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1. Pick-a-Postcard

   Collections | 25 Oct 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

   From Jen Stanchfield: "This carefully selected collection of unique postcard images captures a group’s attention and inspires meaningful reflection and conversation. The postcard...

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2. Miniature Metaphors

   Collections | 25 Oct 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

   This activity uses figural charms to spark reflection and dialogue. 

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3. Five Nosy Questions

   Collections | 22 Sep 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

   This activity challenges participants to build empathy and a sense of team identity by listening and sharing in response to "five nosy questions."

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4. Conversation Starters: 200 Questions to Get to Know Someone

   Collections | 22 Sep 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

   This activity includes a range of 200 questions to get to know someone.

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5. Twenty-Five Questions

   Collections | 22 Sep 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

   This activity challenges participants to develop an attitude of intercultural openness by initiating and developing relationships with people who are culturally different from them. 

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6. Spectrum Activity

   Collections | 22 Sep 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

   This activity challenges participants to reflect on their identities and how they are perceived in different contexts. They will consider identities such as race, gender, and sexual orientation and...

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7. Icebreaker Activities

   Collections | 18 Aug 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

   This article offer a list of 18 icebreaker activities from Professor Wendy Smooth and The Ohio State University with the goal of "building connections and starting...

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8. Personal Identity Wheel

   Collections | 29 Apr 2023 | Posted by Kelsey Patton

   "The Personal Identity Wheel is a worksheet activity that encourages students to reflect on how they identify outside of social identifiers. The worksheet prompts students to list adjectives...

   https://hubicl.org/members/1349/collections/intercultural-learning-activities-and-icebreakers-for-exploring-multiple-identities

9. Social Identity Wheel

   Collections | 29 Apr 2023 | Posted by Kelsey Patton

   In this activity, participants are encouraged to "consider their identities critically and how identities are more or less keenly felt in different social contexts, recognize "how...

   https://hubicl.org/members/1349/collections/intercultural-learning-activities-and-icebreakers-for-exploring-multiple-identities

10. Birds of a Feather

    Collections | 21 Mar 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity demonstrates to participants that people bring different talents, perspectives, and backgrounds to groups and helps them understand the benefits of forming diverse...

    https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/2023-tesol-conference-an-experiential-and-interactive-lesson-plan-for-appreciating-difference

11. Human Values Continuum

    Collections | 30 Jan 2023 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges participants to recognize and analyze their reactions to a variety of cultural values.  Within our session, we used this tool as an opportunity to practice...

    https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/resources-for-ramping-up-from-theory-to-facilitation-wise-pre-conference-february-2-2023

12. Ritual

    Collections | 04 Nov 2022 | Posted by Annette Benson

    An activity from Thiagi: "As a teenager, if you ever desperately wanted to belong to a group but you were not permitted to do so, you know how it feels to be excluded. This jolt deals with the...

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13. Personal Identity Wheel, Social Identity Wheel, and Spectrum Activity

    Collections | 06 Feb 2022 | Posted by Sharon L Borkowski

    Personal Identity Wheel challenges participants to reflect on their identities beyond social groups and get to know others in the group. They brainstorm words that describe their personal...

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14. Conversation starters are a great resource for language teachers

    Collections | 18 Jan 2022 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    Whether you are assigning conversation partners amongst your own students, or pairing them with native speakers externally, it is extremely useful to provide some structure and guidance for their...

    https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers

15. Icebreakers with physical props

    Collections | 18 Jan 2022 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    For those of you who like to give your students something physical to manipulate, these experiential tools are great for icebreakers as well as debriefing learning. My absolute favorite is the...

    https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers

16. Icebreakers that highlight culture

    Collections | 18 Jan 2022 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    Two of my favorite culturally focused icebreakers are Voices from the Past and the Name Game. You can read what I wrote about them in this TESOL collection or visit them directly in the toolbox....

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17. Icebreakers

    Collections | 18 Jan 2022 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    In any collection for teachers I like to include a few icebreakers that are appropriate to the teaching context. Many teachers overlook the teaching potential of icebreakers, which are useful for...

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18. Computer Keyboard Keys

    Collections | 01 Dec 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity can be used in team-building workshops for the dual purpose of introductions and reflection. This facilitation tool is easily adaptable to different contexts, e.g., the activity can...

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19. Air Handshake Mingle and No Touch Mingle

    Collections | 01 Dec 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    For this activity, participants will learn how to build rapport, make introductions, create connections, review names, and become more comfortable with each other.

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20. Name Roulette

    Collections | 11 Oct 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity presents a method to encourage participants to study up on each other’s names, and gives them an excuse to ask and clarify about their names when given a few minutes...

