#10 - Ball Toss
In this special spotlight edition, Jonathan showcases an activity that gets a group of people interacting with one another in a fun way while learning and practicing an important skill. The Spotlight was facilitated by Deb Cohen of the Center for Parenting Education during a recent offering of Jonathan's CSTP workshop series.
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November 25th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Deb,
What a great combined use of this exercise/technology! It sounded as if folks were having fun - you can see how these “I messages” could be quite fun. Having people learn more about the messages to apply later while at the same time having them use the technology is an excellent strategy!
Thanks, Jonathan, for introducing this quick, fun activity to us. I can see how you could use it in an online class as an icebreaker and even as a way to get students reflecting on different aspects of the class.
Great work! Do you have more of these?
Cindy
November 27th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Dear Cindy:
Thank you for your comments! It is great fun figuring out ways to use the technology to engage the audience. With my co facilitators at The Center for Parenting Education, we look for ways to feel connected to our audience when we can’t see them. Another activity we have tried is to have participants rate themselves on a scale. For example, it could be used as an ice breaker - “How comfortable are you with this technology?” Like you, I look forward to learning new and interesting ways to present our material creatively.
Deb
January 16th, 2007 at 5:55 am
Thanks Deb for a great activity! Hope it’ll work off-line too.
Congratulations on the Real Time Minute thing, Jonathan!
By the way, how did you make a recording ( which is a . mov file ) ? What sort of tools did you use?