Partnership Ideas

Okay, so I'm a few days late but better late than never!

Here are some great partner ideas from No-rris.

1. Howdy and a Quote - Give each person a quote (the quote is related to the topic of your presentation/workshop).  Have each participant state their name, quote and talk about the quote.  Norris' quote at a workshop was, "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."  If you were provided this quote, what meaning would it have for you?

2. Partner Interview -  Instructor develops 2 or 3 questions for partnerships to ask a partner.

3. Sentence Completion - Instructor provides sentence starters to a group then the partnership completes them.

4. Verbal List and Share - Verbally list something with a partner.  Example - Describe to your partner 5 places that you would like to visit.  The partner listens and then shares his/her list.  Norris asks people to verbally list for at least 1 minute.

Think about these partnership ideas and the benefits they would bring to a learning situation. 

In EDAE 620 (for those who have not yet taken this course) we discussed ice breakers to use with adult learners.  My opinion was that I do not like ice breakers typically because they are useless, a waste of time and have nothing to do with what the class is about.  In contrast, the ideas that Norris writes about can be used as "ice breakers" and be beneficial and relevant to the class.  These ideas are multi-purposeful which is great!