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