Virtual Ball

Type of strategy: Closings and Wrap UpEnergizers and State ChangersGamesMovementOpeners & Get to Know YouRole-Play, Drama, Charades
Learning styles: ES: Extraversion and Sensing
Participants share information, then throw a virtual ball to the next participant.
Directions:
- Participants stand in a circle
- Participant 1 shares information (e.g. name/title/etc. or response to question), then states the type of virtual ball (e.g. golf ball, bowling ball, etc.) he/she is passing to the next participant. (My name is Sam Smith and I am going to throw a baseball to _____________) or (My favorite Web 2.0 tool is Linoit and I am going to roll a bowling ball to _________)
- Participant 1 states second participant's name
- Participant 1 passes the virtual ball to Participant 2 in the manner that ball would be used. (e.g,. kick a soccer ball, serve a tennis ball, etc.)
- Participant 2 receives the ball in the manner that ball would normally be received (creativity needed for golf balls, bowling balls, etc.).
- Repeat steps 2-5 until all partiipants have caught and passed virtual ball.
Submitted by: Virginia Petitt