It also a good idea to write numbers next to them. You might for example write 1- nwwoid for window, and 2- rmooslacs for classroom.
Award points to whichever team solves a word first. A variation of this activity is to use anagrams, actual words that contain the same letters like star and rats, or tacos and coats. See if your class can find anagrams of the words you write on the board.
You will have to spend some time to compile a suitable list before doing this. Mixed—up or scrambled sentences can be used for primary, high school and adult lessons. You just need some sentences with the words in the wrong order. You can print out some scrambled sentences here and get your students to write the correctly worded sentences on the board in a team race. Boggle is a fun word building game that almost everyone knows.
To play it simply draw a 4 by 4 grid on your board and put 1 letter in each box. Students need to make words by using adjoining letters.
There is a thorough description and some grids you can use on the free printable boggle word puzzles page. It is very similar to the board game Scattegories if you have ever played that. Divide your class into pairs or small groups. Each team will need a piece of paper and a pen. On the board write a list of categories, 6 or 7 is a good number. The students must write down one word for each category that begins with the letter you provided. The first team to complete the list yells stop the bus which means everybody else should also stop writing.
Points are given to each team for each correct answer. Word association is a simple yet enjoyable brainstorming activity. Start with any one word and then ask a student to think of a word related to it and write it next to your original word.
Rebus puzzles are great brainteasers that all ages enjoy. Divide your class into teams and draw 10 or more easy puzzles on the board. The first team to guess one of the rebus meanings gets a point. There are plenty of examples for you to copy on the free printable rebus puzzles page! Play a quiz game on the whiteboard just like the TV show! The key is to make the questions increasing difficult with the first question being the easiest and the fifth question being quite hard.
Once you have questions, all you need to do is draw a grid on the board. Across the top write the categories and on the left column write the value of the questions in points or money. This game works best in teams but make sure that individual students in teams take turns to choose and answer questions.
You can easily replicate them as whiteboard games by drawing a grid and numbering the boxes or by using the alphabet. Again you will need some pre-prepared questions, any topic or difficulty can be used. You also need to draw a key beforehand and decide where the bombs and rewards will be placed. To make your key, write down the letters or numbers you will use on your grid.
We've put together this helpful list of whiteboard games to help detail some of our favorites that can be enjoyable for both students and teachers alike.
Some of the Best Whiteboard Games for Kids Earthquake — This is a classic trivia game that is easy to play and will undoubtedly be fun for everyone in the classroom. To play 'Earthquake,' grab your marker and draw a grid on the whiteboard that is 5 by 5, labeling each column with the letters A through E, and each row from one to five. Each square will have a question in it, a question that students won't know until they actually pick a particular score; however, it's important to remember that before starting the game, the instructor must secretly pick three squares on the board that don't have questions.
These squares will be known as 'earthquakes,' where students will lose points for selecting that square. Win, Lose or Draw — If you like to draw, then this game can be a blast for everyone. To play, a student is to draw a picture while the other students take guesses as to what is being drawn. Whoever can guess correctly gets the point and is up for drawing the next picture! Jeopardy — One of the longest-running television game shows in history can also be played on a whiteboard.
Students will have to really think and use the knowledge they have learned to score points. To play, divide the whiteboard into columns to designate spots for both vocabulary categories and point value rows. From there, divide everyone into two teams, with teams selecting a category and a point value. They will be given a clue or definition and must give their answer in the form of a question, just like on the show. Hangman — One of the simplest, yet most classic games is Hangman, and its simplicity makes it a great whiteboard game.
To play Hangman, lines will be drawn out in a row, to represent blank letters and words. Students have to guess letters, and for each correct letter guessed, they will be an inch closer to figuring out the word or phrase that they've been given. However, students don't get that many chances to guess the correct letters.
Students will have approximately six chances to figure out the mystery word or phrase! Super Egg — This is another highly educational game where two eggs are drawn on the board, and then each is divided into six sections. This kind of warm-up games is not only a successful start for team building but also create a positive atmosphere in every meeting, workshop, training or similar activities. With an online whiteboard, you can adapt many different ice breaker games to the digital world.
Using an online whiteboard helps you to visualize the games and to make the collaboration funnier and more efficient. Below you will find some examples of the ice breaker games and ideas on how to use an online whiteboard like Collaboard to perform them in your remote meetings. This game is about finding out where all the participants come from. To prepare add a map to the whiteboard. Now everybody should take a picture of himself or upload a photo. Afterwards people should guess from which country, region or city people are coming from.
As soon as you found out from where a persons is from, draw on the whiteboard a line to the destination or move the picture of this person onto the map.
Below you see an idea of how we used the "Guess where I come from" ice breaker exercise in our last meeting with Collaboard. The Ice breaker game is useful for bigger companies and workshops, where the people meet the first time. To encourage people to get to know each other better, you can organize a virtual meeting. Divide the audience into separate groups.
Make sure close colleagues and friends are not in the same group. Ask the groups to find things that they all have in common and to put the pictures of these commonalities on the online whiteboard. You may find that some participants for example have been to Budapest or many of the group members like the same food or use the same digital tools. Before starting this ice breaker game, you should prepare an empty canvas with sections.
Each participant will add the corresponding answers in the sections. Now you start asking questions about special skills like:. The participants add pictures, videos, photos or sticky notes on the online whiteboard, which illustrates their special skills.
Afterwards, everyone explains their special skills and how they can help the group achieve its goals. This often leads to discussions, which are very helpful for team building. The game is very popular all over the world, not only for team building or online games but also for weddings and other big celebrations. Preparation: Before the start, all participants send an old photo of their childhood from baby age to puberty to the moderator by email. The moderator sticks all pictures on the online whiteboard.
The moderator sets the timer to 2 minutes possibly more depending on the participants. The participants should add sticky notes on the online whiteboard during this time and guess who is shown on each picture. Afterwards, all participants will reveal one by one who is on which picture and what great memories are associated with it. You could do it also with the pictures of your office desk , desktop, pets and many more. This is one of the most creative and fun ice breaker games.
Each participant will come-up with three facts about himself: Two of them are true, and one is a credible lie. Everybody writes the facts on sticky notes on the online whiteboard.
Next, everyone shares their three statements and the group votes or discusses the presumption for the lie. For example here are three statements about John:. Can you guess what the lie is? This icebreaker is a great way to get to know each other and to laugh a little bit.
Talking about wishes and dreams is an excellent opportunity for improving the collaboration when working remotely.
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