# Social psychology (psychology)/Tutorials/Introduction/Tutor notes

Notes for tutors and/or working or old information not currently part of the tutorial.

## Notes for tutors

This class has three main sections:
* Intro and overview of websites and assessment, especially e-portfolio
* Name games/icebreakers
* Exploring social psychology

### Equipment

* Stickers for name tags
* Coloured markers
* Butcher's paper
* Digital camera
* People Bingo handouts (1 per person)
* Spare hard copies of the unit outline (in psych office)

### Names

* Names provide a basic building block for developing social interaction.
* Name Tags - big & bold - use each week.
* Make an effort to learn the names each week of the people you are working with.
* Some form of name-game will be included most tutorials to help.

### Sociometric icebreaker

In an open space (rearrange tables and chairs)... allow firstly mingly and meeting, chat, etc. to create a social vibe, then announce a category. Join in, watch the flow of grouping, and then ask briefly about each major grouping, with a question or two to help students tease out their group or position, and what its like to be in those groups.
* People Map (this isn't used, but contains ideas about how to conduct the groups/line-ups, especially 'where you live')

### Contact info

* Tutor introduction
* Contact details (and who to contact about what)
** Tutors or convener can be contacted for essay support.
** Students are encouraged to attend drop-in tutorials (after lectures in weeks specified in outline) hands-on support
** Technical, admin, extension, etc. questions should be directed to the convener.

### Photographs of group / group work

* After the class, make some photographs of group and/or group work for recording the tutorial knowledge and sharing online.

## Not used

These are ideas from earlier versions of the tutorial which are no longer used.

### Name games/icebreakers

* People Map
* People Bingo
** The purpose of this activity is to facilitate people in meeting one another and finding out a little bit of information about one another.
** Issue each person with a People Bingo sheet.
** This activity is a bit like 'speed-dating' - the idea is to meet as many people as possible, and to gather as many signatures as possible, on the "People Bingo" sheet.
** Any one person may only sign another person's list once.

### Brainstorming/concept mapping

Introduce the main ideas underlying Brainstorming, Mind-mapping, and Concept Mapping emphasising that:
* They are particularly useful in the early stages of developing knowledge
* Their value is in providing techniques for quickly mapping ideas and possibilities
* They work best when people feel unconstrained in bringing ideas forth; the goal is to generate as many ideas as as possible and to provide a rough organisation of the ideas and their interconnections.
* All contributions are valuable and should be added; even if they seem silly or duplicate they may later trigger other better ideas.
* Critical discussion and reorganising/redrafting comes later.

### Group photograph

* This is a very simple exercise which will help to give the group an 'identity' and give individuals a sense of 'membership'.
* Simply take a few photographs of them as a group - can be done inside or outside.
* Tips:
** Use a place with consistent lighting hitting students' faces (not backlit)
** Make sure the group is physically close together
** Fill the frame with the group
** Take several shots - they don't need to be serious - have fun :)
* Send the best photo to the convener who will put them online.