This activity can be used as a learning activity, energizer or revisiter A producer is a second staff member who helps the facilitator with housekeeping items, software issues, and other things behind the scenes.
Webinar Length: any
Activity Length: 1-5 minutes
Instructor Skill Level: novice
Participant Skill Level: novice
Supplies: slide
Tools: polling
Purpose: Familiarizing, Introduce New Concept, Recall Background Knowledge, Recall Information-Existing Schemas, Refocus Learner, Review, Teach New Material Set-up
Prep
. Create a slide that includes the following:
. Create a slide that includes a list of activities:
. Insert the slide at the very beginning of the presentation as an opener, during a content piece to teach as a learning activity, after content is covered to revisit or as the last slide before break or the end of the session to be used as a closer. Insert the slide anywhere throughout the presentation for fun as an energizer.
Trainer Process
. Put up the "Frozen Acronym" direction slide when learners are starting to fade.
. Have learners stand at their desks. Encourage participation by demonstrating the movements on a webcam.
. Put up the activity slide and have participants select an activity from the list.
. Participants should do the activity for 30 seconds or until the facilitator calls out an acronym at which point participants freeze.
. Remind the group to raise their online hand if they know the definition.
. Facilitator calls on a volunteer to either define the acronym or use it in a sentence.
. Tell learners to resume their activity or begin a new activity when their peer has defined the acronym.
. After all listed ideas are done, ask participants to text chat how they are feeling now compared to before they took their break.
Producer Process
. Put on webcam and participate.
. Put up timer for 30 seconds. Reset and restart timer after each acronym.
. Post up ideas on whiteboard to get learners thinking (variation only).
. Keep track of team points (variation only).
Variations
. Have learners stand and text chat the definition or sentence. The first correct text chat gets a point for their team. Make teams fun-guys vs. gals, East Coast vs. West Coast, etc. Use multiple times with the second half of the session earning double points.
. In need of a quick, unplanned energizer? Put up a blank whiteboard and have learners post, one at a time, acronyms along with an exercise. Learners still define the acronym.
. Do as a timed activity; get through as many acronyms as possible in the allotted time. Keep track of how many you get through each time to see if the number defined improves.
Used with permission from Webinars with Wow Factor by Becky Pike Pluth
