The first fews weeks of school are challenging as everyone starts a new beginning. I have old brain cells and one challenge for me working at the Middle School Level is remembering 100’s of students names. This year I created a Google My Map as an Ice Breaker to help with this issue. The Google My Map Ice Breaker also serves the function of finding a connection for building relationships with the student. This activity can also be used as a classroom ice breaker for building community.

HOW THE GOOGLE MY MAP ICE BREAKER WORKS

• The Google My Map Ice Breaker will be open on my tablet
• Students will be asked to drop a pin on their dream travel location
• After dropping pin students are asked to add their first name
• Students are also asked to share a reason why they picked the location
• I will share my dream location with the students

SAMPLE of GOOGLE MY MAP ICE BREAKER

• The dropped pin for the location I chose

• Why I chose this location

GOOGLE MY MAP ICE BREAKER TUTORIAL

• Open Google My Map from your Google APPS for Education My Drive

• My Map will be added to My Drive
  • Share the link
  • or Open on one device for sharing the activity

• Give it a title along with directions
  You can use the title area to present question

• Use the select items tool to drag map until the location is found
  • Students can also do a search

• Use the pin tool
  • Drag to location of choice

• Window opens after pin is dropped
  • Type answers here
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    • Use pencil tool to edit answers

• Click here to change the color of pin