
• How did tribe members help each other during this activity?
Personal learning
• How did you feel as you made your life map/as you shared with your tribe?
• What did you learn about yourself?
• How are you a unique and special individual?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
Time Line: 30 minutes
Equipment Needed: Large Paper (A4, A3), markers,
Space Required: classroom open area or students at desks
Activity Description
1. Assemble teams of 4.
2. Give each student a piece of paper and crayons or markers and have him or her draw a visual illustration of "my schooling to now," a road that has twists and turns, hills and valleys. Include "road signs:' "place names," and labels of events, people, places and things.
3. Invite each student to share his or her "Journey Through School" with his or her teammates,
4. Ask the students to give respectful and active listening to each speaker. Encourage teammates to ask questions after each presentation to draw out more details, and express their mutual feelings or concerns.
Suggested Reflection Questions
Content (cognitive learning)
• Why is it important to be able to draw a "Life Map?"
• How were the maps in your team the same?
Social skills (social learning)
• How could you tell that your team members were being good listeners when others shared their "Life Maps?"
• How did tribe members help each other during this activity?
Personal learning
• How did you feel as you made your life map/as you shared with your tribe?
• What did you learn about yourself?
• How are you a unique and special individual?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
Snowball Fight
Group Size: any group size
Time Line: 10 minutes
Equipment Needed: Sheet of paper, pencil or pen
Space Required: classroom
Activity Description:
Give everyone a white sheet of paper. Their name is written in the middle of the paper and the sheet is divided into three sections. In section 1 have them write one thing they are excited about, in section 2 one thing they are nervous about, and finally in section 3 one thing they would like to learn. (They can draw a picture if they aren't able to write yet.)
Wad up the paper and have half the class throw their snowballs. The other half of the class picks up a snowball and reads the information. Next, they have to find whom it belongs to. This allows for a greeting and further discussion of the information.
This is great for getting to know each other and seeing what their fears and expectations really are. At the end of the year, it's usually what they remember most.
Suggested reflection questions:
Content (cognitive learning)
• Why is it important for team members to share information about themselves?
• Are there other good questions we could ask?
Social Skills (Social Learning)
• How did you know others were listening well when you spoke?
Personal Learning
• What were you feeling when you were speaking or listening?
• What did you enjoy most about this activity?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
Time Line: 10 minutes
Equipment Needed: Sheet of paper, pencil or pen
Space Required: classroom
Activity Description:
Give everyone a white sheet of paper. Their name is written in the middle of the paper and the sheet is divided into three sections. In section 1 have them write one thing they are excited about, in section 2 one thing they are nervous about, and finally in section 3 one thing they would like to learn. (They can draw a picture if they aren't able to write yet.)
Wad up the paper and have half the class throw their snowballs. The other half of the class picks up a snowball and reads the information. Next, they have to find whom it belongs to. This allows for a greeting and further discussion of the information.
This is great for getting to know each other and seeing what their fears and expectations really are. At the end of the year, it's usually what they remember most.
Suggested reflection questions:
Content (cognitive learning)
• Why is it important for team members to share information about themselves?
• Are there other good questions we could ask?
Social Skills (Social Learning)
• How did you know others were listening well when you spoke?
Personal Learning
• What were you feeling when you were speaking or listening?
• What did you enjoy most about this activity?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
Story of a Name- Teams
Group Size:
Time Line: 10 minutes
Equipment Needed: Get Acquainted sheet, pencil or pen
Space Required: classroom
Activity Description:
Where does your name come from? Share the story of where your name comes from and what your name means. Everyone's name has a surprisingly interesting origin. Helps to build intercultural respect and understanding.
1. What's in a name? More than we often realize. This is an interesting, novel way for people to introduce themselves to others, especially in ethnically diverse groups.
2. Ensure that an appropriate group atmosphere is established in which people have already done some initial warm-up activities and name games.
3. Ask participants to turn to a partner and explain what your name means (if anything) and where it comes from.
4. Most people reveal a surprising amount of interesting information about where their name comes from and what it means.
5. The greater the ethnic and cultural diversity in the group, the better this exercise tends to work.
6. Can be specifically used to help build intercultural respect and understanding or to more generally help develop self-identity and open respect and sharing.
Optional: Ask each person to introduce his/her partner to the larger group and to explain what his/her name means and where it comes from.
Suggested reflection questions:
Content (cognitive learning)
• What did you discover about your classmate?
Social Skills (Social Learning)
• How did you know others were listening well when you spoke?
Personal Learning
• What were you feeling when you were speaking or listening?
• What did you enjoy most about this activity?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
Time Line: 10 minutes
Equipment Needed: Get Acquainted sheet, pencil or pen
Space Required: classroom
Activity Description:
Where does your name come from? Share the story of where your name comes from and what your name means. Everyone's name has a surprisingly interesting origin. Helps to build intercultural respect and understanding.
1. What's in a name? More than we often realize. This is an interesting, novel way for people to introduce themselves to others, especially in ethnically diverse groups.
2. Ensure that an appropriate group atmosphere is established in which people have already done some initial warm-up activities and name games.
