Ice-breakers
Collaborative Learning
Cat 3
Collaborative Games
Collaborative Learning Activities
100
Form groups using puzzle pieces
What is Puzzled Pieces?
100
Able to create opportunities for students to: •Engage in subject specific discussions with peers •Learn how to work cooperatively and support each other •Develop effective teamwork and communication (including interpersonal and cross cultural awareness)
What are benefits of collaborative learning?
100
- Get students attention. - Students easily engaged to game activities due to their willingness in playing. - Students get a positive experience about learning.
What are benefits of game-based learning?
100
Gameplay: - Participants form teams of 4-6 - Random participant will be called to select a score and the question will be asked - All teams will be given a chance to answer on a piece of paper and correct answers will be given scores
What is Jeopardy?
100
How to play: Give students a topic to think about, then they will be asked to pair with someone in order to share their ideas
What is Think-Pair-Share?
200
Search for group members with rhyming words
What is Rhyming Words?
200
• a common task or activity • small group learning • co-operative behavior • interdependence • individual responsibility and accountability
What are characteristics of collaborative learning?
200
•Competition can increase hostility between students •Competition weakens the intrinsic motivation to learn the educational content because of the focus on winning •Losing can lead to lower self-esteem.
What are problems with game-based learning?
200
- Participants collaborate to roll the dice and reach the end point by solving puzzles or questions related to the topic
What is Epic Quest?
200
How to play: Students share their ideas with a partner in quick succession similar to a popular dating strategy
What is Speed Dating?
300
Search for group members by making animal noises
What is Animal Sounds?
300
• People need to go at different speeds. • Someone may try to take over the group. • Quiet people may not feel comfortable. • Sometimes people just don't get along. • People may not pull their weight. • It is not fair!
What are problems with collaborative learning?
300
There is a Player, Coach, and Scorekeeper in this game
What is Socratic Smackdown?
300
How to play: Each student or team will be given a piece of a puzzle (e.g. a small part of a concept) to work on. The students then will fit the puzzle piece to the 'whole' in a logical sequence by explaining their own puzzle piece
What is Jigsaw?
400
Partnering game where half the class gets words and the other half definitions
What is Words & Definitions?
400

Born in Iowa

Who is Vicki?

500
Groups can be of the same suit or odd numbers, even numbers, etc.
What is Deck of Cards?
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