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21. Beware of the Icebreaker — Make Thoughtful Activity Choices

    Collections | 11 Oct 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This blog post suggests that icebreakers are often uncomfortable or awkward. As an alternative to the traditional icebreaker, Stanchfield  recommends beginning with rapport building and...

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22. Peek-a-Who Names Review

    Collections | 24 Sep 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this community-building activity, participants study each other’s names and remind each other about the correct pronunciations of their names. 

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23. Tightrope Game

    Collections | 12 May 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants identify the competing values at their organization and propose strategies for achieving balance between...

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24. Star Employee Game

    Collections | 12 May 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants analyze the cultural behaviors of others in their organization and identify positive cultural behaviors that...

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25. Mascot Game

    Collections | 12 May 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants envision a mascot for their organization as a way to construct some aspirational cultural values. 

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26. Culture MadLibs Game

    Collections | 12 May 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants use a MadLibs style worksheet to characterize what makes their organizational culture unique. 

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27. Culture Crush Game

    Collections | 12 May 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants analyze another organization's culture and identify the elements that they would like to either emulate...

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28. Anthropologist's Game

    Collections | 12 May 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants characterize the stated values of their organization and attempt to analyze the organizational culture and...

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29. Hand Shake Mingle

    Collections | 26 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants build rapport and reflect on their interactions with others through a variety of handshakes. 

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30. Group Drawing: A Collaborative Reflection Activity for Online or In-Person Experiences

    Collections | 26 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In groups, participants draw representations of what they learned during an activity. 

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31. Web of Connectedness

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    During this discussion activity, participants pass around a ball of yarn, twine, or string every time a person speaks. By the end of the activity, there will a web to physically demonstrate the...

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32. Walk Apart, Walk Together

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants highlight both the similarities they share and the differences between them. 

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33. Voices from the Past (Name Tags)

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges participants to reflect on themselves and their culture while learning more about each other. Participants are provided with a handout, and they write their name, a...

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34. Thumb Wars

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity enables participants to understand the differences between individualist and collectivist cultures and identify which cultural behaviors align with this cultural value dimension.

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35. Surprising Sentence

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants practice fostering openness as part of a team, develop comfort with ambiguity, implement a process-driven rather than product-driven collaboration, and engage...

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36. Speed Friending

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Much like the well-known concept of speed dating, participants will move around the room asking each other questions to get to know each other. 

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37. Snowball

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Through this activity, participants develop greater awareness of others' backgrounds and learn to describe their own background in an inclusive manner.

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38. Ritual

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants experience and discuss feelings of inclusion and exclusion and practice watching and assessing the behavior of others. 

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39. Pick-a-Postcard

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Participants use this activity to develop goal-setting skills, resolve conflict or establish group norms, and reflect using metaphor and figurative language.

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40. Personal Identity Wheel, Social Identity Wheel, and Spectrum Activity

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Personal Identity Wheel challenges participants to reflect on their identities beyond social groups and get to know others in the group. They brainstorm words that describe their personal...

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41. One Will Get You Ten

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    For this activity, participants generate and share ideas for solving a specific problem or exploring a topic. 

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42. Newton

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants practice negotiating a win-win solution while learning how to manage conflict and competition. 

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43. Miniature Metaphors

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants reflect on goal-setting, create group norm agreements, learn to resolve conflict in effective ways, and appreciate the individual strengths and positive attributes of...

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44. Meet the Trainer

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants assess how a person's personal appearance and culture influence our assumptions or biases. 

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45. Mapping My Cultural Values

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity can be used as a discussion starter between two participants, where they use their cultural value maps to identify the similarities and differences between their cultures. 

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46. Magic Spelling

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    The facilitator will perform a mathematical card trick and then encourage participants to dig beneath the surface of the trick through asking questions. Then, participants will connect their...

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47. Lemons

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges participants to interrogate stereotypes and recognize how individuals are unique. Each participant will be given a lemon and asked to closely examine it and note its unique...

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48. Intercultural People Bingo

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity enables participants to share information about themselves, learn about others in the group, and actively move around the room and engage with others. It's a classic icebreaker...

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49. Icebreaker Grab Bag

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    University of Michigan LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative offers a variety of icebreakers that can be used to build community in a classroom setting.

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50. I Am Poems

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants write short poems where each line begins with “I Am,” which will allow them to describe what’s most important to the formation of their identities.

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51. I Am From Poems

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants write short poems where each line begins with “I am from,” which allows them to describe their heritage using the details and memories most important to...

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52. Human Values Continuum

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges participants to recognize and analyze their reactions to a variety of cultural values. Participants will move to various locations around the room based on their opinions...

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53. Five Nosy Questions

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges participants to build empathy and a sense of team identity by listening and sharing. They will ask and answer some questions that help them better understand each other as...

