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The Facilitator's Shelf

Activities

A facilitator-ready catalogue of pair programming exercises, icebreakers, and reflection formats. Every activity comes with a rationale, a step-by-step guide, materials list, and debrief prompts.

Icebreaker

Pair Draw

A non-verbal drawing exercise that makes the contrast between working alone and collaborating tangible.

25–30 min4–20 people
Open facilitator guide
Knowledge

Myth or Fact

A cognitive-conflict game that surfaces beliefs about pair programming and replaces them with evidence.

30 min6–30 people
Open facilitator guide
Reflection

Grow and Glow

A structured feedback exchange where every participant leaves with one thing to grow and one thing that glows.

30 min4–16 people
Open facilitator guide
Practice

Pair Programming Retreat

The anchor activity: an extended, rotating coding session that lets the whole workshop pair promiscuously.

50–75 min6–24 people
Open facilitator guide