It occurs to me to use an age old facilitation technique
Suggest to students to insert teammate names where ever they can.....to
build important job/interpersonal skills
NOT "I agree with that and it builds on that" BUT " I agree with Jane's
point and it builds on Rob's point"
I use this myself in workshop to try to remember peoples names
jim
> From: "Tobin-Janzen, Tammy" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: "Tobin-Janzen, Tammy" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:30:04 +0000
> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: question (or maybe just venting)
>
> Hi all,
>
> Because I am so horrible with names, and know first-hand how embarrassing
> that can be, I require all of my students to exchange full names and contact
> information with their team members as part of their first day's activities.
> I tell them to pretend that they've never met each other before, even if
> they have. This is not only rather fun, but also saves the students the
> embarrassment of having to admit they do not know the name of a student that
> they've had class with for the past four years! Unfortunately, it does not
> save them from later embarrassment when they lose the contact
> information....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tammy Tobin
> Professor of Biology
> Susquehanna University
>
>
>
>
> On 12/15/10 12:15 PM, "Bradetich, Judi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I've used the group tool on Bb so they can contact each other between
>> classes,
>> if need be - many know first, but not last, names...but you are definitely
>> not
>> alone - reminds me of my own children in grade school when they had a new
>> "best" friend but didn't know their name!...It is sort of stunning, though.
>> JRB
>>
>> Judi Bradetich, M.S., M.M.
>> Lecturer, Development and Family Studies
>> Dept. of Educational Psychology
>> University of North Texas
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Team-Based Learning [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jim
>> Sibley [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:00 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: question (or maybe just venting)
>>
>> We post a list in Blackboard....one list sorted by student number...other by
>> team number with student names
>>
>> Students also can see their teammates in the online peer evaluation system
>> we use
>>
>>
>> Our classes are 120-180....see we form teams from blackboard survey results
>> and announce them in class and post them in Blackboard
>>
>>
>> jim
>>
>>
>>> From: Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:14:22 -0800
>>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: question (or maybe just venting)
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I am having my students do their team evaluations online (using a form
>>> in Blackboard), due by midnight tonight. In the last few hours, there
>>> have been three emails from students, sent through Blackboard to the
>>> whole class, asking for their teammates to please respond with all
>>> their names! These are not students who have been absent a ton so I am
>>> bewildered how they went through the entire semester without learning
>>> their teammates names. Has anyone else seen this sort of thing, or are
>>> my students just bizarrely lacking in social skills?!?
>>>
>>> Jennifer
>>> ****************************
>>> Jennifer Imazeki
>>> Department of Economics
>>> San Diego State University
>>> homepage: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~jimazeki/
>>> Economics for Teachers blog: http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com
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