We've all seen a "noise-o-meter" in a classroom (especially if you have ever been in an early years classroom). Usually, it's just a list of different noise meters written on a piece of paper and wherever a magnet is stuck to it is the noise level that students should be working at (in my experience students only very rarely work in a whisper - even when the noise-o-meter tells them otherwise).
Anyways, I saw this in a classroom recently and it was the first time I had ever seen something like it...
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| noise-o-meter |
The lights light up when you push on them (so I pushed one just to demonstrate what they were for the sack of the picture).
And, because it's hard to read it...
Ninja Mode - Absolute silence - no talking
Spy Talk - Whisper voice - only one person can hear you
Low Flow - Only your group can hear you
Formal Normal - classroom discussion level
Do you have a noise-o-meter in your classroom?
What does it look like?
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