3. Ask participants to turn to a partner and explain what your name means (if anything) and where it comes from.
4. Most people reveal a surprising amount of interesting information about where their name comes from and what it means.
5. The greater the ethnic and cultural diversity in the group, the better this exercise tends to work.
6. Can be specifically used to help build intercultural respect and understanding or to more generally help develop self-identity and open respect and sharing.
Optional: Ask each person to introduce his/her partner to the larger group and to explain what his/her name means and where it comes from.
Suggested reflection questions:
Content (cognitive learning)
• What did you discover about your classmate?
Social Skills (Social Learning)
• How did you know others were listening well when you spoke?
Personal Learning
• What were you feeling when you were speaking or listening?
• What did you enjoy most about this activity?
http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try
September 17, 2012
Finish the Race
"It's not only how we reach the line, but who crosses it with us."
In the following video a High School cross country team works together to clench a championship for their terminally ill coach. Have a box of tissues close by...
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6370304
The New York Giants football team watched this video of Holland Reynolds crawling across the finish line as their inspiration to finish the season strong. They wanted to do whatever it took to be the best. They wanted to complete the season no matter what.
Process with the class:
-What was the coaches attitude when he found out about his illness?
-What was the reason the team was determined to win?
-What drives you to be successful?
-When you set your goal, what are you willing to do to get it?
-Who is cheering you on, as you strive to meet your goals?
-How does the word "sacrifice" play into this story?
Finish strong.
July 12, 2012
Human Knot Activity
Objective: Build communication skills, problem solving, and discuss the roles people play in a group.
Materials: None
Activity: Have the group form a tight circle. Explain the activity and allow people to step out if they are not comfortable with it. Have people put their right arm into the center of the circle, and hold hands with someone. Then have people put their left arm in the circle and hold someone else's hand. No one should hold both hands with the same person, or hold the hand of someone directly next to them in the cirlce.
Ask the group to untangle themselves, without letting go of hands.
Processing:
How did you feel during this activity? How were ideas expressed? Is there anything you would do differently? Who was the leader/ leaders? Why? How can we apply this to what we do every day? What roles do we play when there is a problem? Who do we seek for help?
Materials: None
Activity: Have the group form a tight circle. Explain the activity and allow people to step out if they are not comfortable with it. Have people put their right arm into the center of the circle, and hold hands with someone. Then have people put their left arm in the circle and hold someone else's hand. No one should hold both hands with the same person, or hold the hand of someone directly next to them in the cirlce.
Ask the group to untangle themselves, without letting go of hands.
Processing:
How did you feel during this activity? How were ideas expressed? Is there anything you would do differently? Who was the leader/ leaders? Why? How can we apply this to what we do every day? What roles do we play when there is a problem? Who do we seek for help?
June 8, 2012
We are all connected
No Man Is An Island
By John Donne
No man is an island entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.
Essentials for Victory
1. He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2. He will win who knows ho to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3. He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4. He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5. He will win who has military capacity and is not interefered with by the sovereign.
2. He will win who knows ho to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3. He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4. He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5. He will win who has military capacity and is not interefered with by the sovereign.
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Working Together
The Geese
Geese flying in a V-formation have always been a welcome sign of spring as well as a sign that heralds the coming of winter. Not only is this a marvelous sight but there are some remarkable lessons that we can learn form the flight of the geese, because all that they do has significance.
1) As each goose flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for others behind it. There is 71% more flying range in V-formation than in flying alone.
Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense of purpose can get there more quickly.
2) Whenever a goose flies out of formation, it feels drag and tries to get back into position.
Lesson: It's harder to do something alone than together.
3) When the lead goose feels tired, it rotates back into formation and another goose flies at the lead.
Lesson: Shared leadership and interdependence give us each a chance to lead as well as an opportunity to rest.
4) The geese flying in the rear of the formation honk to encourage those up front to keep their speed.
Lesson: Encouragement is motivating. We need to make sure our "honking" is encouraging- and not discouraging.
5) When a goose gets sick or wounded and falls, two geese fall out and stay with it until it revives or dies. Then they catch up or join another flock.
Lesson: We may all need help from time to time. We should stand by our colleagues in difficult times.
-Angeles Amen
Geese flying in a V-formation have always been a welcome sign of spring as well as a sign that heralds the coming of winter. Not only is this a marvelous sight but there are some remarkable lessons that we can learn form the flight of the geese, because all that they do has significance.
1) As each goose flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for others behind it. There is 71% more flying range in V-formation than in flying alone.
Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense of purpose can get there more quickly.
2) Whenever a goose flies out of formation, it feels drag and tries to get back into position.
Lesson: It's harder to do something alone than together.
3) When the lead goose feels tired, it rotates back into formation and another goose flies at the lead.
Lesson: Shared leadership and interdependence give us each a chance to lead as well as an opportunity to rest.
4) The geese flying in the rear of the formation honk to encourage those up front to keep their speed.
Lesson: Encouragement is motivating. We need to make sure our "honking" is encouraging- and not discouraging.
5) When a goose gets sick or wounded and falls, two geese fall out and stay with it until it revives or dies. Then they catch up or join another flock.
Lesson: We may all need help from time to time. We should stand by our colleagues in difficult times.
-Angeles Amen
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