What's the Quote? Cards (Print-N-Play)

1/22/2020

[Be sure to get down to the examples at the bottom of this post - updated 3/19/20]

I ran across a reference to the clip-art icon site TheNounProject.com and got hooked on the thousands of choices. (Thanks so much to the person who posted it on one of the Facebook groups I follow - sorry I didn't save the reference). So, I paid the unlimited license for the year ($40) to see how much use I can get from the site. What's the Quote? Cards, is the first thing that came in. Your downloadable print-n-play set is to the right - face-to-face and online play.

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*Use the Online version when you want to share some of the cards during virtual programming. (As shown in THIS VIDEO)

Getting Started I just got back from FedEx with my set of cards. I printed them on sturdy glossy card stock ($2) and I made two other sets on regular copy paper (more about why below). I used the rotary cutter at FedEx to chop up my sets (I was there about an hour cutting up three sets of cards).

So far, I'm thinking I'll use the glossy set to re-use with different groups - we'll write the quotes on index cards or Post-Its. For the copy paper sets, I'm going to have participants simply write the quotes on the cards and do something with these depending on the context.

Thoughts So Far I will scatter the cards out on a table/floor so all the images are visible. I think a discussion about quotes and maybe some (of my favorite) examples might help spark the fires. Depending on the group and context, I'll direct them in one of the following:

General Directions - Look around through the pool of cards. Be open to the possible quotes that might come into your brain about any of the cards. When you get a strong feeling about one of the cards, one you can put your own original (or something close to another quote you might know) quote to, pick that one out of the pool, grab a pen and write your quote under the image on the card. Notice there is not a lot of room under the images, so try to craft your quote to fit within that space. Besides, short quotes are easier to remember. When everyone is finished, we can discuss our work. (If there is time, maybe while waiting for others to finish, players can make more than one quote card.)
Quote for Another - Think of someone in your life right now, it could be a friend, family member, teacher, (co-worker, retail shop owner, police officer...) with whom you would like to show gratitude or cheer them up. Then, look through the cards with this person in mind. Find an image that inspires an original quote from you that you would like to give this person. Grab the card, write your quote on it and pass it along the next time you see him/her.
Quote to Yourself - (Student Context) You will be looking for an image that inspires an original quote that you are going to save and then read on your graduation day. What do you want to say to yourself on that day? What image will inspire you? (With this one I would have envelopes to seal their image quote into and take home to store in a safe place until graduation.)

What else can we do with these? I would love to hear your ideas. Share in the Comments (or send me an email). We'll Beta for a couple months then I'll create an 'official' write-up to send out. (And, thanks for the help!!)

All the best,

Chris Cavert, Ed.D.

Update 3/29/20
Quote Card Examples

8 Comments

Marc Cournoyer

1/27/2020 08:21:27 am

What if you printed the pictures on one set of cards and the quotes on another set and then the group had to match the picture with the correct quote. This could serve as a good ice breaker or group processing/debriefing activity. You could have the group go around a second time and select one of the pictures or quotes and describe how it best represents their particular feeling about what is being discussed or how they feel it relates to their position, state of mind, etc.
This could also work well as an activity where you have multiple sets and small groups compete against one another to see who can get the most correctly matched within a certain period of time. I could see using the same set of cards in a variety of ways within the same training session.

Marc Cournoyer

1/27/2020 08:23:58 am

Another idea would be to have a contest to see who could come up with the most creative quotes for each card in the set. Are there specific quotes associated with each card? I did not see anything listed in the story above.

Chris Cavert

1/30/2020 05:15:30 pm

Marc, thanks so much for sharing your ideas. Super fun! At this time, I do not have any specific quotes related to the cards. I like your idea about a contest - that got me thinking about actually running a contest for FUNdoing followers. Come up with the best 'set' of quotes for the cards that could become part of the package. With the quotes, there would be more ways to play. Keep us posted on any What's the Quote attempts.

Felicia

1/31/2020 09:06:03 am

How about for post activity processing? Have each person or a select number of people pick a card and describe the activity and the outcome using what is on the card.

Chris Cavert

2/1/2020 11:11:27 am

Felicia, thanks for sharing your thought. Yes, I think the cards can certainly be used as 'image cards' for processing activities. Looking back over the cards, I see lots of possible connections. For example, the umbrella with rain falling, "It did 'rain' on us a bit when we couldn't agree on a solution, but our umbrella agreement to stop and check in with everyone helped us answer the questions that were preventing us from moving forward." (And, I see lots more.)

Stacy Greenberg link

2/7/2020 09:16:59 am

Hi! I was thinking about using quotes/images for a staff training. What if there was a way to tie in teaching rules/routines/safety procedures, etc with the images sparking discussion? Or, people could choose a quote and then figure out how it relates to the training or session they just attended.
Also, image cards work great for closing activities. Participants could choose a card that illustrates a feeling they are feeling after attending an event or participating in an activity.

On a side note, were images supposed to print? I only got blank boxes so I wasn't sure. Thanks!

Chris

2/7/2020 10:48:40 am

Stacy, about images printing. You are the first to tell me the images were not there. (Others have told me they have printed the cards and ready to play.) Open the post in a different browser (Firefox is a good one for PDF downloads). See if this works. If not, email me and I'll get you the PDF.

Chris Cavert

2/7/2020 10:43:54 am

Stacy, thanks for sharing! About staff training quotes - I'm wondering if we could create a deck related to 'general' or 'typical' staff training procedures, like 'calling' someone, or 'timecards' or 'paperwork'? (What are some others?) Then, we could find image/icons that might trigger the lesson(s)/learnings from the training. (To make the cards useful to a larger number of people, we would want to say super-general.) Team builders out there, what other general images could we consider? (What if we when with a 'Camp Staff' training theme this first round?)

And, like you, I think image cards are great for closing activities.

Keep me posted. Chris

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