For an introduction to levels or different purposes for icebreakers, especially when trying to get a group of people to cohere when they are initially strangers, visit this website.

For several suggestions about icebreakers suitable for various subjects open your VIVA connection (probably through the library link on your college's website) from your office computer and search Infotrac/SearchBank for the following article:

Here are other ideas for icebreakers in various settings.

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