SI Openers and Closers
Ryana M
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Marilyn V Duke
I could see it being combined by doing something that gets them to say something about themselves as well as what they are hoping to accomplish in today's SI session.
Marilyn Duke, Director
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Western Michigan University
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Kimberly Johnson
Hello Ryanna,
Based on UMKC’s model, we NIUSI often use “getting to know you” icebreakers (e.g. name game, fear in the hat, etc.) as an opening activity. I have learned that getting to know students during your first, if not more, SI sessions is essentially to their level of participation. I use activities first in our mandatory training for SI Leasers then I encourage our SI leaders to use the icebreakers with their students.
Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D., LCPC, ACS, NCC
Northern Illinois University
Assistant Director/ACCESS
Supplemental Instruction (SI)
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Based on the UMKC model would if ever be appropriate to consider a "get to know you" icebreaker a proper opener activity? Or would it be more important to include it in addition to a proper opener activity?
Thanks,
Ryana
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Jennifer Brezina
We here at WCCC also use icebreakers for our first SI sessions. We find it is a great opening activity and an easy way for the students to get to know each other and to know the SI leaders.
They can be adapted very easily to the size of the group and the mix of students. I think it is important for the students to feel comfortable right from the start so they are more willing to ask questions.
I hope that this helps.
Jennifer Brezina
Westmoreland College
Youngwood, PA 15697
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Hello Ryanna,
Based on UMKC’s model, we NIUSI often use “getting to know you” icebreakers (e.g. name game, fear in the hat, etc.) as an opening activity. I have learned that getting to know students during your first, if not more, SI sessions is essentially to their level of participation. I use activities first in our mandatory training for SI Leasers then I encourage our SI leaders to use the icebreakers with their students.
Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D., LCPC, ACS, NCC
Northern Illinois University
Assistant Director/ACCESS
Supplemental Instruction (SI)
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Based on the UMKC model would if ever be appropriate to consider a "get to know you" icebreaker a proper opener activity? Or would it be more important to include it in addition to a proper opener activity?
Thanks,
Ryana
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Ray Sanchez
Changing the focus of this thread just a touch:
I have our Leaders read this article and discuss the importance of the “first five” and “last five” minutes in a peer-facilitated session.
http://crte.ucmerced.edu/content/learning-edge-classroom-activities-promote-deep-learning
The article states:
The ecotone of a traditional college class would be the first and last few minutes of the class session, when students are walking in the door from their busy lives outside of the classroom—coming from meals with friends, from exercise or sports activities, from socializing either in person or through their phones—and entering this more formal learning space. Too often these first and last minutes of class are frittered away with administrative details, hurried reminders about due dates or admonitions about upcoming assignments. But what if we saw those ecotones of the classroom exactly as we saw them in the natural world—as especially rich and fertile periods, ones in which we can begin and end the process of promoting deep learning for our students?
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Hennessy, April
I think get to know you openers are important to use throughout the semester. We have new students checking out SI sessions all semester and we always want them to feel welcome. We do something called whip arounds. You state your name and then answer a specific question. It’s fast and can be modified easily. SI Leaders also do a warm-up activity such as vocab review, remember the rules or formulas (math based) or crossword puzzles, etc…
Here are some examples of whip arounds:
Where were you born?
What is your favorite food?
Favorite place to be when not at school?
Why did you choose Butte College?
One word to describe how you are feeling about the class? (usually at beginning of semester)
You are stranded on an island with a group of people. What would you bring to the table?
Name something that you ate, tried once and will NEVER eat again?
What is your best study strategy for this class?
I have a whip around wall in my office covered with post-it notes with random questions on them. SI Leaders stop by and pick a whip around for their session. Also, SI Leaders come up with new ones and leave them on the wall for others to use. They don’t use them for every session, but they try to use one at least once a week. Quick and easy and a great way to connect students.
April Hennessy
Supplemental Instruction Coordinator
Center for Academic Success at Butte College
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Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
Chinese Proverb & SI Motto
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Based on the UMKC model would if ever be appropriate to consider a "get to know you" icebreaker a proper opener activity? Or would it be more important to include it in addition to a proper opener activity?
Thanks,
Ryana
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