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  1. Sep 2020
    1. when choosing community building activities that ask students to disclose information about themselves, and especially about how they are feeling, it is important to recognise the risk of unintended harm.

      Most faculty in a teaching setting chooses to do certain activities that can make a student very uncomfortable. In high school my teachers would do "icebreakers" and I would hate them because that meant I would have to talk in front of people and sometimes the topic would be a little too personal.

  2. Nov 2018
  3. Nov 2016
  4. Feb 2016
    1. Encourage students to engage with others using First Day activities, games, and ice breakers.

      Spend time doing these! Especially in the first weeks of schools. Make sure everyone knows everyone's names, likes/dislikes, formative experiences, families.

      Canadians are great at Icebreakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf2h7SQggMM

      Who can add some more?