Step 0: Ice Breaker
Ice-breakers are simple dynamics designed so that participants can get to know one another and build trust before group work begins.
Below we suggest some Ice-breakers to carry out during the first online meeting of the working group, with the objective of getting to know one another in a playful way and approaching reflection on objects through everyday life.
We invite you to review the following activities and choose one to carry out with your group.
+ This step is carried out in groups, synchronously.
+ Estimated time: 30 minutes.
assignmentActivity 1: Tracing a Story
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Materials:
- An object you already have.
- Transparent A4 plastic sheet.
- Thick-tip board marker.
- White A4 paper.
Step by step instructions:
- Each participant goes to get an object they have at home.
- Place a transparent sheet over the computer screen.
- Taking turns, each student shows their object on screen while introducing themselves and telling its story.
- While listening, the others use markers to trace sections of the object onto the transparent sheet, drawing for as long as the story lasts.
- When one story ends, the next classmate presents their object, repeating the process until a composition with everyone's objects is formed.
assignmentActivity 2: Introduce Yourself Through Objects
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Materials:
- An object you already have.
Step by step instructions:
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Below we suggest three introduction and conversation dynamics based on objects. Choose one of the three prompts and present your responses in turns to generate a group conversation.
- Option 1: Find an object you have at home and introduce yourself to your classmates by explaining why it is important to you.
- Option 2: What object do you always carry everywhere? Introduce yourself to your classmates by showing your object so they can get to know you in a more personal way.
- Option 3: Find in your home one object that you think people in the other country do not have, and another that you think they do have; then tell your classmates about them.
- Upload a record of your responses to the work logbook.
