6. Personal Cards. Ask participants to make a card representing themselves using trading cards: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/deck.php. After making a card they can post it online. You can ask them to prepare a card about a specific aspect of their lives or their own style. For instance, their own communication or learning style.

8. Would you rather? Ask participants some 'Would you rather' questions and let them answer them. After this participants can make up their own would you rather questions. Come up with a list of Would you Rather Questions or use some of these:• Would you rather always win pie-eating contests or always win wheelbarrow races?• Would you rather be a deep sea diver or an astronaut?• Would you rather be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say?• Would you rather be invisible or be able to read minds?• Would you rather be the most popular or the smartest person you know?• Would you rather be the sand castle or the wave?• Would you rather give up your computer or your pet?• Would you rather never use the internet again or never watch TV again?• Would you rather not be able to use your phone or your e-mail?

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Email Icebreaker #4: “I’m intrigued by…” Mention what interests you and what you liked about the other person’s online dating profile. “I have been on and off of Match.com and am actually dating a guy from there now,” says Amy Jo Beaver, a health coach in Atlanta. “My number-one suggestion is to actually read the person’s profile and reference what things you liked in it, and then ask a question (or questions) specific to that particular profile. Too many guys send generic emails that make me wonder whether they actually even read my profile.” Angela Dupont, a lead concierge living in Dallas/Ft. Worth, agrees: “My biggest gripe was when someone would just send a ‘hey, what’s up?’ type of email. I looked for proof that he actually read my profile and comprehended what it is that I’m looking for. Men need to show me a little bit about how they relate to me and why they think we could have something in common.”

using GoogleDocs as a platform for communication and collaboration.

Some of those roles include Discussion Director, Literary Luminary, Connector, Summarizer, and/or Character Tracer

Students are required to justify their responses within the Google Doc and reflect how that section of reading is influential in their everyday life. In a world where telecommuting and virtual meetings are the norm, having kids working together to think critically other than face to face is an important future workforce skill.