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54. Five Minute Poem, The

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    Participants first write a short poem about where they're from and then share either with the entire group or with a partner or small group. 

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55. Familiar and Unfamiliar

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This activity challenges participants to expand their curiosity about unfamiliar cultural experiences. Using a deck of picture cards, they will compare their familiar and unfamiliar...

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56. Draw a House

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    During this activity, participants will be asked to draw a floor plan of a house based on their own experiences and understandings of how houses are typically arranged. They will then compare their...

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57. Different Similarities

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants discover similarities between one another, discuss how we perceive difference, and analyze how we form groups and how our perceptions play into group-formation.

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58. Conversation Starters: 200 questions to get to know someone

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    These questions enable participants to increase their level of curiosity about others and develop active listening skills. 

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59. Conversation Starters

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This assortment of buttons serve as conversation starters and help participants employ different roles and perspectives in a group. 

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60. Complimentary Round Table

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    After passing around an apple and dropping it while saying something mean about it, participants will then pass around a different apple and everyone in the group will compliment the person holding...

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61. Chain of Diversity

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants identify the similarities and differences across the group, as well as what makes each individual unique. 

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62. Birds of a Feather

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This Thiagi activity enables participants to understand the benefits of forming diverse groups rather than flocking to individuals who are similar to them. 

    https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/ice-breaker-and-community-building-activities

63. Big Wind Blows, The

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This icebreaker activity helps participants become more comfortable with taking risks and sharing about themselves. 

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64. Beach Ball Ice Breaker

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    For this activity, the facilitator writes icebreaker questions on a beach ball. Participants throw the ball to each other and answer the question under their right thumb. 

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65. Artful Closer

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This Thiagi activity can be used as an icebreaker to learn more about the common personal experiences they share. 

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66. 6 Differences

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants mingle with others in the room and find a partner who is different from them in at least six ways (beyond physical appearance). 

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67. 25 Questions

    Collections | 22 Feb 2021 | Posted by Annette Benson

    In this activity, participants pair up and ask each other 25 questions that develop deeper connections through the sharing of life experiences and intellectual/emotional positions. 

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68. Mini Metaphors

    Collections | 03 Nov 2020 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    This is one of my favorite ice-breaker activities, and it can also be used as a debriefing/reflection tool. It is just a collection of little charms and miniature objects, but in my experience...

    https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/intercultural-activities-for-tesoltefl

69. Icebreakers that Teach: The Name Game and Voices from the Past

    Collections | 03 Jul 2020 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    If you were to click on the Discover top menu and choose Tags, you could search for a term such as Icebreaker. Forty-three tools come up in that search. We think of these tools as...

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70. Conversation Starters

    Collections | 06 Feb 2020 | Posted by Annette Benson

    This assortment of buttons depicting a variety of images and slogans are perfect for getting a group interacting. They make for great icebreaking conversations at the start of a program, for...

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71. Guidance for students as they get to know one another

    Collections | 10 Oct 2019 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    This set of questions might be a good way for pairs or small groups to get to know each other in a COIL/international virtual education experience. I would encourage the use of synchronous meeting...

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72. The Name Game - A great icebreaker for COIL

    Collections | 07 Oct 2019 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    This is another way for students in a COIL experience to get to know each other with an added cultural layer to the introductions. You'll need to modify it for a virtual setting. I think it...

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73. Voices from the Past - Great icebreaker for COIL that digs deep into cultural knowledge

    Collections | 07 Oct 2019 | Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair

    I think this icebreaker is a great way to move beyond students in each group learning each others' names to a deep exploration of cultural values expressed in sayings heard during...

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74. Artful Closer

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/99

75. Beach Ball Buzz

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/256

76. Big Wind Blows, The

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/501

77. Birds of a Feather

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/103

78. Chain of Diversity

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/382

79. Complimentary Round Table

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/137

80. Computer Keyboard Keys

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/836

81. Conversation Starters

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/143

82. Conversation Starters: 200 questions to get to know someone

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/479

83. Core Cultural Values and Culture Mapping

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/363

84. Different Similarities

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/95

85. Draw a House

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/672

86. Familiar and Unfamiliar

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/470

87. Five Minute Poem, The

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/571

88. Five Nosy Questions

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/497

89. Hand Shake Mingle

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/771

90. Human Values Continuum

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/37

91. I Am From Poems

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/210

92. I Am Poems

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/132

93. Icebreaker Grab Bag

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/572

94. Intercultural People Bingo

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/530

95. Lemons

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/44

96. Magic Spelling

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/351

97. Meet the Trainer

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/220

98. Miniature Metaphors

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/141

99. Name Roulette

    https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/826

100. Newton

     https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/221