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Naming Students is Even More Crucial in Online Classes

This article emphasizes the importance of calling students by name, especially in online instructional contexts. This crucial practice allows instructors to acknowledge individual student's unique identities and connect and engage with students in meaningful ways. 

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Career Coach: The Power of Using a Name

This article demonstrates why it is so important to call individuals by their name when interacting with and referring to them. 

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Say My Name

This intercultural learning tool allows participants to engage with the importance of names and identity and teaches key name usage practices and understanding.

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Name Story, aka The Name Game

This intercultural learning tool allows participants to engage with each others' names and understand the importance of using names and pronouncing them correctly. It also emphasizes the importance of understanding the cultural significance of names, as well as different cultural naming practices.

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The Importance of Getting to Know our Students

This Facebook post emphasizes the importance of building relationships with students toward more effective teaching.

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Name Roulette

This intercultural learning tool helps participants learn each others' names and pronounce them correctly.

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Peek-a-Who Names Review

This intercultural learning tool helps participants learn, remember and correctly pronounce each others' names.

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Names That Are Unfamiliar to You Aren't "Hard," They're "Unpracticed"

This article describes the importance of attitude in learning others' names.

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"Black sounding" Names and Their Surprising History

This video provides important insight into the meaning and history of Black naming traditions. 

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