In my classroom this year, I plan to have an individual point system for my students as a behavior and work incentive. For example, every on time and complete homework assignment is 5 points, answering a question right is 1, helping a fellow student is 2, donating classroom materials (pens, pencils, graph/engineering paper) is a certain amount. Conversely, tardiness, failing to follow procedures/instructions, especially for a lab, sleeping, disrupting class, and unauthorized cell phone use would all lose points.
Plus, there'll be a "shop" where students can buy things with their accumulated points, such as a pencil/pen/paper, bathroom passes, and test retake opportunities (different prices for before it was graded and after).
The closest app I've so far found is "Oh Behave!", which has the classroom and interface functionality I'm looking for, but has no edit ability on the point values added or subtracted nor the reasons for the changes. If I could get something with that expanded capability, I'd be a very happy teacher.
I'd be even happier if the app could both add/delete a student without requiring a data purge, but I can cope without it, and would even be fine if the additional categories and point values were entered via dropbox like the rosters are.
I'd be ecstatic if the app also logged the day of the deductions/additions.
Hopefully something can come out of this. I think many teachers and/or camp leaders would like to take advantage of this.
Thank you,
A very hopeful physics teacher
Plus, there'll be a "shop" where students can buy things with their accumulated points, such as a pencil/pen/paper, bathroom passes, and test retake opportunities (different prices for before it was graded and after).
The closest app I've so far found is "Oh Behave!", which has the classroom and interface functionality I'm looking for, but has no edit ability on the point values added or subtracted nor the reasons for the changes. If I could get something with that expanded capability, I'd be a very happy teacher.
I'd be even happier if the app could both add/delete a student without requiring a data purge, but I can cope without it, and would even be fine if the additional categories and point values were entered via dropbox like the rosters are.
I'd be ecstatic if the app also logged the day of the deductions/additions.
Hopefully something can come out of this. I think many teachers and/or camp leaders would like to take advantage of this.
Thank you,
A very hopeful physics teacher
