Student Display Names by Karl Fisch

Karl Fisch blogs on 21st century learning skills and works with high school students and teachers in Littleton, CO. Like many media specialists and educational technologists, he and his school have required students to hide behind user names that do not reveal identity for safety purposes. He came to question that policy when it occurred to him that a student's online work is really part of a digital resume or portfolio that would be built up over time. If students do not use their real names, they will essentially lose the work they have done. Why are we asking students to hide their work with vague display names if we are also asking them to develop a positive digital footprint and a robust collection of work for their online resume? http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2009/06/student-display-names-i-was-wrong.html