Summary: Staring...Trevor Ambrose, Jack Belcher, Liz Bender, Mikayla Colvin, Alejandrina Hernandez, Christopher Ward<br>The semester just started and you have 150 names to remember...and you must do it fast! Students feel marginalized when you can't remember their names:<br><br>I’m insignificant<br>Mr. S doesn’t notice me<br>I’m not important<br>Mr. S doesn’t like me<br>I’m invisible<br>Mr. S knows other student’s names. He must like them better<br>A number of years ago, for some odd reason, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie came up in class. I referred to them reflexively as Brangelina. I was struck by how every kid knew exactly whom I was referring to. Hmmmm! Perhaps, I thought, I could do the same thing with a student's first and last names. This was the birth of the Celebrity Couple Nickname Game. It has:<br><br>Been a fun bonding tool<br>Allowed me to remember student names<br>Created powerful allegiance to my class<br>Ten days into class, you don’t want to be saying, “Hey…you in the brown shirt, what’s the answer to #10?”<br><br>Listen to these incredible student voices promote the power of this technique!
