3 Easy Icebreaker Games to Play on Video Conferences

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[@LauraGumina]

(See below) We also play "TELL-A-STORY" The group makes up a story by adding one sentence at a time. Each next sentence adds just one new idea to the narration (in third person). I prepare "Titles" for the stories beforehand. The Voices Behind the Wall -----------Any generic title works. And the story might go like this: 1). He was sitting in the dining room eating dinner. 2). Suddenly he thought he heard strange noises. 3.) He looked around to see where they were coming from. 4). It seemed like they were coming from inside the wall. 5). He walked over and put his ear to the wall. 5). A loud BANG sent him flying backwards onto the floor. and on and on The Missing Journal One Hot Day The Clown's Revenge The Orphans Slow Train to Vermont The Glass Eye

[@ElevateExperiences]

This is great!

[@dickersonchorus9430]

I like this! How do you determine who speaks next, and how the story ends?

[@hectorregala7777]

This is good! thanks for sharing!

[@JO-ek7kq]

Have you ever seen "Community" the show? Abed and Troy play this game at the end of one of the episodes. Awesome, quick, collaborative. The Clown's Revenge is both potentially scary and funny.

[@catherinemiller770]

SO AWESOME!

[@debbuckhere5134]

Teaching on an online platform, finding good Zoom games for kids who have anxiety and fear of speaking in a group is difficult. You just made my life a little easier! Thanks.

[@LauraGumina]

I have a senior theatre group and we made up what we call "improv " word games to play on zoom. -- We warm up with pass the ball- w or w/o saying the first world that pops into your head- but just very quickly passing the ball. -then "where in the world is..." since we are all configured differently on the screen we might say" where in the world is Steve?" Everyone points with their index finger to the 'box' that contains Steve's head..what happens is that we are all pointing in different directions- up, down, diagonally or to the left or right. and this continues until it stops being fun. (four or five turns) -Then we play "WHAT IS THE QUESTION" I will prepare a number of "answers" and the team has to use their heads to come up with the questions the 'fit' that answer. for example: Answers. "Go down two blocks and turn left". The question has to be answered a certain way. ie: 'which way to the icecream shop?' 'How do I get home?' 'which way is......anything?' submarine, watermelon.Chistmas tree? have fun with it. more answers: Since 8 o'clock this morning No, but it sure looks like him. It's not or sale, sorry I fell and sprained it on the ice. It's called crocheting, with needle and yarn. Put it in the garbage. Have fun with it and make up your own. we work with 7 people, and do not mute anyone. Everyone just calls out their question. Then we play "The Question Conversation" Two people have a conversation, on topic- with a 'through line' but the conversation is furthered by just asking questions. Before hand I prepare locations that will narrow down the topic of 'discussion" CAT CAUGHT IN A TREE ....is that a cat up there in the tree? ....You mean the Oak tree? ....Don't you see that orange ball of fur? ....Are you talking about that second branch down? ....How did the poor thing get up there? ....Do you think she was scared by something? AT A WEDDING RECEPTION ....Do you want to give a speech? ....For whom, the bride or groom? ....Which one do you know better? ....How about the one in the long white dress? ....Are you talking about the bride? ....Who else would wear a long white dress at a wedding? STUDYING AT THE LIBRARY IN A DRAWING CLASS THE BOYS FOOTBALL LOCKER ROOM ROWING DOWN A CROCODILE INFESTED WATERS IN A CANOE IN THE JUNGLE There is a lot of preparation for all these games, but they are real brain teasers. "Maintain Your Brain" Fun!!

[@danakitchen1256]

Laura Gumina Thank you for this suggestion! I teach high school and eternally looking for ways to engage my students!

[@thepatterman]

@laura gumina. Thank you so much for sharing. I am about to start teaching drama with a U3A seniors group and adapting 40 years worth of drama games and exercises to the online environment. Your post has certainly helped.

[@mrs.kingdom-citizen5480]

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[@LoraGLunt]

all three will be good for teaching on Zoom, early on to learn names and form a community; good especially for language teaching: Would you rather + verb and pass the word (it could be a category that you are reviewing or about to teach)

[@katiecawton4987]

I loved playing these games! They are quick and easy ways to make video conferences not feel boring.

[@maureencummings484]

They are great thanks. I learnt a game with dice where you roll a die and the participants have to guess higher / lower / same number as you roll. If they get the same number they get 2 points and smile with thumbs up. If they chose a higher number they 'broke the mould' and get zero points and show a grumpy face and stamp their foot. If they chose a lower number they get one point and clap 3 times. This is for primary school conferencing.

