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October 30, 2004

TIP #10: Put Your Name to Your Work

I noticed a difference taking classes in an online format where students post their work and offer their point-of-view to a class discussion log for everyone to read.

I found the comments more thoughtful, insightful, and connected to the material than those often heard blurted out in college classrooms. To me the difference was the fact that one's name was permanently attached to one's comments. I know I thought long and hard before I entered my perspectives on those assignment boards.

Remember first grade when we proudly printed our names so everyone could see them at the top of that wide-ruled paper? A few of the best papers ended up plastered to the classroom walls for all to see. I don't know about you, but I liked it when my paper and my name made it to the walls.

We may not write our names in big, bold crayon letters on our work anymore, but make no mistake, our name is in the work we do. So, think about it that way.

Posted by Nan Russell at October 30, 2004 02:17 PM