I taught my first section of CSE 142 today and I was trying to come up with a creative ice breaker to start the class. Micah and I searched Google but didn’t really find anything out of the ordinary. Then I came up with a killer idea. Try it out and let me know how it goes!
- Pass out sticky notes, index cards or something similar.
- Participants write a question on the card, then hand them in.
- Facilitator shuffles the cards, then passes them back out to the participants.
- Go around the room, each person says their name and answers the question on the card.
I thought it went really well, although the questions the students wrote were pretty tame and appropriate.
