{"id":12481,"date":"2020-07-29T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techlearning.com\/how-to\/best-digital-icebreakers"},"modified":"2020-07-29T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:00:19","slug":"best-digital-icebreakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/code4developers.com\/best-digital-icebreakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Digital Icebreakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  class=\"ff-og-image-inserted pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/XeDPnp88ezZNpGFStiFEj8-1200-80.jpg\" ><\/div>\n<p>One of the biggest challenges facing teachers as they head back to school in the \u2018new normal\u2019 of remote learning environments is trying to get to know their new students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These digital icebreakers&#8211;websites, apps, and online resources (in alphabetical order)&#8211;offer various fun activities for bringing together teachers and their new students.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"><\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/30hands.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"http:\/\/30hands.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>30hands<\/u><\/a> &#8211; A wonderful site\/app that\u2019s easy for students to use to create a digital story describing themselves or what they did over the summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boomwriter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/boomwriter.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>BoomWriter <\/u><\/a>&#8211; A teacher can put students into groups and have each one write a page of a story and then share with the class using BoomWriter\u2019s innovative writing\/voting process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howdoyouplay.net\/category\/icebreakers\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.howdoyouplay.net\/category\/icebreakers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>How Do You Play<\/u><\/a> &#8211; A nice site that has a section dedicated to explaining simple games and fun icebreaker activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakers.ws\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakers.ws\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Icebreakers.ws<\/u><\/a> &#8211; Offers more than 100 ice breakers, team building exercises, and group games, plus family friendly activities, worksheets, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/timeline-30007.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/timeline-30007.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Read Write Think<\/u><\/a> &#8211; A popular, easy-to-use site for creating timelines that students can make describing events and what they did over the summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storyboardthat.com\/blog\/e\/ice-breakers\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.storyboardthat.com\/blog\/e\/ice-breakers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Storyboard That<\/u><\/a> &#8211; Storyboard That has lots of resources for teachers to use as digital icebreakers such as KWL charts, conversation cubes, games, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superteacherworksheets.com\/backtoschool.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.superteacherworksheets.com\/backtoschool.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Super Teacher Worksheets<\/u><\/a> &#8211; A vast collection of worksheets and other printables for back to school, including scavenger hunts, \u2018All about me,\u2019 puzzles, and other fun activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/l-www.voki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/l-www.voki.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Voki<\/u><\/a> &#8211; A fun site at which students can create animated and speaking avatars introducing themselves to their classmates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Wordle<\/u><\/a> &#8211; A popular site that students can use to generate word clouds describing themselves.<\/p>\n<p>For more ideas and suggestions, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techlearning.com\/tl-advisor-blog\/12236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Shelly Terrell\u2019s 7 Digital Ice Breakers<\/u><\/a>, which includes Show and Tell, Vision Boards, and more, using resources such as <a href=\"https:\/\/app.edu.buncee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/app.edu.buncee.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Buncee<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nearpod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"http:\/\/nearpod.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><u>Nearpod<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. For more information about his work, contact him at dkapuler@gmail.com and read his blog at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/cyber-kap.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-href=\"http:\/\/cyber-kap.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-><em>cyber-kap.blogspot.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/XeDPnp88ezZNpGFStiFEj8.jpg\" ><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest challenges facing teachers as they head back to school in the \u2018new normal\u2019 of remote learning environments is trying to get to know their new students.&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1506,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NAi4-3fj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8919,"url":"https:\/\/code4developers.com\/how-to-develop-an-instructional-continuity-plan-for-any-emergency\/","url_meta":{"origin":12481,"position":0},"title":"How to Develop an Instructional Continuity Plan for Any Emergency","author":"Code4Developers","date":"June 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As any educator knows, being prepared is critical, be it creating lesson plans, vetting resources, or even studying for tests. 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