[@ElevateExperiences]

That sounds like an awesome game, thanks for sharing!

[@abbieussery9447]

I can't wait to try these new games out on my next zoom call!

[@jaspm]

We played pass the word for 6 hours, nobody wanted to give up 😓

[@gerib2856]

These were great Zoom games! I played Catch the Word and Where in the World with my students at the beginning of our class meeting. They loved it!

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So glad that you and your students enjoyed them Geri B! Be sure to check out our other games, espcially "Emoji-ology"!

[@LauraGumina]

(Please see below) I just shared 2 games with you. The last game we play that I will share is so much fun. It requires four players. The game is called: "GIBBERISH - TRANSLATOR" 'Gibberish' is a series of utterances, sounds or made up words that take the place, substitute for real words. One can even go "doo dah dada da, da da doo doo" any kind of fake words, oral sounds. When we communicate, we cannot just rely on the words to convey our meaning. We use emphasis, pitch, inflection. For instance it might sound like nonsense "Mishkaka vitz luna dedendish sayner" Just try any made up words. Practice using Gibberish to say these sentences: "I'm warning you" "How dare you spit on me!" "I love it when you massage my feet that way" "Hush, now! I heard a noise!" "That is hilarious". Each statement is said with different expression that conveys the meaning. When we use Gibberish we 'say' something, we communicate with our tone of voice, our expression, not the real words. Then the teammates are given two characters: 'A' is a movie star 'B' wants his/her autograph. "'A' is the boss 'B' is the employee who is late for work 'A' is the host" 'B' is the jokester telling offensive dirty jokes 'A' is the renter 'B' is the landlord who wants a payment and so on. Now, the first 'gibberish' person says something as if they were the character in a dialogue. For example: lets use 'A' is the model posing who is getting tired, 'B' is the painter. The Gibberish 'model' person says something as the model that means she is tired and wants to stop. But, the made up sounds have specific inflection. The translator says "oh, I'm done for, I'm going home" Next, the Gibberish Painter responds with nonsense sounds that communicates impatience and his translator changes the words into English. ""Don't move now, I'm almost done" Then the Model answers in Gibberish: resignation or reluctance and her translator makes up out of her imagination what she thinks the Model's gibberish meant: "I'm falling asleep" Then the Gibberish Painter begs, and the painter's teammate translates the his Gibberish into English. "no, no..please wake up, I need you!" The model gets angry, the painter throws down his brush in disgust, the model leaves, and so on. The pattern is Model's Gbiberish, their translator, painter's Gibberish then their translator, model's Gibberish in response, translator, painter's Gibberish, translator taking turns until the conversation ends. The Gibberish person furthers the conversation with the a comment in Gibberish, and then their teammate translates it. Back and forth, the two pairs take turns until the "conversation" ends.

[@lucyfogg1254]

Cool. I love it

[@anjanavinod9092]

Tried the 3rd game it was super super fun. Eagerly waiting for the next one

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That's awesome! We are so glad that you enjoyed it. We have a new game out on our channel called "This or That in Chat" if you want to check it out!

[@MrsMoore-vl1pp]

Thank you! I will use Pass the Word tomorrow during professional development with my department's teachers. I'll have them come up with an adjective to describe teaching virtually. Hopefully they'll like the game enough to play with their students.

[@katherynbosarreyes7683]

Thank you so much for this video!!! I can't wait to try these games with my Highschool students on our first online English class!!

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We hope you have fun! We would love to know how it goes.

[@ruthleonard2021]

Looking forward to using these to engage my high school students on their first day of virtual learning on Wednesday.

[@sandraseptien]

Finally a video with great ideas, and personally I never heard of this games, thank you! Can’t wait to try!

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We are so glad you enjoyed these games!

[@cornerstoneconnect7225]

We did these last week and our participants loved them! Thank you for sharing.

[@KellieAlston]

Sounds like so much fun! I can't wait to use these with my college students in my online courses.

[@janapetersdorf8584]

Clay Face is a great game for outgoing participants or theatre groups. Leader "molds" his/her face and then makes a crazy face. Everyone else "molds" their face at the same time and then mimics the leader's face. Leader calls out someone who "molds' their face and then makes a different goofy face which everyone mimics. Call next person and continue. Crazier face the better.

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Jana Petersdorf that sounds like a great one for kids!

[@jsr7842]

Just the stuff i was looking for a new group of students to be introduced to each other..thnks....

