Thanks for all the suggestions for openness activities contributed by participants of the webinar. This was fruitful crowdsourcing! See the links above for:

-More than one story

-How does a behavior mean?

-Yes/No

-The Great Game of Power, aka Chair Power

-Two truths and a lie (see Annette's collection Icebreakers for more like this)

-Scenery, machinery, people

-Sandra Lo'pez-Rocha suggested: Start a dialogue by saying, “I’ve heard x as a stereotype about people in my group, but that doesn’t apply to all, because…” It is often more effective to bring a photo showing a stereotype and deconstruct it together.

-Tracey Laird also noted:

With first-years, I have had good experiences early on with collage-making as a means of introducing themselves to one another — seems to open up students who may otherwise be more reserved, and also makes clear the “situatedness” of identity for each individual…

We have a “maker’s space” on campus that includes magazines, paper, scissors, glue/tape, and so it’s very old-school.  They seem excited about the hands-on, and also eager to share.  (I had a student this past year who used Canva to create a digital collage due to accessibility issues, so she was able to participate as well…)