Creating a Positive Learning Environment

I was surfing the web and found a like to an article written at the University of Saskatchewan. It's nice to be able to refer to Canadian content (grin!).
The article url is: http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/resources/teaching/environment

What I found most interesting is the first point that they brought up;
"Work Hard to Learn Students names".
With the apprenticeship program being 8 weeks in length, I get to learn 30 new names 5 times a year. And I consider this time well spent, I appreciate people calling me by name, and want to do the same for my students.

Much of what the web page refers to centers around mutual respect and I wholeheartedly agree with that. I can turn many of the points listed into questions to ask myself, to see what I can do to improve the positive learning environment in my class.