[@SilipaVakaloloma-id6iu]

This helps me to keep going and looking forward for the next meeting or presentation.thank you

[@jerondaburley]

Geez, wish I had seen this video two weeks ago when school started. I will adapt this for a chapter review and also for upcoming team meetings. Thanks!

[@anaguevara1900]

These were actually really unique and helpful! Thank you!! ❤

[@m.w.8552]

I wouldnt use these with adults, But these are GREAT for my Pre-schoolers Online!!! Thank You!!!

[@nancys9566]

I loved all 3 games but I'm gonna use the 2nd Pass the Ball game for Regional meeting with 50+ PPL with both sales + training team. Thank you so much. I have planned to change with product names instead of fruits name. Thanks for a idea 🙏🏼 I love your videos

[@elsieatieno4421]

Pass the ball for my Sunday School 12 year olds...just perfect.

[@ElevateExperiences]

Glad that you like it! It’s a really fun one.

[@missyla2u]

I will be playing Where in the World Is? during my March call. I'll come back to share

[@dygreenos9843]

Thank you for sharing these ice breakers games. I will definitely use one or two of these game the first week of distance learning with my high school math students. "Pass the Word" would be a fun game to help build my students math vocabulary.

[@debra-annesingleton5794]

Can't wait to try "Where in the world is...?" Thanks!

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Awesome! Let us know how it goes!

[@zulfadlirosli]

These sounds fun! I will have these games played on the last day of my internship this week with my colleagues!!!

[@GlennBorthistle]

Thanks for providing these examples of online inclusive activities.

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You’re welcome Glenn! We hope they are helpful to you!

[@angeloknowles3501]

Thank you so much! These games are so innovative, cant wait!

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Angelo Knowles did you try any of them yet?

[@havvanurbektashatipoglu4390]

game 2 and 3 are my favourite ones from now on. thank you

[@Khanyisile3]

Playing Would you rather with my team today, love it. Thank you 😊

[@nguyenhoangvu7861]

Thank you so much for these game. I just applied Pass the Word game yesterday and It work, everyone is really funny & excited about this ^^

[@ElevateExperiences]

Glad that you enjoyed it and that it worked for your team!

[@surangimehta5159]

great games for kids during breaks in virtual school..

[@leadersinstitute9280]

These are amazing! Can't wait to try this and more than a microphone as well! Thank you.

[@busisalox9308]

saved my day..God bless you and keep you

[@andrewaupositivepsychology]

It's refreshing to get new ideas and thank you for making this professionally done video.

[@ajaychhibber03]

Thank you for sharing these! Definitely gonna try with the team! 🙂

[@liviliv7004]

Your ideas are great! I'm gonna use them for my online classes! Greetings from Mexico :D

[@vanessaellewilde991]

love the pass the word game - creates so much energy online. Thanks. We play Zip Zap Zop - and it's hysterical and confusing ;)

[@Ekliptix]

How do you play Zip Zap Zop online? Do you add the person's name in when speaking, since we can't point at a person.

[@amywasserman1698]

Just saw these! We're totally trying these out tomorrow. Thanks so much...

[@evaknitsknuts9959]

great idea, simple but everybody can enjoy it.. thanks for the idea

[@anthonyvelardocchia7148]

These are great! I really want to do them with my kids at school....only thing I'm trying to figure out is how I can work these in if half of my students are in class and the other half are online...

[@Trudloops]

4:56 These tips may not work if your team does not put on their camera. In places with low broadband speeds like the Caribbean, we mostly keep our cameras off. But ‘Tell the story’, proposed in these comments can be played without cameras. Thanks for these suggestions.

[@parriswatson4072]

Nice job definitely going to use two of these with my students for remote learning!

[@ElevateExperiences]

That's awesome, let us know how they go!

[@ShawnMHowell]

So much fun! I loved the imaginary ball game ❤️

[@LeadersLabGR]

all three rock! Thank you!

[@tiffanymartin6191]

Going to play tomorrow in my virtual Theatre class!

[@sadiakhan-os7qe]

very informative and interesting Icebreaker games.Kids would definitely love to play .I will play with them in the upcoming live sessions.Keep sharing the good ideas.

[@robinsonlegacyfoundation4046]

Can't wait to try these! Thanks for the creativity!

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Brenda Williams thanks Brenda! Did you try any of them?

[@joseh.ortegaj.2756]

I did love them! What creative ideas!!! you shared with us! Congratulations. Blessings and greetings!

