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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