14 EdTech Team Building Activities to Start the School Year

GotTechED the Podcast&nbsp;Episode #117: 14 EdTech Team Building Activities to Start the School YearWelcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 117 called “14 EdTech Team Building Activities to Start the School Year” &nbsp; In this episode, we’ll share 14 awesome ideas for team building activities that you can use to help start the school year right.&nbsp; We’ll also discuss some of the edtech that take these activities to the next level.&nbsp; This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.Segment 1: UpdatesSegment 2: Tech-Based Team Building ActivitiesPaparazzi Game - students work in small groups to take photos of specific objects, people, scenes in your classroom and around the school.&nbsp; They post their photos in a Google Slide deck or simply upload to a unique drive folder.&nbsp; Make it specific to your subject area if you want.&nbsp; Require students to dress up or act certain things out.&nbsp; Set challenges that require them to talk to each other and ask around.QR quest&nbsp;Satefy in the labFire exitsVirtual Brown Bag with autodraw.com - Ss create a virtual brown bag with images of 5 things that are important to them.&nbsp; Each student puts their 5 images on a different google drawing which the the teacher distributes randomly.&nbsp; Students describe their images to the class and everyone discusses or votes who they think the bag belongs toGet to know your teacher and classmates Digital Escape the RoomTo Kill a Mockingbird ETRLewis Dot Structures ETRSummer time show and tell with Google Maps - students have time to present and share with the class a google maps tour of some things they did over the summer (vacation, local, camps, etc).&nbsp; Give them time to prepare coordinates for quick navigating when presentingG: A minute to win it&nbsp;Team building challengesBoomwriter – Read, write, vote, repeat.&nbsp; Students read the first chapter of story, then write what they think should happen next.&nbsp; Then the student chapters are peer assessed and voted upon.&nbsp; A winner is chosen, which becomes the next official chapter of the story.&nbsp; The process starts again.Classroom graphs.Review/create graphs while learning about everyone in the classroomTrivia with Baamboozle - why baamboozle?&nbsp; Gets kids talking face-to-face, although any of the game platforms would be great.A story/poster and a relayGuess the location with randomstreetview.comDream catcher introductions: make a dream catcher with your interest.… have students visit each dream catcher and out their names next to similar interestsHumans of New York story writing - Humans of New York began as a photography project in 2010.&nbsp; The initial goal was to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers on the street, and create an exhaustive catalogue of the city’s inhabitants.&nbsp; Show student groups a different random photo.&nbsp; They work together to create a brief story based on the photo.&nbsp; Read aloud afterwards if time permits.Truth or mythSegment 3: Where to Find GotTechEDDo us 3 favorsSubscribe to GotTechED the PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts&nbsp;&nbsp;Stitcher&nbsp;&nbsp;YouTube&nbsp;&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FacebookWrite us an Apple Podcast Review!Tell your friends about www.gotteched.comTell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast NetworkMusic Credits:The Degs: Shotgun http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Degs/@bensounds https://www.bensound.com/Subscribe to our PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts&nbsp;&nbsp;Stitcher&nbsp;&nbsp;YouTube&nbsp;&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FacebookConnect with us on Social MediaGuise on Twitter @guisegottechedNick on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/NickGotTechEd" target="_blank"...