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Thank you! We are so glad you enjoyed the video!

[@michellehenry-ellis4698]

Yay thank you my 4th graders will love these ice breaker activities. I will let you know how it goes later today.

[@agusriyono694]

quite interesting ice breaker. I will try it in my homeroom class this morning.

[@theschoolofbodylanguage]

Beutiful ideas I will try on. Sunday the where in World is?? Thank you 💟

[@pinoyhenyochallenge5158]

COOOOOL!

[@kathleenyeadon3655]

Thanks. Will be using these this summer.

[@valeriefrankel9751]

Fantastic, I tried it and it works! Thank you!

[@esthersword2133]

Here looking games for under kids under 15 lol Lovely video

[@gthjnkm]

great ideas. I am gonna use them in my teaching

[@valeriefrankel9751]

Fantastic Tips, great for teachers! Thanks!!

[@veronicaingram977]

I can't wait to try these. Great ideas.

[@meleciasingson5868]

i'll try the pass the word with imaginary ball but I will change it a bit...instead of just one word it'll be words/phrases/clauses that will then create a long sentence once everyone has given their words/phrases/clause....like we will (pass the ball) Ann - make a (pass the ball) jen - live in- so on and so forth =D

[@drsandhyakumar2900]

wonderful ! Enjoyed it very much , Thanks

[@nnekaokekearu8481]

Great Games- cant wait to use them

[@AdrianaGirdler]

Great icebreaker games! Cheers!

[@ElevateExperiences]

Thank you!

[@chithanhnguyen8327]

Great activities. Thanks!

[@angelagregory4490]

Wow, looks simple but great ideas - can't wait to try this - Many Thanks

[@ElevateExperiences]

Hope you enjoy!

[@lavanyajaya1294]

All three were Good, future upload could focus on theme based like personality, communication, conflict Team building etc

Thank you for these great ideas! I'll use the Pass the ball one in a conference I'll have next Tuesday. :)

[@nageshkvenkata]

Going to try these in my next team call.

[@prisscillaaaaa]

thank you for the suggestions on the ice breakers! Super helpful!

[@RihabLKRihablakrami]

I looooooved it sooo much

[@MrHari76]

I tried it. It was wonderful

[@ikhwanmohamed3548]

tq bro for these great ideas..done subscribed

[@IMPLAYCoaching]

thanks a lot

[@patriciahsuan7930]

Love your ideas! Thank you, thank you, I will use them this week to greet my new students in my google meet :-)

[@juliachverkaliuk9620]

Awesome ideas! Thank you so much!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@maryhamilton5899]

Simple and elegant. Thank you.

[@carolbausor5321]

love these! thanks

[@done1341]

It's simple and awesome, Thank you..

[@jeannescott6968]

These sound great! Thanks for sharing!

[@eekenulv]

great in all its simplicity!

[@maisuramusa1803]

Thanks. Would love to try them out!

[@TheMabruka]

Simple realistic games to brighten up the rooms! Thank you. I loved the background, foreground, and the side-angle with the blue-ish light bit in the video. Would love to know more about your setup. :)

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We are so glad you liked it! For more information on our set up, please message us on our Instagram page @elevateexperiences and we would be more than happy to share with you about this topic.

[@SumangeAlimAkkas]

What a nice idea. Thanks!

[@PHBP529]

Sounds like loads of fun!! Thanks!!

[@imabaleisomi7255]

Awesome icebreakers

[@claudiahernandez7861]

Thank you for such creative games!

[@elizabethguanch9268]

Great ideas...thanks for sharing!

[@nargizaazizova9923]

Sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@claudeb.hardcastleii6925]

Very simple and creative.

[@ifahrie]

Thank you for your idea 👍

[@suechoo7813]

Thanks for sharing.. Sounds great and easy to use!

[@ElevateExperiences]

Thank you! We hope that they are helpful for you.

[@andresbanasihan6980]

Thank u so much!! I could use this in our fellowship😍

[@kk_yadav_]

I can't wait to try them!

[@ridhomuhammad4431]

It's fun and thanks for this..... I am wondering how "Where in the world is ........." works when your participants are in pages, saying like 2 or more pages... According to your video, you have only 9 participants including you so it is easy to mention any name we see in the monitors... As a lecturer, I often have 2 or more pages...

[@rowenaphillips123]

Sounds fun ! I will try it

[@smellythejelly]

These are awesome!! Thank you so much. 😆 🤟

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smellythejelly Glad you like them!