Post #6

I mentioned this in the discussion, but my teacher uses clothes pins and a bar that lets the students know where they are for the day. When they are on time with their projects or are on task, they can "clip up" to the "Keep it up" bar, and when they do something wrong, like continuous talking or misbehaving, they "clip down" to "Think About It". I really like this idea because it lets the students continuously know what the teacher thinks about them. It's constant confirmation of their actions. This idea was also in the videos on this topic. This lets me know that teachers have tried it, and it is consistent in results.

Another idea that my teacher does, that was not in the presentations is she has small paper Pokeballs on the back board and they have a goal for the whole year to all of the 50+ Pokeballs on the "Excellent Job!!" side of the board. How they do that is every person in the class has to turn an assignment in on time, and they have to do things for each other and the teacher. They are so close! They have 2 months left in school, and they have maybe 6 Pokeballs left. They are doing awesome and are helping each other out of habit now! It's awesome!