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[Dodgy Al]

I am having problems with discipline in one of my classes. I thought this may help me. I found it in the ideas cookbook on dave's...


"I teach 4th graders in a Danish school (10-11-year-olds) and as kids are everywhere, the noise level tends to rise... we bought and placed a big ear-shaped electronic device, which measures decibel. A green light means the noise level is acceptable, yellow means it's getting up there and red is of course unacceptable. By talking with the children about how noise can be disrupting for everyone, not just the teachers, we have now reached a noise agreement. Of course, in the beginning it was fun to see how quickly the ear became red, but gradually, the children turned to respect the ear on the wall and administer the noise level themselves. Try it out and see for yourselves!"


The problem is I have no idea where i could get hold of such a thing, or something similar, in Korea. Any ideas?

[Ya-ta Boy]

No idea. Given the incredible racket outside and inside department stores, grocery stores, near vegetable trucks, I don't think loud noises register as irritants here.

If you can't find one, make a substitute out of construction paper (like a thermometer) and move an arrow up and down yourself. It wouldn't take that much effort on your part, but not as cool as a giant ear in the classroom.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

It would be fun to have one while doing a trivia game, and watch the noise level go from 80 decibles to dead silence in an instant as we go from getting a question right to asking the next team a question.