Demotivational Posters II

by Punya Mishra | Friday, July 23, 2010

A few weeks ago I posted a note about an assignment I gave my students in the on-campus version of the MAET program. They had completed an unit on motivation and had watched the RSA / Daniel Pink video and their task was was to create demotivational posters, (along the lines of those on despair.com) using ideas either from their readings/discussions or from the Pink video.

The posters were a huge success. In fact Daniel Pink tweeted them (Thanks Daniel) and lots of his followers ended up on my website to see the work done by the students, which is all very cool.

Well, I am now in Rouen, France, meeting with the students in the off-campus MAET program. I got a chance to work with each of the groups (representing year 1, 2 & 3) and had them create similar posters as well. So now we have a total of 17(!) posters. It is interesting to see just how different they are, even the ones that tackle the same concept do it differently.

I have included all of the posters below — the one’s from East Lansing as well as the one’s created here at Rouen. Click on the words to see the posters (the names of the students who created them is provided below each of the posters).


Incentives Scot Acre Patrick Gillespie Marc Compton Shawn Telford	Individuality Kerry Guiliano Aaron Moran Mike Bammer Julie Howe Addy Hamilton	Motivation Barb Bedford Cheryl Schaefer Hope Andres Stacey Schuh	Rewards Grace Bammer Mary Wever Jessica Steffel Sarah Blazo	Curiosity Craig McMichael Chloe Tingley Lial Miller Katie Lorey

Teamwork Melanie Hosbach Fiona Scott Andrew Melmoth	Rewards 2 Sarah Pickles Katie Shefren Joost Guttinger Renee Codsi	Mastery Theresa Hamilton Larissa Lisayo Miguel Herrera	Dreams Cheytoria Hickey Bridget Reed	Grades Kristi Dix Patricia Liff Rugh Gadson Olivia Shillings

Autonomy Frances Snowden, Jessica Maisonnave, Andrea Ouimetto	Mastery2 Paul Blackwell, Brigette Jensen, Candace Marcotte	Collaboration Bill Marland, Christina Popowski, Jillian Johnson, Jamie Perry	Creativity John Hogan Michelle Cox Sean Sweeny Rehb Rajab Alfred McDonnel	Financial Incentives Dean Halverson Ashley Priem Shaza Ahmed Lauren Cortesi Camiella Hudson

	Material Incentives Rawad Bon Hamadan Jason Shulha Eliza Mantyh Patty Kolinski	Motivation 2 Bossel Deiry Susie Dina JP Bennett Kelly Cunningham Kristin Bergeron

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12 Comments

Gaurav Bhatnagar on September 27, 2011 at 9:54 pm

Next time, try suggesting the theme “Demotivation”.
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Jim Franklin on July 24, 2011 at 1:48 am

Haha the Daniel Pink tweet, yes that was great.
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Punya Mishra on March 19, 2011 at 8:08 pm

Paige, I am glad you like these posters. I think we had a great deal of fun in this activity.

I think you are free to use this in your blog posts as long as you provide proper credit and a link back to this page. Drop me a note when you do so.

take care ~ punya
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Paige McClement on March 18, 2011 at 4:14 am

I was wondering what the copyright on these photos is? Would love to use the “Grading” on in my new blog post.
What do you think?
These teachers did a GREAT job on these!
Thanks,
Paige McClement
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Paige McClemdt on March 18, 2011 at 1:03 am

I was curious what the copyrights are on these posters. I just wrote a blog on getting rid of grades in my classroom. The Grading poster would be great addition to that post!
The teachers did a great job on all of these!

Thanks, Paige
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Cheryl Schaefer on February 22, 2011 at 10:28 am

I was just looking over the demotivational posters again. The students in France also did a great job. I loved the Apathy one for sure and the Collaboration poster really speaks the truth in many instances. Many points to ponder.
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Tom H on July 30, 2010 at 4:10 pm

Also loved the Daniel Pink tweet. Amazing project indeed!
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Mary Wever on July 27, 2010 at 5:25 pm

I actually laughed out loud for Collaboration. They all look great!
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Grace Bammer on July 25, 2010 at 3:05 pm

Huh, I feel like I now have a bond with those MAET in
France.

I particularly like “Grades”, you make a good point on that one.
Grace
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@tabascotim on July 24, 2010 at 12:01 pm

Punya,

Saw the Daniel Pink tweet and followed. Nice project! Looks like a gas to create.

Take care,
Tim Madden
(former student, like, ’00-’02)
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Julie Howe on July 23, 2010 at 6:58 am

Punya, I am excited to see the posters, but the links on the new posters actually take us to the posters created in the MSU summer cohort. I will stay tuned in:-)
Julie
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- Punya Mishra on July 23, 2010 at 8:13 am
  
  Julie, the links have been fixed now. Sorry for the screwup, but I wanted to get this done before I left Rouen and guess what, in my hurry, I messed up.
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